Databricks Opens New European Headquarters to Capitalise on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Market Opportunities - Seite 2

"We are seeing huge and rapidly growing demand within enterprises for help with their machine learning and AI strategies and specifically their Spark deployments," commented Ali Ghodsi, CEO at Databricks. "The demand is particularly strong in Europe and as such, it is our top priority for global expansion. With the opening of our London office, we will have a stronger springboard to drive growth and better serve our customers in EMEA. David brings a tremendous amount of relevant enterprise software and Cloud experience to spearhead our business and his appointment will help us scale up and fulfill our mission in Europe."

"Databricks has demonstrated unmatched vision and leadership by building a high-growth global business around its Unified Analytics Platform, building off its roots and credibility as the team that created Apache Spark. Its cloud-based platform is making it more achievable for enterprises to adopt AI and derive value from their big data," said Wyatt. "I am thrilled to be joining the company and leading the company's EMEA business as there's a wealth of talent in London and an enormous opportunity for Databricks to solve problems facing data science and data engineering teams across the continent."

"Working with Databricks to unlock the power of big data insights across our business created operational efficiencies in our supply chain that resulted in immediate business value. The local office opening complements existing relationships we have with the company, and will help us in our own global growth using analytics to make better decisions," said Daniel Jeavons, General Manager - Advanced Analytics Centre of Excellence, at Shell.

Deputy Mayor of London for Business, Rajesh Agrawal, said: "We are delighted to welcome Databricks to London. Our city is a fertile breeding ground for companies developing the disruptive technologies which are changing the way we live and work - particularly in the field of artificial intelligence, for which London is a global hub. For an innovative company like Databricks to choose the capital as its European headquarters shows that London is open to talent and open to helping companies grow. This investment is yet more proof that London is the tech capital of Europe."