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Databricks Company Overview

Databricks is an American cloud-based big data and artificial intelligence company founded in 2013 by the founding team of Apache Spark. Its core product is a unified Apache Spark-builtdata analysisThe platform, which provides a Lakehouse architecture, combines the low cost and flexibility of a data lake with the ACID features of a database management system to support machine learning, data analytics, AI development, and business report output.

Databricks serves more than 5,000 organizations globally through its cloud service subscription and pay-per-use business models, with customers across a wide range of industries, including high-tech, retail, finance and healthcare. In recent years, Databricks has continued to expand its product boundaries, incorporating generative AI into its core strategy to help organizations achieve data-driven transformation, and has taken a leading position in AI infrastructure and big data processing.

Core Products and Services

• Unified Data Analytics PlatformDatabricks' core product is an open and unified analytics platform built on Apache Spark, providing a Lakehouse architecture. The platform combines the low cost and flexibility of a data lake with the ACID features of a database management system, enabling organizations to perform machine learning, data analysis, AI development and business reporting on a single platform.

• core technology::

  • Delta Lake: With Apache Iceberg, Hudi and known as the data lake table format "Three Musketeers", through the optimization of the storage layer to significantly reduce the cost of enterprises to build data lakes.
  • MLflow: An open source machine learning lifecycle management tool that supports full process management from model development to deployment.
  • Photon: A vectorization engine written in C++ to further improve query performance (for an additional fee and subject to certain SLA conditions).

• Service model: Provides efficient data processing tools to global enterprises through a subscription-based SaaS model, and continues to innovate in areas such as data lakes and artificial intelligence.

Market Performance and Customers

• market positionGartner has recognized Gartner as the "Leader in Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms" and Forrester Wave as the "Best Solution for Enterprise Data Lakes" for three consecutive years.
• client baseWe have served a wide range of industries, including high tech, retail, finance and healthcare. Typical clients include Shell, HSBC, Starbucks, Comcast, Rivian and other Fortune 500 companies.
• market share: More than 40% of Fortune 500 companies are said to use its platform, and more than 5,000 organizations worldwide have adopted its services.

Financing and valuation

• Financing: Databricks has raised more than billions of dollars of capital in total over the course of its growth, including financial backing from top-tier investment firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, and others. in December 2024, the company announced that it had closed an $8.6 billion round of financing (nearly 90% of its $10 billion target total Series J funding round was closed), and its valuation skyrocketed to $62 billion. .
• Valuation changes: From a $38 billion valuation in 2021, to a $43 billion valuation in 2023, to a $62 billion valuation in 2024, Databricks' valuation continues to grow.

Strategic layout and future planning

• Multi-Cloud Compatibility: Deep integration with mainstream cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, etc., providing cross-cloud data management capabilities to meet enterprise hybrid cloud deployment needs.
• AI field layout：随着生成式AI的兴起，Databricks将生成式AI纳入核心战略。2023年推出的开源macrolanguage modelDolly以及收购MosaicML，都是为了把大模型训练和部署能力加入Lakehouse平台。其新定位是“数据和AI公司”，旨在帮助客户不但能管理数据，还能方便地训练机器学习模型、构建AI应用。
• future planning: Databricks is expected to continue to drive innovation in big data platforms and help more industries realize data-driven transformation, especially in the landing of AI applications in finance, healthcare, retail and other fields.