Databricks announced a $10B Series J funding round from Thrive, Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global, Insight, and others. The company also announced that Meta participated as a new strategic investor joining other strategics like Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google’s CapitalG. This funding round represents one of the largest private investments in technology history and underscores the company's essential position in the AI data infrastructure landscape and durable long-term growth potential. Since our first investment in the company a year and a half ago, we’ve only increased our conviction in the strength of the company's product quality, their strategic positioning, and execution ability.

As we’ve noted in past updates, Databricks’ ability to seamlessly integrate data storage, data engineering, machine learning, and AI into one platform uniquely positions it in a world where data is increasingly the lifeblood of modern enterprises. With this latest funding round, investors are reaffirming Databricks’ role as a foundational pillar in the AI era.

The announcement comes after the company continues to deliver in product innovation and concrete financial milestones. Specifically, Databricks highlighted the following achievements:

  • Growing over 60% year-over-year in the third quarter ended October 31, 2024
  • Expecting to cross $3B revenue run-rate and be free cash flow positive in the fourth quarter
  • Continuing to achieve non-GAAP subscription gross margins above 80%
  • Having 500+ customers consuming at over $1 million annual revenue run-rate
  • Achieving $600 million revenue run-rate for Databricks SQL, the company’s intelligent data warehousing product, up more than 150% year-over-year

These metrics would put Databricks among the fastest growing software companies in the public markets.

These are still the early days of AI. We are positioning the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to deliver long-term value for our customers and our team is committed to helping companies across every industry build data intelligence.

— Ali Ghodsi, Databricks CEO and Co-Founder

Despite the company’s $3B revenue run-rate, we, like the Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi, believe we are still in the early days of AI. The vast majority of the market opportunity lies in the decade ahead. We’re thrilled to be long-term investors for the company’s journey.