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Databricks closes in on multibillion funding round at $55B to cash out employees (cnbc.com)
31 points by hulahoof 570 days ago
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up2isomorphism 570 days ago
Why your employees want to “cash out” if they believe the company is able to go for a successful ipo?
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abigail95 570 days ago
Would you purchase their stock at a 55B valuation?
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twoodfin 570 days ago
The more important question is, would Satya Nadella?
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StressedDev 569 days ago
Congratulations to all of the employees at Databricks. This is a huge milestone.
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alephnerd 570 days ago
So Databricks is pulling a Tanium or Stripe...
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mslate 569 days ago
Pulling a Tanium would be to fire people right ahead of their vesting cliff:

https://www.inc.com/business-insider/tanium-security-startup...

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