Databricks

3. Key People

• Ali Ghodsi – CEO & Co-founder | Sets overall vision, corporate strategy, and drives innovation in AI and Data Lakehouse.
• Matei Zaharia – CTO & Co-founder | Leads tech strategy, key R&D projects, and open-source AI initiatives.
• Ion Stoica – Executive Chairman & Co-founder | Oversees governance and strategic guidance.
• Patrick Wendell – SVP Engineering & Co-founder | Leads engineering and scalability across the global platform.
• Reynold Xin – Chief Architect & Co-founder | Manages product vision and core development.

4. Products & Solutions

• Databricks Data Intelligence Platform – Unified analytics platform integrating AI, machine learning, ETL, streaming, and business intelligence.
• MosaicML – Generative AI solution for training, deploying, and securing enterprise AI models.
• Delta Lake – Open-source storage layer improving reliability, speed, and scale of data lakes.
• MLflow – Leading open-source MLOps platform for managing ML lifecycle.

Use Cases:

• Accelerating data-driven research and product development

• Enabling manufacturers to optimize R&D, predictive analytics, and quality control

• Powering AI-based insights and data democratization across industries

5. Customers & Markets

Databricks serves a global customer base including large enterprises, SMBs, healthcare, financial institutions, media, manufacturing, and public sector organizations. Over 650 customers generate $1M+ in annual revenue run-rate, and the platform is widely used for AI, data engineering, analytics, and digital transformation.
Market Reach: Global.

6. Research, Partnerships & Innovations

• Research Focus: Data intelligence, generative AI, scalable data infrastructure, lakehouse technology.
• Partnerships: Strategic collaborations with NTT DATA, Anthropic, Microsoft, Google Cloud, and AWS.
• Innovations: First-mover lakehouse platform, acquisition of MosaicML, advances in generative AI for enterprise, and open-source leadership in Spark and MLflow.

7. Recognition & Awards

• 2025 – Data Intelligence Awards – Honoring customers for industry innovation, GenAI achievements, and data-driven transformation. (Databricks)
• 2025 – Databricks Partner Awards – Recognizing outstanding achievements of ISV, consulting, and system integrator partners. (Databricks)

8. Competitors & Alternatives

• Snowflake
• Amazon Redshift
• Google BigQuery
• Azure Synapse Analytics
• Apache Spark

9. Why It Matters
Databricks empowers organizations to harness and operationalize big data, AI, and analytics. Its unified platform underpins digital transformation, fueling innovation in R&D, AI deployment, and business insights across leading industries worldwide.