Databricks, Inc. is a U.S.-based enterprise software company founded in 2013 by the creators of Apache Spark and headquartered in San Francisco. It develops the Databricks Lakehouse Platform, which unifies data engineering, analytics, and AI on cloud infrastructure. The platform integrates technologies such as Apache Spark for large-scale processing, Delta Lake for reliable data storage, MLflow for MLOps, and Unity Catalog for data governance, with support for streaming, SQL, and machine learning across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. Databricks also contributes to open-source projects and expanded its AI capabilities with the acquisition of MosaicML and the release of the DBRX open large language model.
In the chemical and materials sectors, Databricks is used to consolidate laboratory, plant, and enterprise data; accelerate R&D and formulation analytics; and deploy predictive models for yield, quality, energy efficiency, and asset reliability. Organizations also apply the platform for supply chain planning, demand forecasting, and regulatory/ESG reporting, while using governance features to manage data access and sharing across global teams and partners.