Shiv Trisal explains how Databricks is helping manufacturers and supply chain teams move from AI experimentation to real-world decision-making
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Shiv Trisal explains how Databricks is helping manufacturers and supply chain teams move from AI experimentation to real-world decision-making
to transform industry but, for many businesses, the gap
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between ambition and reality remains stubbornly wide. Databricks, the data and AI company, believes it has the architecture to close it.
Founded with a mission to democratise data and AI, Databricks has grown into a platform trusted by more than 20,000 customers daily, including 70 % of the Fortune 500. Its technology unifies structured and unstructured data under a single platform, then layers intelligence on top to make the data usable by ordinary business users.
Shiv Trisal, Global Industrials GTM Lead at Databricks, joined the organisation four years ago and has watched it grow from nimble startup to software giant. However, he reveals something essential has stayed the same:“ We still operate – even though we are at 10,000 to 12,000 people now – with the mentality that we were born yesterday. That day-one spirit is still alive here.” What has changed is the scale of the ambition. As of February 2026, Databricks was valued at US $ 134bn and has surpassed a $ 5.4bn revenue run-rate, growing approximately 65 % year over year – territory occupied by only a handful of technology companies.
“ It’ s rarefied air,” Shiv says,“ but that’ s where we are going.”
4 June 2026