Databricks

Employees who left to start YC-backed companies
Databricks Founder Genealogy Tree - YC Alumni Startups
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Databricks Founders

Ion Stoica
Ion Stoica
Professor at UC Berkeley, Co-founder and Executive Chairman at Databricks, Co-fo...
 Patrick Wendell
Patrick Wendell
Co-founder and VP of Engineering at Databricks
 Ali Ghodsi
Ali Ghodsi
CEO & Co-Founder at Databricks, Adjunct Professor at UC Berkeley
 Andy Konwinski
Andy Konwinski
Co-founder of Laude, Databricks, and Perplexity

YC Companies Founded by Databricks Alumni

2 YC-backed companies founded by former Databricks employees

Direct - 2 companies

Dialect YC S22
usedialect.com
Databricks → Dialect
James Thomas James Thomas (Software Engineering Intern)
Data Mechanics YC S19
datamechanics.co
Databricks → Data Mechanics
Jean-Yves Stephan Jean-Yves Stephan (Software Engineer and Tech Lead Manager)

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Who founded Databricks?

Databricks was founded by Ion Stoica, Patrick Wendell, Ali Ghodsi and Andy Konwinski.

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