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How to build scalable data lakes with Apache Iceberg

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Zach Wilson
Jan 12, 2025
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Tabular.io was acquired by Databricks back in June 2023 for two billion dollars. This is despite only making $1-2m/year in revenue. How is a company making $1m/year worth 2 billion?

It’s simple. Apache Iceberg is the hottest technology in data engineering right now and Databricks and Snowflake had to fight over it.

In this article, we will talk about:

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