With a valuation of $190 billion, Databricks is now one of Silicon Valley’s biggest—and fastest-growing—software companies. But according to CEO Ali Ghodsi, one key to scaling the company hasn’t been getting his top talent into more meetings—it’s making sure they aren’t stuck in conference rooms all day. “I try to compress the calendar,” Ghodsi said
Elon Musk has perhaps been the most bullish on AI’s potential to reshape the world, predicting that work will eventually become optional, goods and services will become abundant, and money could become irrelevant as AI drives toward a “universal high income.” But fellow billionaire Michael Saylor isn’t quite buying it. “Everybody doesn’t get a Hampton’s