Databricks
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer software |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Founders | Ali Ghodsi, Andy Konwinski, Scott Shenker, Ion Stoica, Patrick Wendell, Reynold Xin, Matei Zaharia |
| Headquarters | , |
| Revenue |  $200 Million(2019)[1] |
Number of employees | 1,442[2] |
| Website | databricks.com |
Databricks is a company founded by the original creators of Apache Spark.[3] Databricks grew out of the AMPLab project at University of California, Berkeley that was involved in making Apache Spark, an open-source distributed computing framework built atop Scala. Databricks develops a web-based platform for working with Spark, that provides automated cluster management and IPython-style notebooks. In addition to building the Databricks platform, the company is co-organizing massive open online courses about Spark[4] and runs the largest conference about Spark - Spark Summit.
History
The company was founded by:
- Ali Ghodsi, CEO, University of California, Berkeley adjunct professor.
- Andy Konwinski, former Berkeley PhD student and Apache Spark committer.
- Scott Shenker, Board Member, University of California, Berkeley professor and co-founder and former CEO of Nicira.
- Ion Stoica, Executive Chairman, University of California, Berkeley professor and co-founder and CTO of Conviva.
- Patrick Wendell, former Berkeley PhD student and Apache Spark committer.
- Reynold Xin, former Berkeley PhD student and Apache Spark committer.
- Matei Zaharia, Chief Technologist, who created Apache Spark while a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Berkeley, and is currently a professor at Stanford University.[5][6]
Funding
In September 2013, Databricks announced that it had raised $13.9 million from Andreessen Horowitz and said it aimed to offer an alternative to Google's MapReduce system.[7][8]
| Series | Date | Amount (million $) |
|---|---|---|
| A | 2013 | 13.9[7] |
| B | 2014 | 33[9] |
| C | 2016 | 60[10] |
| D | 2017 | 140[11] |
| E | Feb. 2019 | 250[12] |
| F | Oct. 2019 | 400[13] |
References
- ^ https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/16/databricks-prepared-for-recession-with-fundraising-real-estate-cuts.html
- ^ https://www.forbes.com/companies/databricks/
- ^ Dwoskin, Elizabeth (June 9, 2016). "This is where the real action in artificial intelligence takes place". Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ^ "Databricks to run two massive online courses on Apache Spark". Databricks. 2014-12-02. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
- ^ Zaharia, Matei. "Matei Zaharia". Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ^ Crunchbase (January 27, 2015). "Databricks - Crunchbase". Retrieved January 27, 2015.
- ^ a b Harris, Derrick (September 25, 2013). "Databricks raises $14M from Andreessen Horowitz, wants to take on MapReduce with Spark". Retrieved September 28, 2014.
- ^ Lorica, Ben (September 25, 2013). "Databricks aims to build next-generation analytic tools for Big Data". O'Reilly Media. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
- ^ Miller, Ron (June 30, 2014). "Databricks Snags $33M In Series B And Debuts Cloud Platform For Processing Big Data". TechCrunch. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
- ^ Shieber, Jonathan. "Databricks raises $60 million to be big data's next great leap forward". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
- ^ "Databricks Secures $140 Million to Accelerate Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in the Enterprise". Databricks. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
- ^ "Databricks' $250 Million Funding Supports Explosive Growth and Global Demand for Unified Analytics; Brings Valuation to $2.75 Billion". Databricks. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
- ^ "Databricks announces $400M round on $6.2B valuation as analytics platform continues to grow". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-10-24.