AI startup Databricks hits $62 billion valuation in record VC round


FILE PHOTO: Artificial Intelligence words are seen in this illustration taken March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

(Reuters) - Databricks has secured a $62 billion valuation after raising a whopping $10 billion in one of the largest venture capital funding rounds in history, underscoring the unprecedented appetite for fast-growing private companies that have seen accelerated growth due to AI.

The oversubscribed round, led by Joshua Kushner's Thrive Capital, drew commitments from elite investors including Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global, GIC, Insight Partners and WCM Investment Management, confirming an earlier Reuters report last week.

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