Databricks was founded by a team of talented individuals who were the original creators of Apache Spark at the University of California, Berkeley. Here’s a breakdown of these critical founders:

• Ali Ghodsi: CEO of Databricks and an adjunct professor at UC Berkeley. He’s an expert in distributed systems and big data.
• Matei Zaharia: Chief Technologist at Databricks and the primary creator of Apache Spark.
• Ion Stoica: Executive Chairman at Databricks and a UC Berkeley professor focusing on cloud computing and networking systems.
• Reynold Xin: Co-founder at Databricks and significant contributor to Apache Spark.
• Patrick Wendell: Co-founder at Databricks and contributor to Apache Spark.
• Andy Konwinski: Co-founder at Databricks and contributor to Apache Spark.
• Arsalan Tavakoli-Shiraji: Co-founder at Databricks.

To learn more about them, check out these resources:

• Databricks Founders page:  https://www.databricks.com/company/founders
• Wikipedia page on Databricks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Databricks
• Wikipedia page on Ali Ghodsi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Ghodsi