{"slug":"kythera-labs-builds-its-business-on-spark-declarative-pipelines-and-the-databricks-data-ai-platform","url":"https://findausecase.com/use-cases/kythera-labs-builds-its-business-on-spark-declarative-pipelines-and-the-databricks-data-ai-platform","title":"Kythera Labs builds its business on Spark Declarative Pipelines and the Databricks Data + AI Platform","description":"Kythera Labs, a healthcare big-data company processing about 2 billion medical and 3 billion prescription transactions annually, uses the Databricks Data + AI Platform with Spark Declarative Pipelines, Delta Sharing and Unity Catalog to remaster over 3 petabytes of raw healthcare data into analysis-ready products via its Wayfinder offering. This delivered a 99%+ reduction in query pipeline processing time (from 2 days to 2-4 minutes) and 80% faster time to market.","company":"Kythera Labs","industry":"Healthcare","aiCapabilities":["Predictive Analytics"],"technology":["Spark Declarative Pipelines","Unity Catalog","Delta Sharing"],"deployment":"Public Cloud","problemStatement":"Healthcare and life sciences organizations often struggle to extract actionable insights and value from the massive and continuously increasing amount of complex data available. When Kythera was founded in 2019, the company struggled to store and process its big healthcare data efficiently and cost-effectively.","solutionApproach":"Kythera uses Spark Declarative Pipelines to automate and simplify the orchestration of ETL pipelines, which helps deliver better insights because the data is more reliable and higher quality. The lakehouse architecture unifies data so Kythera can use it for both analysis and machine learning while reducing the risk of data egress and helping customers lower costs.","evidence":{"band":"high"},"sourceUrl":"https://www.databricks.com/customers/kythera-labs","dates":{"publishedAt":"2026-09-28T05:45:37.640Z","publishedAtSource":"pipeline","updatedAt":"2026-09-28T05:45:37.640Z"},"license":"Open for reading and citing with a link to https://findausecase.com/use-cases/kythera-labs-builds-its-business-on-spark-declarative-pipelines-and-the-databricks-data-ai-platform. Bulk republication requires permission."}