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.
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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 $5B at a $190B valuation, acquired Row Zero, launched new AI models, and expanded internationally.
Company announcements
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.
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.
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
SBVA backs US AI firm Databricks at 258 trillion won valuation
Venture capital (VC) firm SBVA has invested in U.S. data and artificial intelligence (AI) company Databricks. Databricks added its name as a new investor in...
Databricks Anatomy
On August 13, 2026, Databricks completed a $5 billion funding round at a $190 billion valuation. In the same announcement, they disclosed that their annualized...
Databricks Acquires Microsoft Excel Competitor Row Zero
Databricks is acquiring Row Zero, a five-year-old Microsoft Excel competitor that sells spreadsheet software that's designed for analyzing massive amounts of data. The deal could...
Databricks buys spreadsheet startup Row Zero for coworker platform
It's the first for the Genie platform as the company pushes into AI tooling for general work.
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