Why did you decide to sell MosaicML to Databricks rather than remaining an independent infrastructure provider?

Naveen Rao
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VP of Generative AI & Former CEO of MosaicML at Databricks

Niche: AI
Revenue: Approx. USD 583 Million/month
Location: San Francisco, California, USA
Started: 2013

Models are commodities without data, and data is useless without models. Databricks held the enterprise gold standard for unified data warehousing and governance, while MosaicML possessed the premier platform for efficient foundation model training. Combining data intelligence with algorithmic training created an enduring full-stack enterprise advantage that standalone tooling could not match.

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