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Databricks

San Francisco, California

Databricks is a Developer of a data analytics platform designed to offer an open and unified environment for the data and artificial intelligence sectors. The company's platform uses artificial intelligence to provide data integration simplification, real-time exploration, interactive notebooks, integrated workflows, full enterprise security, and deployment of production applications, enabling organizations to work with improved usability, performance, and security in an optimized runtime.

https://databricks.com/
Founded Year
2013
Est. Valuation
$134B
Total Raised
$33.14B
Last Raised
$5.45B
Stage
Later Stage VC

Company Profile

Databricks is a unified, cloud-based Data Intelligence Platform designed to help organizations manage, process, and analyze massive amounts of data for analytics and artificial intelligence. Founded in 2013 by the original creators of Apache Spark, it is widely known for pioneering the "Data Lakehouse" architecture.

Latest Funding Rounds

09-Feb-2026 $7.00B Later Stage VC

23-Jan-2026 $5.45B Debt - General

12-Dec-2025 $23.14M Debt Refinancing

08-Sep-2025 $1.00B Later Stage VC (Series K)

22-Jul-2025 $21.27M Secondary Transaction - Private

05-Mar-2025 Secondary Transaction - Private

14-Jan-2025 $5.25B General Corporate Purpose

17-Dec-2024 $10.23B Later Stage VC (Series J)

30-Jan-2024 Secondary Transaction - Private

13-Nov-2023 $684.56M Later Stage VC (Series I)

Key Management

Ali Ghodsi Ph.D Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Board Member

Andy Kofoid President, Global Field Operations

Hatim Shafique Chief Operating Officer

Matei Zaharia Ph.D Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer & Board Member

Harris Thayer Vice President, Sales, Healthcare and Life Sciences & General Manager

Naveen Zutshi Chief Information Officer

Rick Schultz Chief Marketing Officer

Amy Reichanadter Ph.D Chief People Officer

Ron Gabrisko Chief Revenue Officer

Reynold Xin Ph.D Co-Founder & Chief Architect

Investors

2468 Ventures, 9Yards Capital Management, Ascolta Ventures, BlueSky Capital Management, Deepwater Asset Management, Glade Brook Capital Partners, GreatThings, Koru Capital (New York), Marathon Fund, NearingPoint Venture Partners

Information provided is from the Pitchbook database as of 26/3/2026.

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