# Databricks

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

## Why it 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.

## Profile

- **Stage:** growth
- **Status:** private
- **Industries:** ai-ml, infra-cloud, enterprise-saas
- **Coverage:** full
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-24

## 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

## Investors in our directory

- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/tiger-global-management

## Related articles

- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/2026-a16z-databricks-why-it-matters
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/2026-a16z-hot-portfolio-companies

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Source: https://venturecapitaltracker.com/startup/databricks