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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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    2013

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    San Francisco, California, USA

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    Data + AI Platform ProvidersSeasonedLeadersLeaders2026 · Quadrant →Download with Databricks highlighted ↓

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    Data + AI Platform ProvidersLeader · 2026
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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, and AI agent development through Agent Bricks and the Genie assistant. The company reports an annualised revenue run rate of about $7 billion. In September 2026 it acquired spreadsheet startup Row Zero, committed more than US$350 million to Singapore, and expanded observability features including Apps telemetry and tracing of coding agent activity. 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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    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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    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, and AI agent development through Agent Bricks and the Genie assistant.

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