Databricks, a company specializing in data and AI, has just announced a new round of financing in the amount of 1.6 billion dollars from numerous investors, including Counterpoint Global – Morgan Stanley. With this new financing, the company’s valuation is positioned at Databricks announces the completion of a “This new investment reflects the rapid adoption of the Databricks Lakehouse platform and the incredible demand from customers. It also underlines the confidence of the market and investors in our vision that the lakehouse is the data architecture of the future. This marks an exciting new chapter that will allow us to accelerate our pace of innovation and invest further in ensuring that data-driven enterprises succeed in their journey to the lakehouse architecture.”
In conjunction with the fundraising, Databricks announced the appointment of Andy Kofoid, a former Salesforce executive, as President of Global Field Operations. With his arrival, the company will invest in accelerating the adoption of Databricks’ lakehouse platform globally, entering new markets, supporting and growing its partner ecosystem, and building a broad catalog of solutions by industry. Translated from Databricks annonce une levée de fonds de 1,6 milliard de dollars pour accélérer l’adoption de l’architecture lakehouse
1.6 billion fundraising
3.5 billion. The money will be used to accelerate the company’s lead in the huge and growing data lakehouse market. Ali Ghodsi, Co-Founder and CEO of Databricks welcomes the funding round and shares his vision for the future:
