Funder · Corporate

Databricks Inc.

Funds cloud and AI adoption in the United States through platform support and strategic investment.

United Stateswww.databricks.com

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Programs4

Active grants3

Total grants4

About

Databricks Inc. is a U.S. private technology company founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco. It built the Data Intelligence Platform, a cloud environment for data engineering, AI and machine learning, and analytics, and it is tied to the creators of Apache Spark, Delta Lake, and MLflow.

Its support for startups is mostly in-kind or hybrid rather than grant-based. Databricks for Startu…

Programs & grants under this funder

Databricks AI Accelerator Program

Invests in early-stage startups building B2B applications on the Databricks Platform with equity and credits.

1 grant

Databricks AI Accelerator Program

Open

— pool·Rolling submission

Built-On Databricks Startup Challenge

Runs an annual competition offering investment and product credits to Databricks customers building B2B applications.

1 grant

Built-On Databricks Startup Challenge

Closed

$500K pool

Databricks for Startups

Provides platform credits and technical support for data-centric startups building on Databricks infrastructure.

1 grant

Databricks for Startups

Open

— pool·Rolling submission

Databricks University Alliance

Offers Free Databricks platform access teaching resources certification discounts educators students.

1 grant

Databricks University Alliance

Open

— pool·Rolling submission

Last verified: 28 May 2026Source: www.databricks.com