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Databricks is a cloud-based data engineering, data science, and machine learning platform that provides tools for managing and processing large-scale data. The platform offers features such as data integration, automated data engineering, and collaborative notebook-based development, enabling businesses to streamline their data processing workflows and accelerate their time-to-insights. With Databricks, businesses can leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence to drive business outcomes and make data-driven decisions. The platform also offers integrations with popular data sources and visualization tools, enabling businesses to gain insights from their data and create custom reports and dashboards.
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In 2026, Databricks's revenue reached $5.4B. The company previously reported $3.7B in 2025. Since its launch in 2013, Databricks has shown consistent revenue growth.
Databricks reached a $134B valuation in 2025.
Databricks has raised $9B in total funding across 8 rounds, most recently a $5B ~$5B Series L (part of >$7B package incl. $2B debt), completed ~Feb 2026, led by Insight Partners, Fidelity Management & Research, and JPMorgan Asset Management round in 2026.
| Year | Round | Amount | Valuation | % Sold | Source |
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| 2026 | ~$5B Series L (part of >$7B package incl. $2B debt), completed ~Feb 2026, led by Insight Partners, Fidelity Management & Research, and JPMorgan Asset Management |
CEO
Ali Ghodsi is the CEO and co-founder of Databricks, responsible for the growth and international expansion of the company. He previously served as the VP of Engineering and Product Management before taking the role of CEO in January 2016. In addition to his work at Databricks, Ali serves as an adjunct professor at UC Berkeley and is on the board at UC Berkeley’s RiseLab. Ali was one of the original creators of open source project, Apache Spark, and ideas from his academic research in the areas of resource management and scheduling and data caching have been applied to Apache Mesos and Apache Hadoop. Ali received his MBA from Mid-Sweden University in 2003 and PhD from KTH/Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden in 2006 in the area of Distributed Computing
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Databricks serves 10K customers.
Databricks employs approximately 8K people as of 2026, down from 9.4K in 2024, including 501 sales reps that carry a quota. It serves 10K customers that rely on its solutions.
Databricks generates $5.4B in revenue.
Databricks was founded by Matei Zaharia.
The CEO of Databricks is Ali Ghodsi.
Databricks raised $9B across 8 rounds.
Databricks has 12.3K employees.
Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
Databricks operates across multiple industries. Browse revenue, funding, and growth data for Databricks in each sector below.
All figures on this page are taken directly from interviews or are estimates from public sources and proprietary models. Not financial advice. Read full disclaimer.
Claim this profileValuation
$134B
2026 Revenue
$5.4B
Customers
10K
Funding
$9B
YOY
46%
Avg ACV
$540K
Team · 2025
12.3K
Founded
2013
| Year | Milestone | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Databricks Hit $5.4b revenue in February 2026 | databricks.com |
| 2025 | Databricks Hit $3.7b revenue in August 2025 | |
| 2024 | Databricks Hit $2.4b revenue in June 2024 | |
| 2023 | Databricks Hit $1.5b revenue in November 2023 | |
| 2022 | Databricks Hit $404.3m revenue in November 2022 | |
| 2022 | Databricks Hit $404.3m revenue in February 2022 | |
| 2021 | Databricks Hit $425m revenue in November 2021 | |
| 2021 | Databricks Hit $425m revenue in February 2021 | |
| 2020 | Databricks Hit $351m revenue in December 2020 | |
| 2019 | Databricks Hit $169m revenue in December 2019 | |
| 2018 | Databricks Hit $74.4m revenue in June 2018 | |
| 2013 | Launched with $0 revenue |
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| 2025 | Funding round | - | $134B | - | databricks.com |
| 2025 | Series J | - | $100B | - |
| 2024 | Series I | $500M | $43B | 1% |
| 2021 | Series H | $1.6B | - | - |
| 2021 | Series G | $1B | $27B | 4% |
| 2019 | Series F | $400M | $6B | 7% |
| 2019 | Series E | $250M | $2B | 13% |
| 2017 | Series D | $140M | $900M | 16% |
| 2016 | Series C | $60M | $513M | 12% |
| Year | Milestone | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Reached 12.3K employees (September 2025) | |
| 2025 | Reached 8K employees (January 2025) | en.wikipedia.orgEstimated |
| 2024 | Reached 9.4K employees (October 2024) | |
| 2023 | Reached 5.9K employees (December 2023) | |
| 2023 | Reached 5.9K employees (July 2023) | |
| 2022 | Reached 5.3K employees (October 2022) | |
| 2019 | Reached 982 employees (December 2019) | |
| 2019 | Reached 900 employees (October 2019) | |
| 2018 | Reached 511 employees (December 2018) | |
| 2018 | Reached 518 employees (June 2018) | |
| 2017 | Reached 220 employees (August 2017) | |
| 2015 | Reached 46 employees (June 2015) |
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