Our verdict
Entrada is a young, small firm that won Databricks’ 2026 Genie Partner of the Year award, with Databricks citing more than 150 Databricks projects and Genie work in medical research, procurement, and executive reporting. It suits an enterprise on Databricks that wants business teams asking questions of governed data in plain English, and it is less suited to a buyer who needs a large team or a partner across several data platforms.
The right buyer
- Enterprises rolling out Databricks Genie. For a telecom and media company it deployed 19 executive Genie spaces in 10 weeks and cut uncontrolled SQL warehouse spend by 30% (PR Newswire).
- Life sciences companies building research data platforms. It built a multimodal medical research platform with conversational cohort discovery for a global life sciences group (PR Newswire).
- Buyers who want a boutique with direct ties to Databricks. Databricks Ventures invested in it in March 2024 (Entrada).
Reasons to look elsewhere
- It works only on Databricks.
- It was founded in 2023 and lists 51 to 200 employees, so very large programs may stretch its bench.
Entrada, At A High Level
Trey Roldan founded Entrada in 2023 with Carley Donovan, its COO, and describes it as a Databricks pure-play partner that pairs industry experts with data engineers, data scientists, and DevOps staff (about page; LinkedIn). Its clients sit in health and life sciences, technology, manufacturing, media, and financial services (LinkedIn).
- Headquartered at 548 Market Street in San Francisco, with offices in Tampa, Florida, and Kraków, Poland (LinkedIn).
- 51 to 200 employees on its LinkedIn profile; we estimate annual revenue at $10 million to $18 million (LinkedIn).
- 2026 Databricks Genie Partner of the Year, and its engineer Kelly Zelenko won the North America Technical Champion award (Databricks).
- More than 150 Databricks projects delivered, according to Databricks (Databricks).
Scores by criterion
We scored Entrada from its June 2026 award release, Databricks’ award citations, and its own pages. Technical depth scores highest; platform independence scores lowest because it works only on Databricks.
| Criterion | Weight | Score | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Production track record | 20% | 6.5 | More than 150 Databricks projects and three named Genie results. |
| Technical depth | 15% | 7.5 | Genie semantic layers, medical research platforms, and MDM on Databricks. |
| Industry depth | 10% | 6.5 | Life sciences, telecom, consumer goods, and mortgage work. |
| Delivery model and handoff | 15% | 6.5 | Projects run from strategy through production deployment. |
| Commercial clarity | 10% | 5.5 | No published rates; fixed offers such as an eight-week lakehouse start. |
| Platform independence | 10% | 5.0 | Databricks only, by design. |
| Stability and scale | 10% | 6.0 | Founded 2023; 51 to 200 staff; Databricks Ventures backing. |
| Independent evidence | 10% | 7.0 | Databricks award citations and press coverage. |
| Overall | 100% | 6.4 | Weighted average |
Where Entrada fits
Entrada is used by large enterprises already on Databricks that want natural-language analytics and AI apps built on governed data. On price it is a US boutique, likely above offshore-weighted Databricks partners. Competitors on this site include Koantek and v4c.ai for Databricks specialists, and Aimpoint Digital for GenAI work on Databricks.
| Need | Fit | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Databricks Genie rollout | Strong | It is Databricks’ 2026 Genie Partner of the Year. |
| Research data platforms in life sciences | Strong | It built a multimodal medical research platform on Databricks. |
| A multi-platform data strategy | Weak | It works only on Databricks. |
| A program needing hundreds of staff | Weak | It lists 51 to 200 employees. |
What clients and leaders say
Entrada’s leaders and clients describe its work in published announcements. One buyer concern is written from public facts about the firm.
“As capable as the models are today, the hard part of enterprise AI remains context, the trusted, governed business data that lets AI deliver accurate answers in production.”
“Their ability to execute complex transformations on the Databricks platform helps our joint customers move faster and put AI to work in meaningful, measurable ways.”
“Entrada has stood out with their focus on industry expertise and global delivery as a boutique partner.”
“Their Genie team was excellent, but they are a young firm, so we asked who exactly would staff our project before we signed.”
Where customer reviews couldn’t be found, our analysts attempted to give a voice to buyer sentiment, drawing on real information from review sites, forums and product documentation. Based on: Entrada’s LinkedIn profile, which lists a 2023 founding and 51 to 200 employees.
Who leads Entrada
Trey Roldan founded Entrada and is its CEO; Carley Donovan is COO and co-founder (leadership page).
