From UC Berkeley to $134 Billion -- The Databricks Founding Story and Lakehouse Vision

This module traces Databricks from its origins in UC Berkeley's AMPLab, where seven co-founders created Apache Spark, to its current position as a $134 billion data and AI platform company. Candidates will understand the academic roots, the open-source-first philosophy, and how the "lakehouse" concept emerged as the company's defining architectural bet -- essential context for answering "Why Databricks?" with genuine depth.