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    Databricks

    Data + AI Platform Providers

    Placed in 1 PeMa market and a Leader in 1 of them, with its strongest showing in Data + AI Platform Providers.

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    Profile

    About Databricks

    Databricks is a San Francisco-based data and AI platform company founded in 2013 by the creators of Apache Spark.

    Its lakehouse platform runs on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud and covers data engineering, warehousing, governance through Unity Catalog, machine learning with MLflow, the Lakebase operational database, and AI agent development through Agent Bricks and Genie. The company reports an annualised revenue run rate of about $7 billion and recently acquired spreadsheet startup Row Zero. In October 2026 it said it will open an Abu Dhabi office early in 2027, relocating more than 50 Middle East and Africa staff, and SAP expanded the Databricks tools available inside SAP Business Data Cloud. AIM Research places Databricks as a Leader in the Data + AI Platform Providers market and also lists it among GenAI Observability Tool Providers, where MLflow tracing and governed telemetry tables give customers built-in monitoring for AI applications and agents.

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    Plans Abu Dhabi office for early 2027 to anchor Middle East and Africa growth

    Databricks told Fortune it will open an Abu Dhabi office early in 2027, relocating more than 50 Middle East and Africa staff now based in Europe and planning to more than double regional headcount within a year. Named regional customers include Al-Futtaim Group, Etihad Airways and MBC Shahid.

    Buyer takeawayGulf buyers should see more local sales, support and partner capacity from Databricks during 2027.

    ▲ Regional expansionEMEA buyersPublic sectorDatabricks customers

    Ask DatabricksWill the Abu Dhabi presence include in-country cloud regions or data residency options for UAE public sector workloads?

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    Databricks acquires spreadsheet startup Row Zero to extend Genie

    Databricks bought Row Zero, a cloud spreadsheet startup founded by former AWS and Tableau engineers, for an undisclosed sum. It plans to combine the product with its Genie assistant so people and agents can work on governed enterprise data in a spreadsheet view without exporting files. Chief executive Ali Ghodsi said more acquisitions of this kind are planned.

    Buyer takeawayEnterprises standardised on Databricks may be able to move spreadsheet-based analysis onto governed data, reducing uncontrolled data exports.

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    Databricks commits over US$350 million to Singapore and doubles local staff

    Databricks will invest more than US$350 million in Singapore over three years, growing local headcount from about 250 to over 500 and opening a larger regional headquarters. It named iFAST, Singapore Customs and Singtel as new customers in the region. The plan came alongside a partnership with Singapore's EDB and IMDA linked to the national AI strategy.

    Buyer takeawayAsia Pacific buyers can expect deeper local support and delivery capacity from Databricks over the next three years.

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    Questions about Databricks

    Databricks is a San Francisco-based data and AI platform company founded in 2013 by the creators of Apache Spark. Its lakehouse platform runs on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud and covers data engineering, warehousing, governance through Unity Catalog, machine learning with MLflow, the Lakebase operational database, and AI agent development through Agent Bricks and Genie.

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