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Forecasting at the Speed of Modern Retail

Databricks, Wednesday, July 1st, 2026

Databricks introduces MMF Agent, an AI workflow that democratizes enterprise demand forecasting for retail.

This post introduces MMF Agent, an AI-powered workflow designed to democratize enterprise demand forecasting. Modern retail faces forecasting complexity, with millions of time series across channels, that has outpaced legacy tools and available talent.

Built on Databricks Genie Code and the Many Model Forecasting framework, MMF Agent guides demand planning teams through the entire forecasting pipeline without deep data science expertise.

By automating data preparation, model selection, and evaluation, it compresses setup time from days to hours, improves accuracy, and makes multi-model forecasting accessible to mid-market organizations.

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