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Databricks Acquires BladeBridge to Boost Data Migration

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Together, Databricks and the BladeBridge team will support enterprise migrations to Databricks SQL, which has surpassed a $600 million revenue run rate

Databricks, the leading Data and AI company, has announced the integration of the team behind BladeBridge, a premier provider of AI-powered enterprise data warehouse migration solutions. This collaboration is set to enhance and streamline the code assessment and conversion process, enabling seamless migrations from Snowflake, Teradata, and other sources to Databricks SQL. Leveraging a cutting-edge, large language model (LLM)-driven approach, the combined expertise will empower organizations to transition swiftly and efficiently to the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.

Accelerating Data Warehouse Modernization

As enterprises increasingly move away from traditional, siloed data warehouses, Databricks SQL has emerged as a preferred intelligent data warehouse solution. Organizations benefit from its superior price-performance ratio, operational efficiency, and AI-powered innovations. By optimizing workloads automatically, Databricks SQL enhances performance and usability, allowing users—regardless of technical expertise—to extract meaningful insights from their data. Over the past year, Databricks SQL has experienced remarkable growth, with revenue surging by more than 150% to surpass a $600 million run rate.

BladeBridge + Databricks: Enhancing Migration Efficiency

BladeBridge has established itself as one of the most advanced automation solutions for migrating data warehouses such as Snowflake, Redshift, and Teradata to Databricks SQL. With this integration, organizations can now leverage BladeBridge’s proven AI-driven approach to automate code analysis and conversion across more than 20 enterprise data warehouses and ETL tools. This significantly reduces manual effort while ensuring consistent, high-quality code output. The acquisition aligns with Databricks’ strategic mission to help enterprises achieve comprehensive data intelligence across their data ecosystems.

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As a key technology partner to system integrators like Accenture, Capgemini, Celebal Tech, Ness Digital, and Tredence, BladeBridge provides businesses with transparent insights into the conversion scope, LLM-powered code refactoring, and seamless validation of migrated systems. To date, BladeBridge has facilitated successful migrations for hundreds of customers transitioning to Databricks SQL.

“Databricks SQL is the fastest-growing data warehouse on the market. Over ten thousand organizations have chosen Databricks SQL thanks to its price performance and AI innovations. As more and more companies choose Databricks as the foundation for an open, flexible data architecture, we want to make it easier than ever to move from legacy data warehouses to the Data Intelligence Platform,” said Ali Ghodsi, Co-founder and CEO of Databricks. “By joining forces with the BladeBridge team, we can help every organization accelerate their move to Databricks with significantly lower migration cost and effort.”

“At BladeBridge, we set out to solve frustrating challenges for companies looking to modernize their data stack, and today we’ve helped hundreds of organizations successfully migrate to cloud data platforms,” said Simon Eligulashvili, Co-founder and Executive Vice President of BladeBridge. “We are thrilled to join the Databricks team to continue our mission — to help companies reach their data modernization goals — faster and at a far greater scale.”

“As a trusted data engineering specialist, we understand that meeting customers’ aggressive project timelines is a key success metric,” said Ranjit Tinaikar, CEO at Ness Digital. “Over the years, we have built a strong partnership with BladeBridge, collaborating on over a hundred enterprise data warehouse migrations. We look forward to deepening this relationship with Databricks as a strategic partner and delivering many more successful projects in the future.”

With this move, Databricks further solidifies its commitment to simplifying and accelerating enterprise data modernization. By integrating BladeBridge’s expertise and technology, organizations can expect a more efficient and intelligent approach to data warehouse migration, unlocking new possibilities for data-driven innovation.