Databricks puts its name on Cal's stadium in largest athletics deal in school history
jfiance · x · 2026-09-25
Databricks announced Databricks Field, naming UC Berkeley's home stadium in the largest partnership in Cal Athletics history and the company's first college sports deal.
- All seven Databricks co-founders started at Berkeley; the company began in a room in Soda Hall, and co-founders still teach on campus
- Notably, the deal is funded by UC Berkeley becoming a Databricks shareholder
- CEO Ali Ghodsi framed it as investing in the next generation of builders — the Berkeley flywheel of research becoming a company that gives back.
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