Who is in the Databricks mafia?

Notable members include Ben Horowitz (Opsware), Naveen Rao (Nervana), Danny Wen (Crowdmade), Nikita Shamgunov (Neon), Jean Yves Stephan (Data Mechanics), Dhruv Goel (Aerotime), Jonathan Mortensen (South Park Commons), Andy Konwinski (Perplexity), among 40 tracked members.

What companies did Databricks alumni found?

Companies founded by Databricks alumni include Opsware, Nervana, Crowdmade, Neon, Data Mechanics, Aerotime, South Park Commons, Perplexity, Instabase, MongoDB.

The Databricks Mafia

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

Ben HorowitzDirectorFounded Opsware Naveen RaoAdvisorFounded Nervana +2 Danny WenInvestorFounded Crowdmade +1 Nikita ShamgunovVice PresidentFounded Neon +1 Jean Yves StephanSoftware Engineer and Tech Lead ManagerFounded Data Mechanics +1 Dhruv GoelSenior Staff Software EngineerFounded Aerotime +1 Jonathan MortensenStaff Software EngineerFounded South Park Commons +1 Andy KonwinskiFounderFounded Perplexity Pete SonsiniDirectorFounded Instabase Max SchiresonInvestorFounded MongoDB Jonathan FrankleChief AI ScientistFounded Mosaic ML Serhii SokolenkoSr. Staff Product ManagerFounded Tower Florian SeroussiInvestorFounded Evercontact Divya GuptaML EngineeringFounded Beacon Software George MathewInvestorFounded Anaconda Tasso ArgyrosVP & GM, CustomerLakeFounded ActionIQ Ted TomlinsonSr. Director of Engineering - WorkspaceFounded StackLead Tom AlcornEngineering ManagerFounded Tensil Ajay SainiMachine Learning InternFounded Overfit Jason CuiSenior Product ManagerFounded Jemi Edoardo ContiSenior Machine Learning EngineerFounded Bandit ML 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 (InstaCloud)Ryan BoydHead of Developer RelationsFounded Motherduck Michael Andersen-Founded Antimatter Benjamin Harvey, Ph.D.Solutions Architect and Lead for AI & Data ScieneFounded AI Squared Jack NaglieriMember of Technical StaffFounded Panther Labs VinayDirector Of ProductFounded Brevian Doris XinSoftware Engineering InternFounded Disarray Yuchen JinMember of Technical StaffFounded Hyperbolic 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 40 people who came through Databricks and went on to found or lead other companies, including Opsware, Nervana, Crowdmade, Neon, Data Mechanics.
Who is in the Databricks mafia?: Notable members include Ben Horowitz (Opsware), Naveen Rao (Nervana), Danny Wen (Crowdmade), Nikita Shamgunov (Neon), Jean Yves Stephan (Data Mechanics), Dhruv Goel (Aerotime), Jonathan Mortensen (South Park Commons), Andy Konwinski (Perplexity), among 40 tracked members.
What companies did Databricks alumni found?: Companies founded by Databricks alumni include Opsware, Nervana, Crowdmade, Neon, Data Mechanics, Aerotime, South Park Commons, Perplexity, Instabase, MongoDB.