They accidentally founded a company that is now worth $ 28 billion

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According to the company’s first venture capital sponsor, Ben horowitz, Ghods became the top CEO in Andreessen Horowitz’s portfolio, which spans hundreds of companies.

Today, thanks to these changes, Databricks is already emerging as the best successful software of the company thanks to a recent valuation of $ 28 billion.

Today, Databricks has more than 5000 clients, and Forbes estimates that it is on track to record more than $ 500 million in revenue in 2021, compared to $ 275 million last year.

In the latest issue of Forbes from AI 50, he ranked fifth on last year’s Cloud 100 list And it may soon be heading for an IPO that is among the most lucrative in software history.

As part of what happened, at least three founders are billionaires: Ghods, Founding CEO Ion Stoica, 56, and CTO, Matei Zaharia, 36. According to Forbes’ estimate, they own holdings between 5% and 6%, valued at US $ 1.4 billion or more.

In February, Databricks raised $ 1 billion to consolidate its position among startups most valuable in the world. New funds give you a huge war chest to compete and win contracts against the biggest companies on the planet.

At the moment, Databricks has four main competitors: Snowflake, Amazon, Microsoft Yes Google.