FinanceDatabricks had one of the worst pitch decks Ben Horowitz has ever seen. Now it’s riding the A.I. boom as one of the world’s 10 most valuable startups
Databricks placed a huge bet on the power of machine learning 10 years ago. That’s positioned the company as a rarity in the current market: a stable decacorn.
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