Databricks has enterprises 'in a chokehold': 80% of enterprise teams run structured data on it

thedealdirector · x · 2026-10-18

Industry practitioner verrsane claims Databricks has enterprises 'in a chokehold': once onboarded, there's no leaving, and roughly 80% of enterprises he works with use it for structured data, with Glean common for unstructured data.

Reposter thedealdirector is bullish on its path to $3B ARR, arguing it's becoming the only data platform that matters.

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