Databricks co-founder wins prestigious ACM award, says ‘AGI is here already’
TechCrunch·1h ago·Positivity
What Happened
Matei Zaharia, co-founder and CTO of Databricks, won the 2026 ACM Prize in Computing for his work on Apache Spark and contributions to data technology. The 28-year-old developed Spark at UC Berkeley in 2009, accelerating big data processing. Databricks now values at $134 billion with $5.4 billion revenue. Zaharia is donating the $250,000 prize to charity and believes AI should be evaluated by its strengths, not human standards.
Key Entities
Matei ZahariaDatabricksACM Prize in ComputingApache SparkUC BerkeleyIon StoicaOpenClaw