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Data and AI Company Databricks to Raise $10 Billion in Funding Round
Investments // December 17, 2024

Databricks has announced a Series J funding round in which it is raising $10 billion of expected non-dilutive financing and has completed $8.6 billion so far. The funding values the data and artificial intelligence (AI) company at $62 billion, Databricks said in a Tuesday (Dec. 17) press release....

ThredUp CTO Says Data Turns Secondhand Retail Into Top-Shelf Experience
Retail // December 16, 2024

The resale retail sector, once considered a niche market fueled by thrifty shoppers and vintage enthusiasts, has emerged as a multibillion-dollar industry. As just one data point, ThredUp, a quiet powerhouse in the space, has processed over 220 million secondhand clothing items to date. Behind...

Report: Databricks Close to Raising Record $9.5 Billion Amid AI Boom
Investments // December 13, 2024

Databricks reportedly is close to raising $9.5 billion in a funding round, a feat that would create one of the largest-ever venture capital funding rounds. The final number could still go up before the round is finalized next week, Reuters reported Friday (Dec. 13), citing unnamed...

Enigma and Databricks Partner to Deliver Financial Health Intelligence
SMBs // November 18, 2024

Enigma and Databricks are collaborating to deliver data on small- to medium-sized business (SMB) financial health signals to customers. With this data, customers can access financial health intelligence about more than 33 million businesses, based on a panel of more than 40% of U.S. card transactions,...

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ThredUp CTO Says Data Turns Secondhand Retail Into Top-Shelf Experience

December 16, 2024
The resale retail sector, once considered a niche market fueled by thrifty shoppers and vintage enthusiasts, has emerged as a multibillion-dollar industry. As just one data point, ThredUp, a quiet powerhouse in the space, has processed over 220 million secondhand clothing items to date. Behind the digital racks of its 4-million-item inventory lies a sophisticated […]

Databricks Doubles Down on Data to Bring AI to Fortune 500

February 22, 2024
For all its technological complexity, artificial intelligence (AI) rests on one very simple foundation: data. And it’s here that Databricks has put a stake in the ground, claiming 50% of...

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Data and AI Company Databricks to Raise $10 Billion in Funding Round

December 17, 2024
Databricks has announced a Series J funding round in which it is raising $10 billion of expected non-dilutive financing and has completed $8.6 billion so far. The funding values the data and artificial intelligence (AI) company at $62 billion, Databricks said in a Tuesday (Dec. 17) press release. The round is “substantially oversubscribed,” Databricks Co-founder and CEO Ali […]

Report: Databricks Close to Raising Record $9.5 Billion Amid AI Boom

December 13, 2024
Databricks reportedly is close to raising $9.5 billion in a funding round, a feat that would create one of the largest-ever venture capital funding rounds. The final number could still...

Enigma and Databricks Partner to Deliver Financial Health Intelligence

November 18, 2024
Enigma and Databricks are collaborating to deliver data on small- to medium-sized business (SMB) financial health signals to customers. With this data, customers can access financial health intelligence about more than...

Thrive Capital Reportedly Weighing $1 Billion Databricks Stake

November 14, 2024
Thrive Capital is reportedly in discussions to invest $1 billion in analytics software maker Databricks. This deal would value the company around $55 billion, Bloomberg News reported Thursday (Nov. 14), citing sources familiar with...