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Databricks launches Lakewatch, a security information and event management service, and announces the acquisition of security startups Antimatter and SiftD (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 24, 2026

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Databricks Launches Lakewatch, a Security Information and Event Management Service, Announces Acquisition of Security Startups Antimatter…

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Robinhood launches its $658.4 million venture capital fund on the NYSE, pricing the IPO at $25 per share, giving retail investors access to private companies like Databricks (Manya Saini/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 6, 2026

Featured Podcasts Hard fork: OpenAI’s Fog of War + Betting on Iran + Slop’s Hard Fork Review The future is…

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Databricks is in talks to raise funding at a valuation of more than $130 billion, up about 30% from September when it raised a $1 billion Series K at a valuation of $100 billion (The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 18, 2025

Featured Podcasts Decoder with Nilay Patel: Ring’s Jamie Siminoff thinks AI can reduce crime A show from The Verge about…

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The former chief of Databricks AI, Naveen Rao, is in talks to raise $ 1 billion led by A16Z to an evaluation of $ 5 billion for his new unconventional AI equipment startup (Marina Temkin / Techcrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 3, 2025

Featured podcasts Hard Fork: Sora and Infinite Slobe Foods + Chatgpt goes to therapy + Hot Mess Express The future…

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Databricks plans to acquire Tecton, which helps companies create and deploy ML applications, for an undisclosed sum; Tecton was estimated at $ 900 million in 2022 (Krystal Hu / Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 22, 2025

Featured podcasts Big Technology Podcast: The great debate of GPT-5, the AI bubble of Sam Altman, only the chatbots The…

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A profile of the teacher of UCB CS Ion Stoica, a billionaire who helped launch four startups from his private funded research laboratory, notably Databricks (Martina di Licosa / Forbes)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 16, 2025

Featured podcasts Big Technology Podcast: Can the web survive a generative AI? – With Matthew Prince The Big Technology Podcast…

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Andy Konwinski, co-founder of Databricks and Perplexity, launches the Laude Institute for non-profit, self-funded of $ 100 million for subsidies to IA projects and laboratories (Mike Wheatley / Siliconangle)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 25, 2025

Mike Wheatley / Silicion:: Andy Konwinski, co-founder of Databricks and Perplexity, launches the Laude Institute for non-profit, self-financed $ 100…

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Palantir publishes 22-point summary of Alex Karp’s book, advocating hard power, AI weapons and deterrence, and denouncing pluralism and “regressive” cultures (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)

Sources: the brilliant "26" in Apple’s WWDC invite, it teases a revamped Siri, memory shortages could push Mac Studio and hit MacBook Pro launches by a few months (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

A profile of Quince, an online luxury DTC brand valued at more than $10 billion, which has found success by using data analytics and close ties with manufacturers to keep prices low (Amanda Mull/Bloomberg)

A look at AI METR, a nonprofit organization whose time horizon metrics are used by AI researchers and Wall Street investors to track the rapid development of AI systems (Kevin Roose/New York Times)

Expo, which develops a self-titled React Native framework and provides cloud services for building cross-platform applications, raised a $45 million Series B led by Georgian (Maria Deutscher/SiliconANGLE)

Browsing: Databricks

Databricks launches Lakewatch, a security information and event management service, and announces the acquisition of security startups Antimatter and SiftD (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Robinhood launches its $658.4 million venture capital fund on the NYSE, pricing the IPO at $25 per share, giving retail investors access to private companies like Databricks (Manya Saini/Reuters)

Databricks is in talks to raise funding at a valuation of more than $130 billion, up about 30% from September when it raised a $1 billion Series K at a valuation of $100 billion (The Information)

The former chief of Databricks AI, Naveen Rao, is in talks to raise $ 1 billion led by A16Z to an evaluation of $ 5 billion for his new unconventional AI equipment startup (Marina Temkin / Techcrunch)

Databricks plans to acquire Tecton, which helps companies create and deploy ML applications, for an undisclosed sum; Tecton was estimated at $ 900 million in 2022 (Krystal Hu / Reuters)

A profile of the teacher of UCB CS Ion Stoica, a billionaire who helped launch four startups from his private funded research laboratory, notably Databricks (Martina di Licosa / Forbes)

Andy Konwinski, co-founder of Databricks and Perplexity, launches the Laude Institute for non-profit, self-funded of $ 100 million for subsidies to IA projects and laboratories (Mike Wheatley / Siliconangle)