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Ali Ghodsi
CEO and Co-Founder at Databricks
Latest rounds
- SycamoreSeed · $65MApr 2026
BacksAIEnterprise SoftwareFintech
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DatabricksCorporate VC · US5cheques in 12 months7all time0ledRounds they were named in
- Rounds
- 1
- Led
- 0
- Disclosed
- $65M
- Active
- 2026
SycamoreSeed$65MJoined · +12 investors
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Filings
- SEC Form D · Company raisingDatabricks, Inc.Executive Officer, Director, Promoteron 5 filings · since 2019
- SEC Form D · Company raisingDatabricks, Inc.Executive Officer, Directoron 2 filings · since 2017
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You Don't Need a Storyteller, ChatGPT Images, Ali on the Series L | Karri Saarinen, Mike Cessario, Elliot Cohen, Ali Ghodsi
WithAli GhodsiKarri SaarinenMike Cessario
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(00:55) - Viral WSJ 'You Don't Need a Storyteller' Piece (28:52) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (34:03) - ChatGPT Images 1.5 (46:05) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (01:00:44) - Coreweave Tests AI Market Hype (01:11:40) - The Price of Ford's EV Push (01:19:58) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions… More on the show's page
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Ben Horowitz and Ali Ghodsi: How to Run a Billion-Dollar Business
WithAli Ghodsi
MentionsBen HorowitzAndreessen HorowitzSarah Wang
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Ben Horowitz founded Loudcloud in the middle of the dot-com bust and sold it for $1.6 billion, then led Andreessen Horowitz from its founding to $46 billion in committed capital. Ali Ghodsi co-founded Databricks, stepped in as CEO during a crisis, and led it to a valuation of over $100 billion. In… More on the show's page
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EP 124: Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi Breaks Down the AI Hype-Cycle
WithAli Ghodsi
MentionsCompound
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Ali Ghodsi, CEO of Databricks (now a $61B company), has become one of the top minds in AI, evolving from researcher to leading one of the biggest AI-centered private companies. In our conversation, he broke down the AI hype cycle in detail and made bold predictions for the future. He also shared…
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Apple PodcastsWhen Will AI Hit the Enterprise? Ben Horowitz and Ali Ghodsi Discuss
WithAli Ghodsi
MentionsBen HorowitzRevolution
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Today’s episode continues our coverage from a16z’s recent AI Revolution event. You’ll hear directly from a16z cofounder Ben Horowitz and Databricks cofounder and CEO, Ali Ghodsi as they answer questions around AI and the enterprise, plus their perspectives on open source, whether benchmarks are BS,… More on the show's page
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#109 Co-founder & CEO, Databricks Ali Ghodsi: The Difference Between Truth and Data
WithAli Ghodsi
MentionsBen Horowitz
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“I literally thought to myself, I probably made the biggest mistake of my life taking this job.” That’s what Ali Ghodsi recalls about his decision step up the CEO role at Databricks, which would mean leaving a desirable post at UC Berkeley. He wasn’t sure if the company would make it, and some of… More on the show's page
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SaaStr 505: The Future of AI, Open Source, and Enterprise SaaS: Where It's All Going with Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi
WithAli Ghodsi
MentionsNithya Ruff
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A lot of startups and SaaS companies that build a business around an open source technology struggle to commercialize in a way that is both profitable and scalable, while also supporting the open source community that is so critical to innovation. Join Ali Ghodsi, CEO and Co-Founder of Databricks… More on the show's page
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AI Enterprise - Databricks & Glean | BG2 Guest Interview
MentionsAli GhodsiArvind Jain
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In this BG2 guest interview, Altimeter partner Apoorv Agrawal sits down with Ali Ghodsi (Databricks) and Arvind Jain (Glean) for a candid, operator-level discussion on what’s actually working in enterprise AI, and what isn’t. They unpack why 95% of AI projects fail, why LLMs are rapidly… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's page#190 Co-Founder Cost Plus Drugs, Mark Cuban: Mavs to Meds
MentionsMark CubanDaymond JohnAli GhodsiBarbara Corcoran
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Guest : Mark Cuban, co-founder of Cost Plus Drugs and costar, Shark Tank “I just love to compete,” says Mark Cuban. “And the day I stop is the day I’m dead.” Previously the co-founder of MicroSolutions and Broadcast.com , Cuban is probably best known to the public today for competing with the… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's page#160 CEO Grammarly, Rahul Roy-Chowdhury: Better, Not More
MentionsFrank SlootmanAli Ghodsi
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Guest: Rahul Roy-Chowdhury, CEO of Grammarly Driven by generative tools like ChatGPT, artificial intelligence is hot, but Grammarly CEO Rahul Roy-Chowdhury wishes that “AI” stood for something else: “Augmented Intelligence.” A longtime Googler and lifelong believer in using technology to make… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's page#146 Co-founder & CEO Rubrik, Bipul Sinha: Authenticity Reigns
WithBipul Sinha
MentionsAli Ghodsi
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Guest: Bipul Sinha, co-founder and CEO of Rubrik When Bipul Sinha graduated from the Indian Insitute of Technology and came to America to work in tech, his mother told him: Don’t start a company. His ambitious father was a failed pharma entrepreneur, and Bipul was content for most of a decade to… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageBoss Talk with Ben Horowitz
MentionsBen HorowitzAli Ghodsi
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Boss Talk is a weekly live show on Clubhouse, where a16z cofounder Ben Horowitz and Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi discuss CEO stuff, leadership stuff, management stuff… you know, boss stuff. Here we share the second installment; in it, they explain Conway’s Law and shipping your org chart; how to… More on the show's page
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