Who is in the Databricks mafia?

Notable members include Ben Horowitz (Opsware), Naveen Rao (Mosaic ML), Danny Wen (Crowdmade), Jean Yves Stephan (Data Mechanics), Jack Naglieri (Panther), Jonathan Mortensen, PhD (Southparkcommons), Pankaj (AI21 Labs), Andy Konwinski (Perplexity), among 36 tracked members.

What companies did Databricks alumni found?

Companies founded by Databricks alumni include Opsware, Mosaic ML, Crowdmade, Data Mechanics, Panther, Southparkcommons, AI21 Labs, Perplexity, SuperApp, MongoDB.

The Databricks Mafia

36 people came through Databricks and went on to found or lead other companies.

Ben HorowitzDirectorFounded Opsware Naveen RaoAdvisorFounded Mosaic ML +1 Danny WenInvestorFounded Crowdmade +1 Jean Yves StephanSoftware Engineer and Tech Lead ManagerFounded Data Mechanics +1 Jack NaglieriMember of Technical StaffFounded Panther +1 Jonathan Mortensen, PhDStaff Software EngineerFounded Southparkcommons +1 PankajVP, Product and Data PartnershipsFounded AI21 Labs Andy KonwinskiFounderFounded Perplexity Pete SonsiniDirectorFounded SuperApp Max SchiresonInvestorFounded MongoDB Jonathan FrankleChief AI ScientistFounded Mosaic ML Serhii SokolenkoSr. Staff Product ManagerFounded Tower list view Divya GuptaML EngineeringFounded Beacon Software George MathewInvestorFounded Anaconda Tasso ArgyrosVP & GM, CustomerLakeFounded ActionIQ Nikita ShamgunovVice PresidentFounded SingleStore Ted TomlinsonSr. Director of Engineering - WorkspaceFounded StackLead Tom AlcornEngineering ManagerFounded Tensil Ajay SainiEngineering ManagerFounded Overfit Jason CuiSenior Product ManagerFounded Jemi Edoardo ContiSenior Machine Learning EngineerFounded Bandit ML James ThomasSoftware Engineering InternFounded Dialect Tejas SundaresanProduct, Mosaic AIFounded Dialect Shanelle RomanSenior Product ManagerFounded Indexical Rithvik ChuppalaSoftware EngineeringFounded CLODO Sean O'BannonMLFounded Cranston AI Yash JainSoftware Engineer InternFounded Rovr Ashish SelvarajSoftware EngineerFounded Approxima Aryaman KhannaSoftware EngineerFounded Arden Tony ChangSoftware EngineerFounded InsForge Michael Andersen-Founded Antimatter VinayDirector Of ProductFounded Brevian Mike ConoverStaff Software EngineerFounded Brightwave monzy merzaVP, Security GTMFounded Crogl Steve WeisPrincipal Software EngineerFounded Privatecore Yu XuDirector of Product ManagementFounded TigerGraph

Frequently asked questions

What is the Databricks mafia?: The Databricks mafia is the network of 36 people who came through Databricks and went on to found or lead other companies, including Opsware, Mosaic ML, Crowdmade, Data Mechanics, Panther.
Who is in the Databricks mafia?: Notable members include Ben Horowitz (Opsware), Naveen Rao (Mosaic ML), Danny Wen (Crowdmade), Jean Yves Stephan (Data Mechanics), Jack Naglieri (Panther), Jonathan Mortensen, PhD (Southparkcommons), Pankaj (AI21 Labs), Andy Konwinski (Perplexity), among 36 tracked members.
What companies did Databricks alumni found?: Companies founded by Databricks alumni include Opsware, Mosaic ML, Crowdmade, Data Mechanics, Panther, Southparkcommons, AI21 Labs, Perplexity, SuperApp, MongoDB.