Posit PBC Awarded 2025 Databricks Developer Tools Partner of the Year at Data + AI Summit
Boston, MA – June 9, 2025 – Posit PBC, a leader in open-source and professional software for data science teams using Python and R, is honored to announce its recognition as the 2025 Databricks Developer Tools Partner of the Year. Presented at the annual Data + AI Summit, the award highlights Posit PBC’s exceptional contributions and innovations in enhancing the productivity of data science teams by providing seamless access to the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.
Over the past year, Posit has demonstrated an unparalleled commitment to helping enterprise organizations build data intelligence through its collaboration with Databricks, the Data and AI company. Posit provides tools that simplify and streamline the data science lifecycle—from development and collaboration to deployment and management. Many organizations face challenges in bridging the gap between powerful open-source tooling favored by data scientists and the enterprise requirements for governance, security, and scalability, especially when working with large data and AI platforms like Databricks. Posit’s solutions, including Posit Workbench, Posit Connect, and Posit Package Manager, address these challenges by offering a professional, integrated environment for R and Python practitioners to work directly with data resources managed by Databricks. Joint efforts with Databricks have included deepening integrations that allow data scientists to easily connect to Databricks, browse data, and build models and applications from within their favorite, familiar IDEs like RStudio.
“We are incredibly proud to once again be recognized by Databricks with the Developer Tools Partner of the Year award. This award highlights our continued shared commitment to empower data science teams by providing code-first tooling that seamlessly integrates with leading data and AI platforms like the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform,” said Tareef Kawaf, CEO, Posit PBC. “Our mutual customers benefit from the flexibility to use R and Python with Posit’s familiar development environments, while leveraging the powerful compute and unified data governance of Databricks, accelerating their journey from data to insight.”
“We’re thrilled to name Posit our 2025 Developer Tools Partner of the Year,” said Roger Murff, VP of Technology Partners, Databricks. “Posit has done a great job helping connect open source tools with the needs of enterprise organizations, making it easier for data teams to build, deploy, and scale impactful solutions on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.”
Customers of Posit and Databricks are deploying real solutions built with our deep product integrations to get more out of their data. Suffolk Construction uses Posit and Databricks to standardize modeling workflows and deliver insights about construction site safety risk faster while following data governance policies established in Databricks.
To learn more about how Posit and Databricks empower data science teams together, visit posit.co/databricks, and visit Posit at booth E405 at Data + AI Summit in San Francisco, June 10-12.
About Posit
Posit is a Public Benefit Corporation and a certified B Corporation, dedicated to creating open-source and commercial software for data science, scientific research, and technical communication. As the creators of RStudio, Shiny, the Tidyverse, and other open-source software for data science, Posit develops and supports tools that allow individuals and teams to easily create, share, and consume knowledge using Python and R.
