Achanak itni tezi kyon?
Ye jo $5.4 billion ka revenue run-rate hai na, ye asal mein company ki 65% ki solid year-on-year growth ko dikhata hai. Is growth mein sabse bada haath AI products ka hai, jisse company ne $1.4 billion se zyada kamaye hain. Is success ke baad, Databricks ne $5 billion ka naya funding secure kiya hai, jisse unki company ka valuation $134 billion ho gaya hai. Bhai, yeh toh bada number hai!
CEO ki warning: AI banayega SaaS ko obsolete?
Lekin bhai, CEO Ali Ghodsi ne toh ek alag hi warning de di hai. Unka kehna hai ki AI ek din current SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) business models ko obsolete bana dega. Matlab ye ki jaise-jaise AI advance ho raha hai, woh complex user interfaces (UIs) ki jagah le lega. Ab special skills ki zarurat nahi padegi, bas natural language mein command dena hoga. Jaise plumbing hota hai na, bilkul invisible aur zaroori.
Jo companies abhi tak apne complex UIs aur specialized knowledge ke base pe apna 'moat' banaye hue hain, unke liye ye badi challenge hogi. Ghodsi bolte hain ki language-based interfaces aane se woh advantage khatam ho jayega. Aur is direction mein Databricks khud bhi kaam kar raha hai. Unka Lakebase database, jo agents ke liye banaya gaya hai, sirf 8 mahine mein data warehouse se behtar performance dikha raha hai.
IPO nahi, flexibility pe focus!
Abhi market ki conditions ko dekh kar, Databricks IPO ke mood mein nahi hai. Unki priority hai ki balance sheet strong rahe aur woh potential market downturns ko handle kar sakein. Isiliye ye naya funding unko long-term flexibility dega.