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AI-native data platform combining all-flash storage, a unified namespace, and a built-in database to power exabyte-scale workloads at AI clouds, hyperscalers, research labs and enterprises.
AI-native data platform combining all-flash storage, a unified namespace, and a built-in database to power exabyte-scale workloads at AI clouds, hyperscalers, research labs and enterprises.
Founded in 2016 by Renen Hallak (ex-XtremIO/Dell EMC), Shachar Fienblit (ex-Kaminario), Jeff Denworth (ex-CTERA) and Alon Horev. The team wanted to break the legacy storage tradeoff between performance and capacity, and built a disaggregated, all-flash architecture that has since become the backbone for the largest AI training and inference clusters.
Drive Capital and Access Industries co-lead the round with NVIDIA, Fidelity and NEA participating. Tripled the prior $9.1B valuation.
CNBC reports on VAST Data closing its Series F at a $30B valuation with NVIDIA as a participating investor.
VAST Data provides the storage backbone for xAI's Colossus supercomputer training Grok models, reducing TCO by 50%.
CoreWeave becomes the largest VAST customer, surpassing the xAI Colossus deployment.
Fidelity Management & Research Company leads the round, valuing the AI infrastructure company at over $9 billion.
Co-Founder & VP R&D
Previously VP R&D at Kaminario
Storage industry veteran and Kaminario alum who co-founded VAST Data alongside Renen Hallak.
Co-Founder & VP Technology
Previously Engineer at XtremIO
Co-founder and VP Technology at VAST Data.
$1.4B raised total
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VAST DATA INC · NEW YORK, NY
FY 2025
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