Databricks CTO Matei Zaharia Wins ACM Prize as AI and Data Systems Converge
Matei Zaharia, co-founder and CTO of Databricks, has been awarded the 2026 ACM Prize in Computing for his contributions to large-scale data processing and systems that underpin modern AI. Zaharia originally developed Apache Spark during his PhD at UC Berkeley under Ion Stoica, introducing a breakthrough approach that accelerated big data processing and later became […]