HIS STARTUP IS NOW WORTH $62 BILLION. IT GAVE AWAY ITS FIRST PRODUCT FREE

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Databricks has quietly become one of the fastest-growing startups in Silicon Valley. It is now valued at $62 billion after securing $10 billion from investors. Databricks' software is used by data scientists at some of the US' largest companies to analyze the large volumes of information they collect. CEO Ali Ghodsi says the company's success is thanks to the 'strategic surgeries' he performed to keep the company healthy. This article looks at how Ghodsi turned the company around and made it what it is today.