Databricks

Databricks is a global leader in the data and AI space, founded in 2013 by the original creators of Apache Spark, Delta Lake, and MLflow. Headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers a unified data lakehouse platform that brings together data engineering, data science, machine learning, and business analytics. Databricks serves over 10,000 organisations worldwide including Shell, Conde Nast, and major financial institutions. The company has become a dominant force in the modern data stack, combining open-source innovation with enterprise-grade tooling. Databricks has raised billions in venture funding and is widely considered a prime IPO candidate. It partners closely with Microsoft (Azure Databricks), AWS, and Google Cloud, making it a central platform in cloud-native data architectures globally.