With an overflowing war chest from its recent $5 billion raise, Databricks is buying startups and looking for more.
Databricks bought two startups to underpin its new AI security product Julie Bort 1:40 PM PDT · March 24, 2026 With an overflowing war chest from its $5 billion raise that closed last month (not to mention billions in revenue), Databricks is acquiring.
The company, best known for its cloud data analytics platform, announced on Tuesday that it was launching a new security product called Lakewatch.
Lakewatch takes Databricks’ ability to store massive amounts of data and performs classic Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tasks, like detecting and investigating threats.
Only it does so with the help of AI agents powered by Anthropic’s Claude.
Databricks bought two startups to underpin this new product: Antimatter, in an undisclosed-until-now deal that closed last year, and SiftD.ai, in a deal that flew together over the last couple of weeks and closed on Monday, the company told TechCrunch.
Terms were not disclosed for either deal.