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Today, we announced the general availability of Databricks on Google Cloud, a jointly developed service that combines an open Lakehouse platform with an open cloud. Since the announcement of Databricks on Google Cloud, we have seen tremendous momentum for this partnership as customers pursue a multi-cloud approach to their analytics and DS/ML workloads. Customers are...

Data + AI Summit is the global event for the data community, where 100,000 practitioners, leaders and visionaries come together to engage in thought-provoking discussions and dive into the latest innovations in data and AI. For those in manufacturing and distribution, this will be an opportunity to learn from industry leaders about how they are...

We are only a few weeks away from Data + AI Summit, returning May 24–28. If you haven’t signed up yet, take advantage of free registration for five days of virtual engagement: training, talks, meetups, AMAs and community camaraderie. To help you navigate through hundreds of sessions, I am sharing some of the content —...

After six episodes featuring amazing leaders and practitioners in the data and AI community, we wrapped up season 1 of Data Brew by Databricks, our homegrown podcast hosted by us two - Denny and Brooke. This season focused on all things lakehouses - combining the key features of data warehouses, such as ACID transactions, with...

At Databricks, we strongly believe (“know” you could say) that data and AI are mission-critical for solving the biggest problems our world faces. From healthcare to sustainability to transportation, data is a key to understanding and analyzing these issues at the deepest level – often in real time – and in turn shapes effective solutions....

Last month, we announced Databricks on Google Cloud, a jointly-developed service that allows data teams (data engineering, data science, analytics, and ML professionals) to store data in a simple, open lakehouse platform for all data, AI and analytics workloads. Today, we are launching the public preview of Databricks on Google Cloud. When speaking to our...

Companies that are disrupting entire industries, such as Uber and Airbnb, have a common driver in their competitive edge: data and AI. For these brands, big data analytics and machine learning are central to customer experiences, from predicting when your food will arrive to visualizing your next vacation. In today’s fiercely competitive markets, incumbents are...

Most data science solutions make data teams choose between flexibility for exploration and rigidity for production. As a result, data scientists often need to hand off their work to engineering teams that use a different technology stack and essentially rewrite their work in a new environment. This is not only costly but also delays the...

More and more, we have seen the term “lakehouse” referenced in today’s data community. Beyond our own work at Databricks, companies and news organizations alike have increasingly turned to this idea of a data lakehouse as the future for unified analytics, data science, and machine learning. But what is a lakehouse? Join us for our...

Today, we’re pleased to announce that Databricks has been named a Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms for the second year running. This recognition builds off an already momentous kickstart to the year—including our recent funding round (at a $28B valuation)—and we believe it is a testament...