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Databricks Now Worth $100B. Will It Reach $1T?

Databricks won’t be going public anytime soon, if its latest funding round announced yesterday is any indication. But the lack of an IPO doesn’t appear to matter to the company’s skyrocketing growth. In fact, the c Read more…

Beyond Words: Battle for Semantic Layer Supremacy Heats Up

When it comes to using AI to accelerate BI, practitioners are finding out that semantics really matters. In fact, when you’re using AI to generate SQL to query a database table, knowing exactly what data a particular t Read more…

Why OpenAI’s New Open Weight Models Are a Big Deal

The smoke is still clearing from OpenAI’s big GPT-5 launch today, but the verdict is starting to come in on the company’s other big announcement this week: the launch of two new open weight models, gpt-oss-120b and g Read more…

Apache Sedona: Putting the ‘Where’ In Big Data

Technologists have built distributed systems designed to process a variety of data types for many use cases. We have key-value stores, relational databases, document databases, graph databases, and even time-series datab Read more…

Top 10 Big Data Technologies to Watch in the Second Half of 2025

With the tech industry currently in the midst of its mid-summer lull, now it’s the perfect time to take stock of where we’ve come this year and take a look at where big data tech might take us for the remainder of 20 Read more…

Meet Andy Konwinski, a 2025 BigDATAwire Person to Watch

Feeling pretty good about your contributions to big data? Then you should probably get to know Andy Konwinski, whose resume in the space is unparalleled and who is one of BigDATAwire's People to Watch for 2025. We rec Read more…

Big Data Career Notes for June 2025

It’s that time of month again–time for Big Data Career Notes, a monthly feature where we keep you up-to-date on the latest career developments for individuals in the big data community. Whether it’s a promotion, ne Read more…

Bad Vibes: Access to AI Training Data Sparks Legal Questions

As “vibe coding” goes mainstream, AI companies are rushing to build the biggest and most authoritative tech knowledge bases to train the next generation of AI copilots. But how will AI companies obtain these curated Read more…

Databricks Takes Top Spot in Gartner DSML Platform Report

In the market for a new data science-machine learning (DSML) platform? The folks over at Gartner have put together a document that ranks the top DSML platform providers in the business. Databricks took home the number on Read more…

Databricks Invests in Core Data Engineering, Operations

AI might be driving the bus when it comes to IT investments. But as companies struggle with their AI rollouts, they’re realizing that issues with the data are what’s holding them back. That’s what’s leading Datab Read more…

This Just In

Databricks Surpasses $4B Revenue Run-Rate, Exceeding $1B AI Revenue Run-Rate

Sep 8, 2025 |

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8, 2025 — Databricks today announced it has crossed a $4 billion revenue run-rate during Q2, growing >50% year over year. Databricks’ AI products also recently crossed a $1 billion revenue run-rate. Read more…

Databricks Moves Toward $100B+ Valuation in Series K Round

Aug 19, 2025 |

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19, 2025 — Databricks today announced it has signed a term sheet for its Series K round, which it expects to close soon with backing from existing investors. Read more…

Redpanda Partners with Databricks to Deliver One‑Step Stream‑to‑Table Iceberg Integration for Real‑Time Lakehouses

Aug 6, 2025 |

SAN FRANCISCO, August 6, 2025 — Redpanda, the real-time data platform that powers agentic and operational applications, has announced Redpanda 25.2, which simplifies Iceberg adoption for enterprise users. Read more…

Databricks Accelerates Bay Area Growth with New Office in Sunnyvale

Jul 24, 2025 |

SAN FRANCISCO, July 24, 2025 — Databricks today continues its rapid growth in the San Francisco Bay Area with the expansion into a new 305,000 square foot office in downtown Sunnyvale. Read more…

TileDB and Databricks Partner to Harness Multimodal Data to Power AI in Healthcare and Life Sciences

Jul 22, 2025 |

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 22, 2025 — TileDB, the multimodal database pioneer, and Databricks, the Data and AI company, today announced a strategic partnership that eliminates data silos preventing healthcare and life sciences organizations from fully leveraging AI-driven drug discovery and clinical insights. Read more…

Databricks Launches Agent Bricks: A New Approach to Building AI Agents

Jun 13, 2025 |

SAN FRANCISCO, June 13, 2025 — Databricks has introduced Agent Bricks, a new, automated way to create high-performing AI agents tailored to your business. Just provide a high-level description of the agent’s task, and connect your enterprise data — Agent Bricks handles the rest. Read more…

Informatica Expands Partnership with Databricks as Launch Partner for Managed Iceberg Tables and OLTP Database

Jun 13, 2025 |

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 13, 2025 — Informatica has announced a significant expansion of its partnership with Databricks at the 2025 Data + AI Summit. Informatica is a launch partner for two major innovations from Databricks—Managed Iceberg Tables and Databricks Lakebase, a first-of-its-kind, modern database built for AI. Read more…

Databricks Expands Google Cloud Partnership to Offer Native Access to Gemini AI Models

Jun 12, 2025 |

SAN FRANCISCO, June 12, 2025 — Databricks today announced a new strategic product partnership with Google Cloud to make the latest Gemini models available as native products within the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. Read more…

Databricks and Microsoft Extend Strategic Partnership for Azure Databricks

Jun 12, 2025 |

SAN FRANCISCO, June 12, 2025 — Databricks and Microsoft today announced a multi-year early extension of their strategic partnership, underscoring a shared commitment to helping organizations harness the power of data and AI. Read more…

ThoughtSpot Unveils DataSpot to Accelerate Agentic Analytics for Every Databricks Customer

Jun 12, 2025 |

New offering on Databricks Marketplace empowers users with real-time, governed, AI-powered insights directly from the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 12, 2025 — Read more…

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