Databricks is a data, analytics and AI company founded in 2013 by the creators of Apache Spark. Headquartered in San Francisco, it pioneered the data lakehouse and provides cloud‑based tools for data and AI.
- Founded: 2013 by Ali Ghodsi, Ion Stoica, Matei Zaharia, Andy Konwinski, Patrick Wendell, Reynold Xin, and Arsalan Tavakoli.
- Headquarters: San Francisco, California.
- Company: Private data, analytics and AI provider offering a cloud-based platform to build, scale and govern data and AI solutions.
- Data Lakehouse: Pioneered the data lakehouse architecture, merging data warehouse capabilities with data lakes for unified analytics.
- Delta Lake: Maintains the open‑source Delta Lake project, adding reliability to data lakes for machine learning and data science.
- Scale: Reported US$1.6 billion in revenue for 2023 and about 8,000 employees by 2025.
- Growth: Valued at about $62 billion in December 2024 after major funding rounds; continues to expand through acquisitions and partnerships.
