Matei ZahariaCo-founder and CTO · DatabricksResearcher↗
Researcher · Academic · Founder · Executive
DatabricksCo-founder and CEO
🇸🇪🇺🇸 Swedish-AmericanBorn 1978
Ghodsi helped create Apache Spark, open-source software that made it easier to process enormous datasets across many computers. He then helped turn that research into Databricks, one of the most important companies in modern data and AI infrastructure.
Databricks2013-present
KTH Royal Institute of Technology2008-2013Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
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