Databricks to Acquire Tabular, the Company Founded by the Original Creators of Apache Iceberg for Open Lakehouse Vision
Jun 04, 2024•over 1 year ago
Acquiring Company
Databricks
Acquired Company
Tabular
Description
Databricks, the leading Data and AI company, has announced its agreement to acquire Tabular, a data management company founded by the original creators of Apache Iceberg™. This acquisition aims to bring format compatibility to the lakehouse architecture and work towards a joint vision of the open lakehouse, enabling organizations to integrate traditional data warehousing workloads with AI workloads more effectively.
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Post-acquisition investment
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