Databricks
Also known as Databricks, Inc.
American data and AI software company that develops the lakehouse platform, Apache Spark and Delta Lake.
At a glance
Who owns it
Investors include Coatue Management.
People
Ali Ghodsi (CEO), Matei Zaharia and Ion Stoica
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- Databricks is a San Francisco data software company founded in 2013 by the creators of Apache Spark at UC Berkeley.
- It sells a cloud data analytics platform that runs on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, and it developed the data lakehouse, which joins data warehouses and data lakes.
- It also develops Delta Lake, MLflow and Unity Catalog.
Why it matters
- Many companies keep and analyse their data on it, and it backs open-source data projects such as Spark and Delta Lake.
Key facts
- Founded
- 20131
- Founders
- Ali Ghodsi, Andy Konwinski, Ion Stoica, Patrick Wendell, Reynold Xin, Matei Zaharia and Arsalan Tavakoli1
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California1
- Ownership
- Private company1
- Open source
- Founded by the original creators of the lakehouse architecture and of Apache Spark, Delta Lake, MLflow and Unity Catalog2
- Employees
- 10,000 (2026)1
- Funding
- In August 2026 it raised $5 billion in a round led by Coatue Management, at a $190 billion valuation3
Who owns it
Investors include Coatue Management.
Investors
- Coatue Management
led a $5 billion round at a $190 billion valuation · since Aug 2026 3
People
Led by
- Ali GhodsiPerson
CEO · since 2016 3
Founded by
- Ali GhodsiPerson
- Matei Zaharia
- Ion Stoica
Links
Sources
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