Databricks, which provides data-analytics and AI-integration infrastructure to roughly 10,000 customers including Block, Comcast, Rivian, and Shell, raised $10 billion at a $62 billion valuation in December 2024. The bulk of capital is allocated to secondary stock sales and employee liquidity rather than product development or organic growth; stated deployment is top AI talent hiring, new product development, and potential M&A. This signals sustained VC appetite for AI infrastructure startups and high valuations even when primary use of capital is to unlock founder and early-employee holdings, not fund near-term revenue growth.
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