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Databricks

Unified data and AI platform

databricks.com

Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Company type: Private company
Number of employees: 5,000–20,000
Industry: Software

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Latest news about Databricks

In short: Databricks raised $5 billion at a $190 billion valuation, reaching a $7 billion revenue run-rate and launching new agentic AI solutions.

Company announcements

September 9 Databricks

Databricks releases Adaptive Instructed-Retriever for faster search

The model combines parallel and sequential retrieval to match third-party quality at double the speed, optimizing cost through online reinforcement learning.

August 27 Databricks

Databricks announces Lakebase and lakehouse innovations at VLDB 2026

Co-founder Reynold Xin delivers the opening keynote on agentic database paradigms while engineers present four technical papers on streaming architecture, query optimization, and view maintenance frameworks.

August 23 Databricks

Databricks launches Lakebase Postgres to enhance agent database interactions

The architecture decouples compute and storage, enabling instant branching, point-in-time recovery, and scale-to-zero capabilities for AI workloads.

August 13 Databricks

Databricks announced $7B revenue run-rate and $5B funding round

Funding led by Coatue, with $190B valuation and >80% YoY growth; Lakebase revenue run-rate exceeds $100M.

Media coverage

Today GuruFocus

Databricks Plans $1 Billion Investment in Asia-Pacific Region

Databricks, a leading data analytics and AI software company, is set to invest over $1 billion in...

Yesterday Law360

Databricks, Authors Trade Jabs Over Use Of Books To Train AI - Law360

Artificial intelligence firm Databricks and a group of authors suing for copyright infringement are trading arguments over why a California federal court should rule their...

September 14 Morningstar

Ahead of an IPO, the Math Behind Databricks’ $190 Billion Valuation Doesn’t Add Up

The data and AI company is one of the world’s strongest private companies, but a PitchBook report says it’s unattractive at the current price.

August 17 Realtid

Andreessen Horowitz under investigation for board conflict

The US Department of Justice is examining whether the venture capital firm violated antitrust laws by representing two direct competitors on its boards.

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