David George(@DavidGeorge83):Great piece on @databricks and our history w them. @alighodsi is the original Technical Terminator. @bhorowitz's take on Ali: "We see great entrepreneurs but their market opportunity is limited, and then we see companies that have a great market opportunity but the entrepreneur is not big enough to fulfill that. But this was a case where we had both... Last month, Databricks crossed a $7 billion revenue run rate, growing 80% year over year, and was valued at $190 billion. The entrepreneur, it turned out, is big enough."

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2026.10.27 16:39

Great piece on @databricks and our history w them. @alighodsi is the original Technical Terminator. @bhorowitz's take on Ali: "We see great entrepreneurs but their market opportunity is limited, and then we see companies that have a great market opportunity but the entrepreneur is not big enough to fulfill that. But this was a case where we had both... Last month, Databricks crossed a $7 billion revenue run rate, growing 80% year over year, and was valued at $190 billion. The entrepreneur, it turned out, is big enough."