Startup profile for Databricks: what they do, why they are interesting, stage (growth), industries, and links to our funding articles. Part of the Venture Capital Tracker startup directory.

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Databricks

Lakehouse platform for analytics and AI used by thousands of enterprises to train and govern models on their data.

Stage

growth

Status

private

Coverage

full

Why Databricks is interesting

Databricks (~$43B class valuations in recent coverage) is core AI infrastructure for enterprises that will not ship data to public LLMs. Lakehouse AI + MosaicML acquisitions show the stack consolidating around governed model development.

Key facts

  • Series I (Sep–Nov 2023): $500M+ at $43B valuation; a16z and Tiger Global among participating existing investors — Databricks press release, TechCrunch
  • Round led by T. Rowe Price; strategic follow-on from AWS, CapitalG, Microsoft, NVIDIA — Databricks press release

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Industries

AI & Machine Learning Infrastructure & Cloud Enterprise SaaS

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Related funding articles

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Databricks is listed among Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) investments on a16z’s public investment list.
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Last updated: 2026-07-24