# Databricks (slim) > Databricks's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Alation, Inc., Braintrust, Galileo (now Splunk Agent Observability, Cisco), Glean Technologies, Inc. and 6 more, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it. - Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/databricks/index.md (~1,650 tokens) · this version ~1,530 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/databricks/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/databricks/ - Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-10-28 - Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data) Corporate investor. Website: https://www.databricks.com ## Companies on Anchor Terminal - **Alation, Inc.**, Series E, November 2022, through Databricks Ventures - [Alation](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/alation.md), graded C, 60.3/100 - Source: https://www.alation.com/news-and-press/alation-raises-series-e-funding/ - **Braintrust**, Series A, October 2024, through Databricks Ventures - [Braintrust API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/braintrust.md), graded C, 61.1/100 - Source: https://www.braintrust.dev/blog/announcing-series-a - **Galileo (now Splunk Agent Observability, Cisco)**, Series B, October 2024, through Databricks Ventures - [Galileo API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/galileo.md), graded D, 47.9/100 - Source: https://galileo.ai/blog/announcing-our-series-b - **Glean Technologies, Inc.**, Series D, February 2024, through Databricks Ventures - [Glean](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/glean.md), graded B, 69.9/100 - Source: https://www.glean.com/press/glean-announces-over-200m-series-d-to-accelerate-secure-deployment-of-generative-ai-in-the-enterprise - **LanceDB**, Series A, June 2025, through Databricks Ventures - [LanceDB](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lancedb.md), graded B, 65.5/100 - Source: https://lancedb.com/blog/series-a-funding/ - **LangChain**, Series B, October 2025, through Databricks Ventures - [LangGraph](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/langgraph.md), graded BB, 70.8/100 - [LangMem](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/langmem.md), graded D, 48.3/100 - [LangSmith API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/langsmith.md), graded BB, 71.3/100 - Source: https://www.langchain.com/blog/series-b - **OpenRouter**, Series B, May 2026, through Databricks Ventures - [OpenRouter](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openrouter.md), graded B, 68.6/100 - Source: https://openrouter.ai/blog/announcements/series-b/ - **Perplexity**, Series A, March 2023, Series B, January 2024, through Databricks Ventures - [SPACE](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/perplexity-space.md), graded C, 56.4/100 - [pplx-decider](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pplx-decider.md), graded B, 68.2/100 - [pplx-decider-flash](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pplx-decider-flash.md), graded B, 68/100 - Source: https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/announcing-our-series-a-funding-round-and-mobile-app-launch - **Unstructured**, Series B, March 2024, through Databricks Ventures - [Unstructured API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/unstructured.md), graded D, 47.2/100 - Source: https://www.pillsburylaw.com/en/news-and-insights/menlo-ventures-40m-series-b-funding-unstructured.html - **Voyage AI (MongoDB)**, Series A, October 2024 - [Voyage AI embeddings and rerankers](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/voyage-ai.md), graded C, 58.8/100 - Source: https://blog.voyageai.com/2024/10/03/series-a-funding/ ## Where they invest - Agent observability & evals, 3 - Company knowledge & data catalogues, 2 - Decision models, 2 - Retrieval & vector search, 1 - Agent frameworks & SDKs, 1 - Agent memory, 1 - Model APIs & inference, 1 - Code execution sandboxes, 1 - Document parsing & extraction, 1 - Embeddings & rerankers, 1 ## Founders they backed - [Vikram Chatterji](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/vikram-chatterji/), Galileo (now Splunk Agent Observability, Cisco) - [Atindriyo Sanyal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/atindriyo-sanyal/), Galileo (now Splunk Agent Observability, Cisco) - [Yash Sheth](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/yash-sheth/), Galileo (now Splunk Agent Observability, Cisco) - [Arvind Jain](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/arvind-jain/), Glean Technologies, Inc. - [T.R. Vishwanath](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/t-r-vishwanath/), Glean Technologies, Inc. - [Tony Gentilcore](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tony-gentilcore/), Glean Technologies, Inc. - [Chang She](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chang-she/), LanceDB - [Harrison Chase](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/harrison-chase/), LangChain - [Ankush Gola](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ankush-gola/), LangChain - [Alex Atallah](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/alex-atallah/), OpenRouter - [Chris Clark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chris-clark/), OpenRouter - [Louis Vichy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/louis-vichy/), OpenRouter - [Aravind Srinivas](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/aravind-srinivas/), Perplexity - [Denis Yarats](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/denis-yarats/), Perplexity - [Johnny Ho](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/johnny-ho/), Perplexity - [Andy Konwinski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andy-konwinski/), Perplexity - [Brian S. Raymond](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/brian-s-raymond/), Unstructured ## Questions ### Which AI tools has Databricks invested in? Anchor Terminal lists Alation, Inc., Braintrust, Galileo (now Splunk Agent Observability, Cisco), Glean Technologies, Inc., LanceDB, LangChain, OpenRouter, Perplexity, Unstructured and Voyage AI (MongoDB) backed by Databricks. ### How are Databricks's companies graded? On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Alation (C, 60.3), Braintrust API + MCP (C, 61.1), Galileo API + MCP (D, 47.9), Glean (B, 69.9), LanceDB (B, 65.5), LangGraph (BB, 70.8), LangMem (D, 48.3), LangSmith API + MCP (BB, 71.3), OpenRouter (B, 68.6), SPACE (C, 56.4), pplx-decider (B, 68.2), pplx-decider-flash (B, 68), Unstructured API + MCP (D, 47.2) and Voyage AI embeddings and rerankers (C, 58.8). Investors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source.