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Databricks
Data and AI platform, creator of MLflow and Dolly
AI InfrastructureFounded 2013#10 of 54 in AI Infrastructure
Updated May 29, 2026
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Company profile
What is Databricks?
Databricks provides a unified Lakehouse Platform that combines data warehousing and data lake capabilities, enabling organizations to manage and process all their data for analytics and AI workloads. They are significant in the AI ecosystem for their contributions to open-source technologies like Apache Spark, Delta Lake, and MLflow, and for developing foundation models like Dolly.
Latest company data
Primary data point
Downloads
111.7M/30d
Tracked package: PyPI databricks-sdk
▲ +3%Updated 1d ago
Other data points
Dependent projects
285
Projects depending on tracked package: PyPI databricks-sdk
Updated 9h ago
GitHub stars
550
Main repository stars
Updated 9h ago
Hacker News
41/30d
Position #10 in category discussion
Updated 9h ago
Repository health
Maintenance data from the main open-source repository.
Key-person riskSource: GitHub public event dataUpdates: WeeklyCaveat: Minimum developers needed for half of recent code changes. Lower = higher concentration risk.Methodology →
3
External contributorsSource: GitHub public event dataUpdates: WeeklyCaveat: Based on push events; may undercount contributors who only open PRsMethodology →
46
% of recent contributors outside the core team
Releases (30d)Source: GitHub release dataUpdates: WeeklyCaveat: Published releases in the last 30 daysMethodology →
0
Repository usage
Public repositories and source files importing packages tied to Databricks.
Repos importingMetric: Public GitHub repos using company packagesSource: ecosyste.ms Packages APIScope: UTC daily snapshotUpdates: DailyFreshness: 48h target; 48h expected source lagConfidence: HighCaveat: Public GitHub dependency data only; private repos and direct API use outside those packages are not visible.Methodology →
930%
About Databricks
Databricks provides a unified Lakehouse Platform that combines data warehousing and data lake capabilities, enabling organizations to manage and process all their data for analytics and AI workloads. They are significant in the AI ecosystem for their contributions to open-source technologies like Apache Spark, Delta Lake, and MLflow, and for developing foundation models like Dolly.
FoundersAli Ghodsi, Ion Stoica, Matei Zaharia, Patrick Wendell, Arsalan Tavakoli-Shiraji, Reynold Xin, Andy Konwinski
Funding
$20.0B · 12 roundsRaised $20.0B total. Category position #10 of 54 in AI Infrastructure.
Venture2026
$5.0BVenture2025
$1.0BVenture2024
$10.0BStrategic Investment2023
$500MNvidia, T. Rowe Price
Venture2021
$1.6BCounterpoint Global
Series G2021
$1.0BFranklin Templeton
Series F2019
$400MAndreessen Horowitz
Series E2019
$250MAndreessen Horowitz
Series D2017
$140MAndreessen Horowitz
Series C2016
$60MSineWave Ventures
Series B2014
$33MNew Enterprise Associates
Series A2013
$14MAndreessen Horowitz
Investors
Andreessen HorowitzCounterpoint GlobalFranklin TempletonNew Enterprise AssociatesNvidiaSineWave VenturesT. Rowe Price
Tracked packages (1)
1 PyPI
databricks-sdk
PyPIMain PyPI packagedatabricks-sdk
Data and AI platform, creator of MLflow and Dolly