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Co-founder and CEO, Databricks · May 14, 2025 · Statement, Databricks agrees to acquire Neon (Databricks press release)

Neon proves it: four out of every five databases on their platform are spun up by code, not humans.

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Ali Ghodsi, Co-founder and CEO, Databricks
Where
Databricks agrees to acquire Neon (Databricks press release)
Topics
Agents, Data
Company
Databricks
Source
databricks.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/databricks-agrees-acquire-neon-help-developers-deliver-ai-systems

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