Databricks

Databricks
Industry Computer software
Founded 2013 (2013)
Founder Ali Ghodsi, Andy Konwinski, Scott Shenker, Ion Stoica, Patrick Wendell, Reynold Xin, Matei Zaharia
Headquarters San Francisco, California, United States
Website databricks.com

Databricks is a company founded by the creators of Apache Spark,[1] that aims to help clients with cloud-based big data processing using Spark.[2][3] Databricks grew out of the AMPLab project at University of California, Berkeley that was involved in making Apache Spark, a distributed computing framework built atop Scala. Databricks develops a web-based platform for working with Spark, that provides automated cluster management and IPython-style notebooks. In addition to building the Databricks platform, the company is co-organizing massive open online courses about Spark[4] and runs the largest conference about Spark - Spark Summit.

History

The company was founded by:

  • Ali Ghodsi, CEO, University of California, Berkeley adjunct professor.
  • Andy Konwinski, former Berkeley PhD student and Apache Spark committer.
  • Scott Shenker, Board Member, University of California, Berkeley professor and co-founder and former CEO of Nicira.
  • Ion Stoica, Executive Chairman, University of California, Berkeley professor and co-founder and CTO of Conviva.
  • Patrick Wendell, former Berkeley PhD student and Apache Spark committer.
  • Reynold Xin, former Berkeley PhD student and Apache Spark committer.
  • Matei Zaharia, Chief Technologist, who created Apache Spark while a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Berkeley, and is currently a professor at Stanford University.[5][6]

Funding

In September 2013, Databricks announced that it had raised $13.9 million from Andreessen Horowitz and said it aimed to offer an alternative to Google's MapReduce system.[2][7] In June 2014, Databricks raised a $33 million Series B, led by New Enterprise Associates, along with additional investment from Series A investor Andreessen Horowitz.[3][8][9] Databricks, founded by the team that created Spark, is closely involved with the development of Apache Spark, an open-source project incubated by the Apache Foundation.[10] In 2016 the company raised additional $60 million, and another $140 million in 2017, bringing the total funding to close to $247 million.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Dwoskin, Elizabeth (June 9, 2016). "This is where the real action in artificial intelligence takes place". Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  2. 1 2 Harris, Derrick (September 25, 2013). "Databricks raises $14M from Andreessen Horowitz, wants to take on MapReduce with Spark". Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Miller, Ron (June 30, 2014). "Databricks Snags $33M In Series B And Debuts Cloud Platform For Processing Big Data". TechCrunch. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Databricks to run two massive online courses on Apache Spark". Databricks. 2014-12-02. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
  5. ↑ Zaharia, Matei. "Matei Zaharia". Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  6. ↑ Crunchbase (January 27, 2015). "Databricks - Crunchbase". Retrieved January 27, 2015.
  7. ↑ Lorica, Ben (September 25, 2013). "Databricks aims to build next-generation analytic tools for Big Data". O'Reilly Media. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  8. ↑ Harris, Derrick (June 30, 2014). "Databricks aims to build next-generation analytic tools for Big Data. A new startup will accelerate the maturation of the Berkeley Data Analytics Stack". Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  9. ↑ Gage, Deborah (June 30, 2014). "Lured By The Promise Of Big Data, Investors Pile $33M Into Databricks". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Committers". Apache Foundation. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  11. ↑ Shieber, Jonathan. "Databricks raises $60 million to be big data's next great leap forward". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
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