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Databricks co-founder wins prestigious ACM award, says ‘AGI is here already’

Databricks co-founder Matei Zaharia has received the prestigious ACM Computing Prize for his contributions to computer science. He claims that artificial general intelligence (AGI) is already here but misunderstood, shifting his focus to AI research applications.

Background

The ACM Computing Prize is a prestigious award recognizing early to mid-career computer scientists for significant contributions. Matei Zaharia is known for creating Apache Spark and co-founding Databricks.

Source
TechCrunch
Published
Apr 8, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Score
7.0 / 10