Databricks

Overview

Databricks provides a unified Data + AI platform that helps organizations ingest, prepare, govern, query, and deploy data pipelines, analytics, ML models, and production AI agents for enterprise applications.

Part of the San Francisco ecosystem

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Timeline

1. May 2025Funding Rounddatabricks.com ↗

   Largest VC round in history at the time; AI + data platform.