Databricks Co-Founders on Building an Open Frontier Ecosystem for the Agent Era
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In a rare double-interview, Databricks co-founders Matei Zaharia and Reynold Xin discuss the company's evolution beyond the lakehouse into a full data platform for the agent era. They argue for an open frontier ecosystem, covering topics from open-sourcing the layer above coding agents to rethinking databases for AI agents. The conversation explores what it will take for every company to build "Agent Clouds" and how Databricks, now valued at $175 billion, is positioning itself at the center of this transformation.
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Everyone is still talking about Satya's Frontier Ecosystems post, but few have actually built a (now $175 billion) frontier ecosystem and cloud like our guests today.
It will take for every company to build Agent Clouds.
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