Ryft raises $8m, the end of the Databricks vs. Snowflake war #92 w/e 11 July 2025
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Over the last couple of years, we’ve seen something unprecedented in Data. Databricks and Snowflake have both become $1bn+ revenue companies, AI has taken off, and data has never been more important than ever.
However, this has caused an immense amount of suffering and headache for the Data Community. The rapid growth means that there are no longer established categories, vendors tread on each other’s toes, and it’s no longer obvious what engineers should do.
Two of the biggest culprits for this are Databricks and Snowflake.
In a previous article, we showed how Databricks and Snowflake were looking to attack different streaming use-cases and potentially go after companies like Confluent.
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Medium ðŸ§
🧠AI is making data engineering smarter, faster, and more automated (link)
🧠Learning Day 1: Unpacking Databricks Lakeflow (link)
🧠Learning Day 2: Lakeflow Ingest Data into Databricks (link)
Editor’s Pick
🧠Databricks vs. Snowflake: The Final Chapter (Long read) (link)
🧠Work Data Is the Next Frontier for GenAI (link)
🧠How to Implement Real-Time Anomaly Detection with Snowflake and Striim (link)
🧠The Architecture of Alpha: How Octus Powers High-Speed Decisions with Snowflake (link)
LinkedIn🕴
🕴 Corporate Sween's Mexico Tour: Culture Hacks for Better Business (link)
🕴 Databricks vs. Snowflake: The Final Showdown & What It Means for SaaS (link)
🕴 Salesforce vs. Snowflake: The Fight for Data Automation (link)
🕴 Snowflake: The Only One in Its FedRAMP High League (link)
🕴 Conferences, Communities & Careers: A Chat with Peter Hanssens (link)
News 📰
Editor’s Pick
📰 Snowflake Insider Sold Shares Worth $11,237,559, According to a Recent SEC Filing (link)
📰 Ryft raise $8m to tackle iceberg (link)
📰 Germany Leapfrogs UK To Lead European VC Investment In Q2 As Region’s Funding Settles (link)
📰 Ryft raises $8M with support from Wiz founders to help enterprises take charge of cloud data (link)
YouTube and Podcast 🎥
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🎥 Stop Writing Docs - Let Microsoft Fabric Data Agents Explain Your Power BI (link)
Special 💫
💫 Data Engineering Weekly #227 (link)
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