• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Tech Talent Canada

 
 
 
  • News
  • Interviews
  • Thought Leadership
  • Upskilling
  • Tech Cities
    • Toronto, ON
    • Calgary, AB
    • Vancouver, BC
    • Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
    • Ottawa, ON
    • Montreal, QC
    • Victoria, BC
    • Halifax, NS
    • St. John’s, NL
    • London, ON
    • Winnipeg, MB
    • Edmonton, AB
  • Job Fairs
    • In-person Job Fairs
    • Virtual Job Fairs
  • Job Board
  • Tech Champions
  • About
    • Contact

Now Valued At $28 Billion, Databricks Continues To Hire In Toronto

February 2, 2021 by Robert Lewis

San Francisco-headquartered Databricks, the Data and AI company, has closed of a $1 billion funding round. The Series G funding, led by new investor Franklin Templeton, values Databricks at $28 billion.

“We see this investment and our continued rapid growth as further validation of our vision for a simple, open and unified data platform that can support all data-driven use cases, from BI to AI,” said Ali Ghodsi, CEO and Co-Founder of Databricks.

Databricks has seven co-founders including two with roots to Toronto, Chief Architect Reynold Xin, a University of Toronto alum, and Chief Technologist Matei Zaharia, who grew up in Toronto and went to the University of Waterloo.

RELATED: 6 Silicon Valley Unicorns That Are Hiring In Canada

The huge funding news follows an announcement one year ago Databricks was establishing its third engineering hub in Toronto.

At the time Xin told IT World Canada that they chose Toronto because of its high concentration of software engineers which would allow them to build the initial teams with just local talent.

Xin also cited Canada’s friendly immigration policies which would allow them to attract engineers from all over the world.

If you’re interested in working for a San Francisco Unicorn in Toronto, check out the open roles at Databricks.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Databricks

 
 
 

Primary Sidebar

 
 
 

Stay Connected

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Tech Champions

Latest Posts

Cloud Security Leader Wiz Expands to Canada with Montreal Data Centre

Wiz is a digital infrastructure security platform that helps businesses to … READ FULL ARTICLE about Cloud Security Leader Wiz Expands to Canada with Montreal Data Centre

  • Ericsson To Establish Quantum Research Hub In Montreal
  • Q+A with Wipro Canada CEO on Accelerating a Move to the Cloud
  • Will Skills-Based Hiring Become the New Gold Standard in Canada?

Copyright © 2023 Incubate Ventures

Privacy Policy