At the Databricks Data + AI Summit, MinIO announced it has been recognized as the 2026 Databricks ISV Storage Partner of the Year. The award highlights MinIO's contributions to hybrid AI and analytics infrastructure, enabling enterprises to analyze data without moving it. MinIO and Databricks jointly address the challenge of enabling cloud-scale analytics on on-premises data that cannot move due to regulations, latency, or scale. Through AIStor Table Sharing and native OpenSharing integration, MinIO allows Databricks customers to query live, governed data in place via a zero-copy architecture that eliminates data movement, reduces storage and egress costs, improves compliance, and accelerates time-to-insight from hours to seconds. Joint efforts have focused on simplifying hybrid data environments and unlocking real-time access to operational, manufacturing, IoT, financial, and regulated datasets. Garima Kapoor, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of MinIO, stated that the recognition reflects what joint customers are already proving: the future of AI and analytics is intelligence applied to data in place.