Databricks wraps $5 billion funding round at $190 billion valuation

Databricks is benefitting off of the agentic AI wave.

Databricks CEO: ‘We want to be a public company,’ but there’s ‘too much distraction’ right now

Databricks CEO and co-founder Ali Ghodsi joins CNBC’s Jon Fortt to discuss the latest funding round, which values the company ...
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Instead of an IPO, Databricks heads for third round of private funding in less than a year

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Databricks is raising again at up to $175 billion, four months after closing at $134 billion

Databricks is in talks to raise at $165-175bn, four months after closing at $134bn. CEO Ghodsi has privately signalled an IPO as soon as next year. Discussions are early-stage and the round has not ...
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Databricks CEO Plans to Avoid IPO During Year of Huge Offerings

Databricks, a data software company, plans to sell shares to the public at some point, but won’t tap the public markets this year amid a flurry of planned tech IPOs. The company wants to sell shares ...
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Databricks CEO calls 2026 “a terrible year to go public” as SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI prepare to absorb $200 billion in IPO capital

Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi said 2026 is “a terrible year to go public” as SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI prepare to absorb over $200 billion in IPO capital. The $134 billion data company will wait for a ...
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‘A terrible year to go public’: Why this massive AI startup is resisting the IPO rush

The CEO of a data platform startup knows that his business will be a public company eventually, but he insists that it won’t happen in the near future. After becoming one of the world’s most valuable ...