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Big Data Career Notes: September 2023 Edition
In this monthly feature, we’ll keep you up-to-date on the latest career developments for individuals in the big data community. Whether it’s a promotion, new company hire, or even an accolade, we’ve got the details Read more…
Databricks Nabs $500 Million, Pre-IPO Investment by Nvidia
Databricks hasn’t gone public yet--the market just hasn’t been right this year for that--but it did the next best thing today when it raised $500 million in a growth round of funding. The Series I round included inve Read more…
Databricks Versus Snowflake: Comparing Data Giants
Databricks and Snowflake have emerged as predominant providers of big data analytics platforms in the cloud. While there are some similarities between the two rivals, there are also important differences in their offerin Read more…
Why LLMOps Is (Probably) Real
The jury is still out whether MLOps will survive as a discipline independent of DevOps. There are some who believe MLOps is real, and others who don’t. But what about LLMOps? There are indicators that practitioners nee Read more…
Is ChatGPT Getting Dumber?
The capability for machines to learn and get better over time is one of the big selling points for modern artificial intelligence. But new research released last week indicates that ChatGPT may in fact be getting worse a Read more…
Cutting Through the GenAI Noise
The launch of ChatGPT in late 2022 ignited an explosion of interest in generative AI technology, as well as a hefty dose of hype and uncertainty. For businesses starting to plot their GenAI strategies, cutting through th Read more…
Meet Karthik Ramasamy, a 2023 Datanami Person to Watch
Few individuals have had as much impact on the market for real-time data streaming as Karthik Ramasamy, who is the creator of Apache Storm and Apache Pulsar and the Head of Streaming at Databricks. That’s why we chose Read more…
Proactive CIOs Embrace Generative AI Despite Risks: MIT and Databricks Report
A new report from MIT Technology Review Insights and Databricks found the most proactive CIOs are decisively embracing generative AI as part of an enterprise-wide strategy, despite its risks. “The Great Acceleration Read more…
Yes, Real-Time Streaming Data Is Still Growing
A funny thing happened while the tech world was focused almost exclusively on ChatGPT over the past eight months: Adoption of other cutting-edge technologies kept growing. One of those is real-time stream data processing Read more…
What Is MosaicML, and Why Is Databricks Buying It For $1.3B?
Databricks shocked the big data world last week when it announced plans to acquire MosaicML for a cool $1.3 billion. With just $1 million in revenue at the end of 2022 and $20 million so far this year, some speculated th Read more…
This Just In
NEW YORK, Sept. 25, 2023 — Money20/20 is thrilled to announce Ali Ghodsi, the esteemed Co-Founder and CEO of Databricks, as a keynote speaker at this year’s show in Las Vegas. Read more…
BOSTON, Sept. 20, 2023 — Immuta, a data security leader, announced the general availability of its integration with Databricks Unity Catalog, which enables customers to natively orchestrate data access control across the Databricks Lakehouse Platform. Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14, 2023 — Databricks today announced its Series I funding, raising over $500 million. This funding values the company at $43 billion and establishes the price per share at $73.50. Read more…
NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1, 2023 — Dataiku and Databricks today revealed survey findings that shed light on AI’s transformative impact on businesses globally. Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO, June 28, 2023 — At the sold-out Data + AI Summit, Databricks today announced LakehouseIQ, a knowledge engine that learns what makes an organization’s data, culture and operations unique. Read more…
LOS GATOS, Calif., June 28, 2023 — Gathr, a zero-code platform for building ML-powered data-to-outcome applications for data at scale, is participating in Data + AI summit from June 26-29, 2023. Read more…
BOSTON, June 26, 2023 — Immuta, a data security leader, today announced key enhancements to its industry-leading Data Security Platform for Databricks that enable data teams to leverage Immuta’s full platform capabilities, unlocking value from data, reducing costs, and speeding up innovation while maintaining strong data security posture. Read more…
NEW YORK, June 26, 2023 — BigID today announced an expanded partnership with Databricks to provide cutting-edge data security, privacy, and governance solutions to customers. This joint effort aims to automate data discovery and classification, alleviate the workload of data professionals, and streamline governance processes. Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO, June 26, 2023 — Databricks today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MosaicML, a leading generative AI platform. Together, Databricks and MosaicML will make generative AI accessible for every organization, enabling them to build, own and secure generative AI models with their own data. Read more…
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 22, 2023 — Striim today announced Striim for Databricks, the first streaming SaaS solution to integrate database change streams using change data capture (CDC) technologies from enterprise-grade databases such as Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and other sources to the Databricks Lakehouse. Read more…