Andrew Ferguson

Dec 11, 2024 | databricks.com | Andrew Ferguson |Steve Sobel |Patrick Wendell |Naveen Rao

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Databricks Generative AI Startup Challenge, a competition held in collaboration with AWS to showcase the most innovative early-stage startups leveraging Generative AI on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. Our winners emerged from a strong group of applicants following a rigorous evaluation process by our panel of judges.

Nov 20, 2024 | databricks.com | Andrew Ferguson |Steve Sobel |Patrick Wendell |Naveen Rao

We are thrilled to unveil the finalists for the Databricks Generative AI Startup Challenge, a competition designed to spotlight innovative early-stage startups harnessing the power of Generative AI on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. In collaboration with AWS, this challenge has attracted an impressive array of participants, all striving to push the boundaries of technology and solve real-world problems.

Sep 18, 2024 | databricks.com | Andrew Ferguson |Steve Sobel |Naveen Rao |Prem Prakash

Are you an entrepreneur or startup with a groundbreaking Generative AI use case built on Databricks? Then we have a Challenge for you! Databricks is thrilled to introduce the Databricks Generative AI Startup Challenge – a competition with over $1M in prizes for early-stage startups who are using the power of Generative AI to build innovative products that solve real-world customer problems, while leveraging the power of the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.

May 23, 2024 | inaitoday.com | Andrew Ferguson

Databricks Ventures launches new AI FundBy Andrew Ferguson, Head of Databricks VenturesWe launched Databricks Ventures in December 2021 as our strategic investment arm for funding innovative startups across the data, analytics and AI landscape — companies that shared our view on the importance of open platforms and ecosystems. Since then, via the inaugural Lakehouse Fund, we’ve invested in more than 25 amazing companies that are building on or extending the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.

May 21, 2024 | databricks.com | Andrew Ferguson

Databricks Ventures Launches New Fund to Extend our Ecosystem LeadershipWe launched Databricks Ventures in December 2021 as our strategic investment arm for funding innovative startups across the data, analytics and AI landscape — companies that shared our view on the importance of open platforms and ecosystems. Since then, via the inaugural Lakehouse Fund, we’ve invested in more than 25 amazing companies that are building on or extending the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.