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Databricks just snatched up another AI company () . This week, data analytics giant announced a $1 billion acquisition of Neon, a startup building an open-source alternative to AWS Aurora Postgres. It’s the latest in a spree of high-profile buys, joining MosaicML () and Tabular () , as Databricks positions itself as the place to…

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Databricks just snatched up another AI company () .

This week, data analytics giant announced a $1 billion acquisition of Neon, a startup building an open-source alternative to AWS Aurora Postgres. It’s the latest in a spree of high-profile buys, joining MosaicML () and Tabular () , as Databricks positions itself as the place to build, deploy, and scale AI-native applications. 

Today, on TechCrunch’s Equity () podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Max Zeff, and Anthony Ha unpack the Databricks–Neon deal, where Neon’s serverless Postgres tech fits into the larger vision, and whether $1 billion still counts as “a lot of money” these days (spoiler: Kirsten and Anthony are on the fence).

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Chime’s long-awaited IPO plans () and what the neobank’s S-1 did (and didn’t) reveal.

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AWS entering a ‘strategic partnership’ () that could shake up cloud infrastructure, especially as the Middle East ramps up its AI ambitions

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Equity will be back next week, so don’t miss it!

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  1. @OfficialDanielSilvas

    May 16, 2025 at 11:31 am

    The the VC World $1 Billion is now like saying, “here’s chump change”, back then during the 2010’s, a $1 Billion valuation made a start up a unicorn 🦄 and now not so that case

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