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Introducing Governance Hub: Intelligent, account-level governance over your Databricks estate
Databricks introduces Governance Hub, an agentic account-level experience that provides unified data governance, AI usage, and cost insights and recommendations across an organization's entire Databricks estate.
The Next Web
Databricks Closes $5 Billion Round at $190 Billion Valuation
Databricks closed a $5 billion round at a $190 billion valuation, led by Coatue, with revenue run-rate above $7 billion and more than 80% year-over-year growth.
TechCrunch
Databricks wanted to raise $1B, investors wanted $15B. It settled on $5B at a $190B valuation. | TechCrunch
TechCrunch details how Databricks initially sought $1 billion but investor demand reached $15 billion, leading to a $5 billion round at a $190 billion valuation.
CNBC
Databricks wraps $5 billion funding round at $190 billion valuation
Databricks closed a $5 billion funding round at a $190 billion valuation, after surpassing $7 billion in revenue run rate with over 80% year-over-year growth.
SiliconANGLE
Databricks raises $5B more after annualized revenue tops $7B - SiliconANGLE
Databricks announced it raised $5 billion at a $190 billion valuation, after annualized recurring revenue grew over 80% year-over-year to above $7 billion.
Databricks Newsroom
Databricks Grows >80% YoY, Surpasses $7B Revenue Run-Rate, Scales Lakebase, Genie, and Unity AI Gateway
Databricks announced it surpassed a $7 billion revenue run-rate with >80% year-over-year growth and closed a $5 billion strategic funding round led by Coatue at a $190 billion valuation. The investment will drive innovation across Lakebase, Genie, and Unity AI Gateway.
InfoWorld
Databricks acquires Electric to bring local Postgres databases to agentic apps | InfoWorld
Databricks is acquiring Electric to embed local WebAssembly-based Postgres databases into agentic applications, reducing latency for AI agents that need to access centralized databases.
Forbes
Databricks Hits $190 Billion Valuation As CEO Ali Ghodsi Claims AGI Has Already Arrived
Forbes covers Databricks' $5 billion raise at a $190 billion valuation and an exclusive interview with CEO Ali Ghodsi, who argues that AGI has already arrived.
Databricks Blog
Electric joins Databricks to bring WASM Postgres to AI agent sandboxes
Databricks announces its acquisition of Electric.
Microsoft Newsroom
COSS Companies Sign Open Letter Urging US to Encourage Development of Open Weight Models
The Linux Foundation joined Cisco, Dell Technologies, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA and other industry signatories in an open letter which makes the case that open weight models are an essential part of the foundation for secure, universally accessible and innovative AI . The letter argues that the right response to the real risks of open weights is a stronger open ecosystem rather than prohibition, and that policymakers should encourage rather than restrict frontier open models.
TechCrunch
Databricks hits $188B valuation, extending its run as AI's favorite second act
Databricks announced a new funding round at a $188 billion valuation, reportedly raising roughly $3 billion led by Coatue.
Techzine
Nokia and Databricks test platform for AI-driven networks - Techzine Global
Nokia and Databricks completed a trial of a unified data platform for autonomous networks, addressing data fragmentation in telecom.
GlobeNewswire
Nokia, Databricks demonstrate unified data platform for
Nokia and Databricks completed a proof of concept for a unified data platform for autonomous telecom networks, enabling AI-driven operations.
Bain & Company
Databricks Data + AI Summit: The Lakehouse Becomes the Agentic Enterprise Control Plane | Bain & Company
Bain provides analysis of Databricks' Data + AI Summit announcements, arguing the lakehouse is evolving into an agentic enterprise control plane.
NextTechToday
Databricks Pushes Genie From Chatbot to AI Coworker
Databricks announced Genie One, an AI coworker, and other Genie updates at its Data + AI Summit, moving beyond chatbot capabilities.
The Economic Times
‘Thriving digital ecosystem & AI adoption bringing MNCs here’: Databricks cofounder - The Economic Times
Databricks cofounder discusses the company's expansion in India, citing the digital ecosystem and AI adoption as key drivers.
Futurum Group
Databricks Data + AI Summit: Looking Beyond the Database Through Unified Transactions, Analytics, and Agentic AI - Futurum
Analyst analysis of Databricks' summit announcements including LTAP, Genie suite, and expansion into cybersecurity and CDP.
BizTech Magazine
Databricks Data + AI Summit: How Enterprises Can Scale AI Beyond Pilots and Productivity Gains | BizTech Magazine
BizTech reports on Databricks' summit, focusing on workforce challenges in scaling AI beyond pilots.
InfoWorld
Databricks targets AI operations bottlenecks with ZeroOps | InfoWorld
Databricks launched Genie ZeroOps, an agentic operations tool to automate monitoring and remediation of data/AI workloads.
CIO
From RAG to ontology: Databricks bets on context as the key to trusted AI agents | CIO
Databricks introduces Genie Ontology, a context layer for AI agents, aiming to improve accuracy and trust in enterprise AI.
AITech365
Databricks to Acquire Panther, Boosting Security Lakehouse
Databricks announces acquisition of Panther, an AI-powered SOC platform, to enhance its security lakehouse capabilities.
The New Stack
Databricks wants to merge the two databases every company runs - The New Stack
Databricks introduces LTAP architecture to unify transactional and analytical databases for AI agents, along with Lakehouse//RT and other updates.
Databricks Blog
Introducing Genie One, Genie Agents, and Genie Ontology | Databricks Blog
Databricks launches Genie One, an AI coworker, Genie Agents for autonomous agents, and Genie Ontology for business context.
CNBC
Databricks revenue growth tops 80% to $6.9 billion annualized
Databricks reports annualized revenue of $6.9 billion, up over 80% year-over-year, driven by AI demand but with shrinking margins due to agentic AI costs.
SiliconANGLE
Databricks' new agentic coworker Genie One brings AI automation to every part of the business - SiliconANGLE
Databricks unveils Genie One, an AI assistant powered by Genie Ontology, to automate business workflows across the enterprise.
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