Databricks hits $188bn valuation in Coatue-led round, landing above its own $175bn talks

$188bn is a large number for a company that keeps insisting it is in no rush to go public. That is the valuation Databricks has reached in a new funding round led by Coatue Management, a figure first reported by the Wall Street Journal. The mark sits well above the up-to-$175bn the firm was…