
Matei ZahariaResearcher
Databricks
Co-founder and CTO
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Researcher · Academic · Founder · Executive

Co-founder and CEO at Databricks
Adjunct Professor at UC Berkeley
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.
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Last editorial review: August 24, 2026