Databricks Hits $190 Billion Valuation As CEO Ali Ghodsi Claims AGI Already Arrived

Databricks has raised $5 billion at a $190 billion valuation as CEO Ali Ghodsi claims AGI already arrived, with the fortune now buried in context the models don't have.
SiliconANGLE

Building for a new era: Databricks takes on pain points of complexity, lock-in and cost for enterprise AI

Ali Ghodsi, co-founder and chief executive of Databricks Inc., believes that data and artificial intelligence estates are fragmented, costly and much too complex. Today, he explained how his company’s ...
SiliconANGLE

New Databricks tools aim to cut costs and complexity in AI agent deployment

Databricks Inc. today unveiled a new suite of tools aimed at simplifying the development of artificial intelligence agents for enterprise use. The centerpiece of the announcement is Mosaic Agent ...
AOL

DoiT Launches SELECT for Databricks to Automate Cost Optimization

SELECT brings its proven data platform optimization engine to Databricks, replacing manual cost management for engineering and data teams SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- DoiT today ...
InfoWorld

Databricks pitches Lakewatch as a cheaper SIEM — but is it really?

Databricks has previewed a new open agentic Security Information and Event Management software (SIEM) named Lakewatch that signals its first deliberate step beyond data warehousing into security ...
VentureBeat

The $1 Billion database bet: What Databricks' Neon acquisition means for your AI strategy

The importance of databases to modern enterprise AI operations cannot be overstated. Data helps to train and ground AI, and multiple research reports show that without proper data, AI efforts tend to ...