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Databricks

Databricks is a private company that sells a cloud-based data and AI platform used by enterprises to store data, build analytics and train or deploy AI models.

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What it does

Databricks is a private company that sells a cloud-based data and AI platform used by enterprises to store data, build analytics and train or deploy AI models.

Why it matters

Databricks reached a roughly $190 billion valuation in an August 2026 funding round and announced a partnership with OpenAI in September 2025 to bring OpenAI's models into its Agent Bricks product, positioning it as software that connects enterprise data to foundation models.

How it makes money

Databricks makes money primarily through consumption-based pricing for its cloud data and AI platform, charging customers based on the computing and storage resources they use.

Geography

United States (San Francisco, California)

AI stack position

AI infrastructure software. The tools developers use to build, train, deploy and manage AI systems: the software layer that sits between raw computing power and a finished AI product.

Competitors

Connections (8)

Every connection below is tied to a readable source, date, classification and statement of its limits. A company source establishes what that company stated; it does not necessarily provide independent confirmation.

Current relationships (5)

Databricks partners with Microsoft
Partners withCurrent
Databricks and Microsoft expanded their partnership into the 2030s, with Databricks running its core business operations on Azure Databricks, adopting Azure Cobalt processors, and integrating Databricks Genie and Unity AI Gateway across Microsoft 365, Power BI and Teams.

Source: 2026-07-23 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Does not establish the financial terms of the partnership or exclusivity; Databricks also runs on AWS and Google Cloud.

Databricks and Microsoft expand partnership to help enterprises bring business context to enterprise AI ↗
SpaceXAI (formerly xAI) distributes Grok models through Databricks
Publishes throughCurrent
SpaceXAI said on June 18, 2026 that Grok models are natively available on Databricks Agent Bricks, Databricks' developer agent platform.

Source: 2026-06-18 · reviewed 2026-09-24

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: The post does not name which Grok versions are offered, disclose commercial terms or revenue sharing, or establish how many Databricks customers use Grok. It does not show that Databricks provides compute to SpaceXAI.

Grok on Databricks ↗
Meta Platforms distributes Llama models through Databricks
Publishes throughCurrent
Databricks said Meta's Llama 4 Maverick was available in Databricks workspaces and rolling out across its AWS, Azure and Google Cloud deployments, with Llama 4 Scout to follow.

Source: 2025-04-05 · reviewed 2026-09-24

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: A platform availability post from April 2025. It does not establish commercial terms between Meta and Databricks, which later Llama versions are carried, or how much customer usage the models see.

Introducing Meta's Llama 4 on the Databricks Data + AI Platform ↗
Databricks offers Claude models natively under a five-year deal with Anthropic
Partners withCurrent
Databricks said it signed a five-year partnership with Anthropic making Claude models, starting with Claude 3.7 Sonnet, natively available in the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.

Source: 2025-03-26 · reviewed 2026-09-24

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: No financial value was disclosed. It does not establish current usage, which later Claude models are available, or that the agreement is still in force on its original terms.

Databricks and Anthropic Sign Landmark Deal to Bring Claude Models to the Data + AI Platform ↗
Databricks partners with Amazon Web Services
Partners withCurrent
Databricks and AWS expanded their partnership so that AWS Trainium chips are Databricks' preferred processor for training and serving Mosaic AI models on AWS, with Databricks' AWS Marketplace business surpassing a $1 billion run rate.

Source: 2024-10-15 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Does not establish exclusive use of Trainium -- Databricks also runs on GPUs and other clouds -- and the $1B run-rate figure is AWS-Marketplace-specific, not total company revenue.

Databricks Strengthens Partnership with AWS to Deliver Advanced Generative AI Capabilities ↗

Dated or announced (2)

Databricks integrates models from OpenAI
Partners withDated / announced
Databricks and OpenAI announced a partnership on September 25, 2025 to bring OpenAI's frontier models into Databricks' Agent Bricks product for enterprise customers.

Source: 2025-09-25 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced

Limits: This confirms the announced product integration; it does not disclose contract value, exclusivity, or the volume of OpenAI model usage flowing through Databricks since launch.

Databricks and OpenAI Launch Groundbreaking Partnership to Bring Frontier Intelligence to Enterprises with Databricks Agent Bricks ↗
NVIDIA invested in via funding round Databricks
Invested inDated / announced
Nvidia and Capital One invested in Databricks' roughly $500 million funding round, which valued the company at $43 billion, announced in September 2023.

Source: 2023-09-14 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Completed

Limits: This confirms Nvidia's participation in a 2023 funding round; it does not disclose Nvidia's exact investment amount, current ownership stake, or whether Nvidia participated in Databricks' later, larger 2026 rounds.

Nvidia and Capital One invest in Databricks at $43 billion valuation ↗

Comparisons (1)

Databricks competes with in data platforms Snowflake
Competes withComparison only
Databricks' CEO has publicly referred to Snowflake as Databricks' 'main rival' in coverage of a 2023 funding round in which Snowflake's top customer, Capital One, also invested in Databricks.

Source: 2023-09-14 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Analytical comparison · Reported operating

Limits: This reflects an on-record executive characterization of rivalry and industry framing of both companies as competing data/AI platforms; it does not measure current relative market share or prove customers choose exclusively between the two.

Databricks raises $500 million with backing from rival Snowflake's top client ↗

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