Databricks valued at $100 billion
Databricks said it raised more funding in a Series K round with a valuation topping $100 billion.
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Databricks natively integrates Google Cloud Gemini models
Databricks said that Google Cloud's Gemini models will be available natively within its Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. Databricks also said that it extended a partnership with Microsoft Azure.
Databricks launches Mosaic Agent Bricks, Lakeflow Designer, Lakehouse
Databricks launched Mosaic Agent Bricks, a workspace for creating AI agents that are production ready, accurate and cost efficient, Lakeflow Designer and Lakehouse, a transactional database.
Databricks forges partnership with Anthropic, adds innovative system to enhance open source LLMs
Databricks inked a five-year partnership with Anthropic to offer Claude models directly through the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. Databricks also highlighted a system to enhance large language model performance without requiring label data.
Databricks annual revenue run rate hits $3 billion, compared to Snowflake’s $3.77 billion
Databricks expects to have a $3 billion annual revenue run rate exiting its fourth quarter ending Jan. 31. The company also has more than 500 customers consuming more than $1 million annually.
Monday's Musings: Seven Big Themes In Tech For The Next Presidency
Expect Regulations For National Security, But Overall Lighter Regulatory Framework
For the most part, tech has done well regardless of presidential administrations due to the light regulation of the overall industry. This has allowed large digital giants to emerge and dominate global markets across a multitude of industries. Amidst a national security backdrop and increasing capital required in the tech arms race, government has been hesitant to over regulate.
Databricks, AWS expand partnership with Mosaic AI, more integration
Databricks broadened its partnership with Amazon Web Services in a move that will put Databricks Mosaic AI on AWS for custom models. In addition, Databricks will use AWS' Trainium chips as its preferred infrastructure for model training.
GM builds its data factory, eyes genAI
Brian Ames, senior manager of production AI and data products at General Motors, said the company has stood up its data factory and plans to layer in generative AI capabilities in the next year.
Databricks launches Data Intelligence Platform, melds data, AI workflows
With generative AI, Databricks is creating a Data Intelligence Platform that includes Delta Lake, a unified data storage system, Tabular, which will bridge Databricks with the Iceberg crowd, the generally available Unity Catalog, and Mosaic AI, Databricks SQL, dashboards and other tools.
Databricks acquires Tabular to bridge Iceberg formats with its lakehouse
Databricks said it has acquired Tabular, a data management company founded by the original creators of Apache Iceberg. The companies said they're aiming to combine their open-source cred to build interoperable data formats.
