Databricks hits $188B valuation, extending its run as AI’s favorite second act
Databricks has remade its image into an AI company and has published research on the cost savings of open weight AI models for coding.
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Published: 17 July 2026
Source: TechCrunch
Category: News
Topics: Finance, VC & PE
Retrieved: 18 July 2026
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