Databricks, Inc.
About the company
Databricks, Inc. is a data and AI software company founded in 2013 by the original creators of key open source projects including Apache Spark, Delta Lake, and MLflow. Originating from the academic environment of UC Berkeley's AMPLab, the company was established with the aim to simplify and democratize data and AI technologies for enterprise use. It has developed pioneering technology around the Lakehouse architecture, which combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses into a unified platform for scalable data storage and analysis.
Databricks offers its core product, the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, as a cloud-native SaaS solution that supports data engineering, collaborative analytics, machine learning, and governance. The company operates a subscription-based business model with tiered enterprise offerings emphasizing security and governance, targeting medium to large organizations. As of 2025, Databricks serves over 15,000 organizations worldwide, including a majority of Fortune 500 companies, across industries such as financial services, healthcare, retail, energy, and technology.
Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Databricks remains an independent, venture-backed private company. It has raised over $4 billion in funding and was valued at $43 billion as of 2023. The company continues to expand its product ecosystem with offerings like Delta Lake, MLflow, and Unity Catalog, and has made strategic acquisitions such as Neon, a serverless Postgres provider, to complement its platform capabilities.
