Meta backs data analytics firm Databricks as AI boom attracts investors
The Hindu
AI analytics firm Databricks has raised $10 billion from Meta in a funding round that now values the firm at $62 billion.
Databricks said on Wednesday Meta Platforms had joined as an investor in a $10 billion funding round intended to fuel the data analytics startup's expansion plans and new product development.
The Series J funding round closed on Wednesday and valued Databricks at $62 billion.
The company also secured a $5.25 billion credit facility led by JPMorgan Chase alongside Barclays, Citi, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley.
Founded in 2013, San Francisco-based Databricks offers a platform designed to help users ingest, analyze and build artificial intelligence applications using complex data from a variety of sources.
Investors are racing to pour money into AI-related startups after the meteoric success of OpenAI's ChatGPT triggered a surge in corporate adoption of the technology.
Sam Altman-led OpenAI raised $6.6 billion from investors in 2024.
Companies, including Meta, have been investing heavily to build and train large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, which are advanced AI systems designed to understand and generate human-like text.
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