The problem
Enterprises need one governed place to store, analyze and build AI on all their data
What they do
Unified data and AI platform: lakehouse, warehousing, Postgres database, governance and AI agents
Traction $7B+ revenue run-rate, >80% YoY; 20,000+ customers, 70% of Fortune 500
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 897
- Ops roles
- 4
- Headcount
- ~10,000+ (company); ~14,000 on LinkedIn
(~700 in late 2025); expanding India to ~1,000 and Singapore to 500+
Hiring in
- San Francisco
- Mountain View
- Bengaluru
- Remote (India)
- Remote (UK)
Glassdoor
4.1 ★ 1694 reviews ↗Funding
- Last round
- $5B
- Stage
- Late-stage private (Series L)
- Date
- Aug 2026
Led by Coatue (with Blackstone, MGX, T. Rowe Price, Sixth Street Growth)
- Hiring+2897 open roles on the live job board (30+ roles = +2)
- Funding recency+2Late-stage private (Series L) · $5B, Aug 2026 (2 months ago): 6 months or less = +1.5, $100M+ round +0.5
- Traction+1.5Strong growth: $7B+ revenue run-rate, >80% YoY; 20,000+ customers, 70% of Fortune 500
- Red flags0None found in the last 24 months
- Total5.52 + 2 + 1.5 − 0 = 5.5 → Sprint (4.75 or more)
Distance (Marathon) is a separate read on how long the lead can last. It doesn't change the score.
Distance
Marathon · edge: hard to leave
Top-two data/AI platform with $7B+ run-rate growing 80%; customers' data and governance live there, and new lines (warehouse $1.5B, Lakebase) are adopted.
Sources: Databricks press release: $7B run-rate, $5B at $190B (Aug 2026) ↗ · Forbes: Databricks battles Snowflake, Oracle for enterprise AI stack (Aug 2026) ↗
Last checked Oct 25, 2026