Databricks
Mentioned in 83 analyzed podcast episodes across 10 shows
A leading AI and data infrastructure platform backed by a16z that has transitioned to become AI-native with products like Agent Bricks, enabling enterprise customers to optimize data processing and accelerate AI adoption at scale. The company, led by co-founder Ali Ghodsi, is a high-growth private company (60-65% annual growth) valued at approximately 21x revenue, frequently cited as an example of hyper-growth infrastructure benefiting from the AI boom and remaining private with mega-fund backing. Databricks serves as a market-standard platform across industries including pharma and supply chain, and is recognized for its real-time data warehouse capabilities and successful open-source licensing model.
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Episode Mentions
TBPN · Aug 8, 2026
AI-Designed Viruses, OpenAI’s First Device, The Mansion Section | Diet TBPN
“Co-founder Patrick Wendell joining the show to discuss a new blog post on smarter model routing.”
This Week in Startups · Aug 7, 2026
How AI splits startups into winners and losers | E2322
“Listed among private companies estimated to have significant stock-based compensation alongside Stripe and Anthropic.”
TBPN · Aug 7, 2026
AI Viruses, OpenAI's First Device, WSJ Mansion Section | Samir Kaul, Patrick Wendell, Grant LaFontaine
“Co-founder Patrick Wendell discussed AI coding cost management and their Unity AI Gateway routing product.”
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · Aug 2, 2026
Everything You Need to Know About AI Tokens
“Ran experiments showing Sonnet cost more per task than Opus despite lower per-token price, and found 2x cost variance across agent harnesses.”
张小珺Jùn｜商业访谈录 · Jul 28, 2026
148. 对游凯超3小时访谈：开源Infra、和模型Co-design 、“如果vLLM失败，我们会后悔一辈子”
“Ion Stoica's previous company; exemplifies successful open-source infrastructure commercialization model”
TBPN · Jul 27, 2026
Open Source vs. Closed Source, NVIDIA Backs SSI, YC Startup School Fills Stadium | Diet TBPN
“Listed as a signatory of the Open Secure AI Alliance open letter.”
TBPN · Jul 27, 2026
Letter Enthusiasts, Open Source vs. Closed Source, Mega-Startup School | Luke Knight & Ronan Chambers, Gary Vaynerchuk, Jonathan Jacobi, Dean Meyer, Brent Franson, Matej Cernosek, Justin Boitano
“Listed as a signatory of the Open Secure AI Alliance letter.”
This Week in Tech (Audio) · Jul 20, 2026
TWiT 1093: California Sober - Kimi K3, Qwen3.8, & China's Open-Weight AI Gambit
“Genie/Omni agent release with multiple feature announcements demonstrating rapid product iteration”
All TWiT.tv Shows (Audio) · Jul 20, 2026
This Week in Tech 1093: California Sober
“Released Genie Omni agent with multiple feature announcements”
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · Jul 10, 2026
ChatGPT Just Became a Work Agent
“Launched proprietary benchmark this week as part of industry shift away from SweetBench Pro”
Better Offline · Jul 8, 2026
Trashfuture x Better Offline: Goosed In The Shell
“Briefly mentioned as another AI company with an N-scale financial snafu uncovered by investigative reporting.”
This Week in Startups · Jul 1, 2026
Why the VC Hype Cycle Always Gets It Wrong | VC Roundtable | E2307
“Cited as an example of off-Broadway founders (academics and open-source developers) who built a category-defining company.”
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · Jun 4, 2026
Thomas Laffont: The $4T AI IPO Wave, 2026's Unicorn Economy, and the 10X Paradox
“Included in the elite group of highest-valued private companies”
Today, Explained · Jun 2, 2026
AI goes IPO
“Profitable AI infrastructure company not in IPO conversation despite solid business fundamentals”
Platformer · May 13, 2026
The best argument I’ve heard for why AI won't take your job with Box CEO Aaron Levie
“Cited as example of data platform company growing well due to need for multi-agent data abstraction”
Big Technology Podcast · May 7, 2026
AI Agents: Mirage Or Real Revolution? — With Dmitry Shevelenko
“Data platform that Perplexity Computer integrates with for enterprise data access”
The Cloud Pod · May 5, 2026
352: Google Next: Rebrandapalooza
“Mentioned as partner for Wiz AI app and agent integration across data platforms”
The a16z Show · Apr 27, 2026
Ben Horowitz on Venture Capital and AI
“A16Z investment with memorable pitch; founder Jan Stoica presented complex distributed systems concepts”
The Last Invention is AI · Apr 22, 2026
The Lasting Effects of Google’s AI Strategy
“Co-founder Ion Stoka wrote angel check into Neocognition; represents enterprise AI infrastructure player”
The Daily AI · Apr 22, 2026
Daily Insights: Google’s AI Strategy Highlights
“Co-founder Ion Stoka wrote angel check into Neocognition, signaling confidence in specialized agent approach”
The AI Podcast · Apr 22, 2026
Google’s AI Strategy: A New Era
“Co-founder Ion Stoka wrote angel check into Neocognition, signaling strong support for self-specializing agent approach”
Personal AI · Apr 22, 2026
Personalizing AI: Google’s Multi-Layer Strategy
“Co-founder Ion Stoka wrote angel check into Neocognition; represents investor confidence in specialized AI agents”
No Priors AI · Apr 22, 2026
Forget What You Know: Google’s AI Strategy
“Co-founder Ion Stoka wrote angel check into Neocognition; signal of strong investor confidence in AI agent specialization thesis”
Latent Space AI · Apr 22, 2026
Exploring Latent Layers of Google’s AI
“Co-founder Ion Stoka wrote angel check into Neocognition; competing in AI infrastructure”
Global News Podcast · Apr 22, 2026
Global Impacts of Google’s AI Innovations
“Co-founder Ion Stoka wrote angel check into Neocognition; competing in AI infrastructure and data platforms”
Claude AI · Apr 22, 2026
Claude and Multi-Layer AI at Google
“Co-founder Ion Stoka wrote angel check into Neocognition; represents strong signal for specialized AI agent thesis”
Building AI: News on OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, Google Gemini and xAI's Grok · Apr 22, 2026
AI Innovations from Google Cloud Next
“Co-founder Ion Stoka wrote angel check into Neocognition; represents investor confidence in AI agent specialization thesis”
Anthropic · Apr 22, 2026
AI Strategy Insights from Google Cloud Next
“Co-founder Ion Stoka invested as angel in Neocognition; involved in AI infrastructure”
AI Breakdown · Apr 22, 2026
Google's AI Advances at Cloud Next
“Co-founder Ion Stoka wrote angel check into Neocognition; represents enterprise data platform integration with AI agents”
Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin · Apr 22, 2026
The SpaceX IPO Is Coming. Here's Everything You Need To Know About IPO Risks and Rewards
“Reportedly planning an IPO in the next few years as part of anticipated wave of major tech IPOs.”
How I AI · Apr 13, 2026
Claude Cowork 101: How to automate your workday without touching code | JJ Englert (Tenex)
“Named as Tynes customer automating workflows at scale”
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · Apr 10, 2026
Anthropic's $30B Ramp, Mythos Doomsday, OpenClaw Ankled, Iran War Ceasefire, Israel's Influence
“Enterprise software company facing AI disruption; used as revenue comparison point for Anthropic's growth”
The Pragmatic Engineer · Apr 8, 2026
DHH’s new way of writing code
“Known for rigorous reference-based hiring practices during recruitment”
How I Invest with David Weisburd · Apr 8, 2026
E343: The Death of the 60/40 Portfolio (And What Comes Next)
“AI company cited as example of 'sexy' investment that families become over-indexed on without understanding valuation”
TBPN · Apr 7, 2026
FULL INTERVIEW: Thomas Laffont’s Journey From Hollywood Assistant to Legendary Tech Investor
“Early customer and investor; enabled smart trend identification; example of infrastructure layer company in data/AI space”
TBPN · Apr 7, 2026
Tokenmaxxing, SF Street Name Auction, Corporate Retreat Gone Wrong | Riley Walz, Aditya Bandi, Zach Shore, Hongwei Liu, Zak Kukoff, Thomas Laffont
“Data infrastructure company; early customer of Cotu; beneficiary of AI/ML infrastructure wave”
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · Apr 3, 2026
SpaceX IPO, Iran War Fallout, Quantum Bitcoin Hack, The Space Opportunity
“Expected to IPO in 2026 with potential 9-10 figure valuation as part of broader AI company IPO pipeline”
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · Apr 1, 2026
Introducing Maturity Maps — A New Way to Measure AI Adoption
“Referenced as partner of Robots and Pencils in the sponsor segment”
Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley · Mar 25, 2026
Former HubSpot CRO on the Math Nobody Uses to Scale | Mark Roberge
“Referenced as example of company with exceptional product-market fit enabling rapid scaling”
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · Mar 13, 2026
Iran War, Oil Shock, Off Ramps, AI's Revenue Explosion and PR Nightmare
“Annual revenue cited as comparison point for Anthropic's single-month $6B performance”
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · Mar 7, 2026
Exiled Iranian Prince Reza Pahlavi: Transition Plan and the Fight for Iran's Freedom
“Ali mentioned as another example of Iranian entrepreneurial success in technology”
This Day in AI Podcast · Mar 6, 2026
We Built Microsoft Teams in 23 Minutes (And You Can Use It) & GPT 5.4 Impressions - EP99.37
“Cited for real-time data warehouse interface enabling new CRM possibilities”
The a16z Show · Mar 3, 2026
Ben Horowitz On What Makes a Great Founder
“Portfolio company led by Ali Ghodsi, cited as one of the best CEOs Horowitz works with”
Bankless · Feb 27, 2026
ROLLUP: Extreme Fear | Tariff Whiplash | Citrini AI Crash | Jane Street vs Terra | Pentagon vs Anthropic
“AI and analytics enterprise software company included in Robinhood Ventures Fund One”
The a16z Show · Feb 26, 2026
When Giants Don’t Go Public: Inside the $5 Trillion Private Tech Market
“A16Z portfolio company from early stage through growth, example of private market value creation”
TBPN · Feb 25, 2026
Full Interview: Bill Gurley Thinks College Kills Creativity
“Another example of company remaining private with mega fund backing”
How I Invest with David Weisburd · Feb 24, 2026
E311: How Continuation Vehicles Quietly Reshaped Private Equity
“Cited as pre-IPO venture company example where continuation vehicles are being deployed”
Odd Lots · Feb 20, 2026
A16Z's David George on How Private and Public Markets Fused Into One
“A16Z portfolio company growing 65% annually at scale; valued at 21x revenue; example of hyper-growth company better valued in private markets”
A Beginner's Guide to AI · Feb 19, 2026
Move Fast And Don't Break Things: Secure AI Adoption with Samantha Mehta
“Integration partner that Area works with for supply chain data optimization use cases”
TBPN · Feb 19, 2026
The AI lab market map, Robinhood brings startups to retail, GLPs & hedge funds | Diet TBPN
“Included in Robinhood's private market fund portfolio”