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VAST Data

All-flash data platform purpose-built for AI workloads and exabyte-scale enterprises
Enterprise 📍 New York, NY Founded 2016
Current Valuation
$30B
as of 2026-Q2
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IPO Outlookrumored

Is VAST Data going public in 2026?
An IPO is rumored for 2026, with nothing filed. VAST Data remains private and the date is not the company's.
What is VAST Data's valuation in 2026?
VAST Data is valued at $30B as of 2026-Q2, set by its Series F ($1.0B, Apr 2026). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has VAST Data filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for VAST Data as of 08/23/2026; the IPO is rumored.
Who are VAST Data's investors?
VAST Data's investors include Drive Capital, Access Industries, NVIDIA, Fidelity Management & Research Company, NEA, Tiger Global and 3 more.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
VAST Data sells a disaggregated all-flash data platform optimized for AI training and inference at hyperscale. Powers some of the world's largest AI training clusters including CoreWeave and xAI's Colossus. Achieved $200M+ ARR with strong free cash flow before its 2024 funding round.

Company Profile

CEO
Renen Hallak
Founded
2016
HQ
New York, NY
Employees
~750
Total Raised
$1.4B
Growth
Series F at $30B in April 2026, a 3.3x step-up from the $9.1B Series E of late 2023; $4B+ cumulative bookings and $500M+ committed ARR exiting the last fiscal year with positive operating margin and free cash flow; a "Rule of X" score of 228%; reached $100M ARR faster than any data infrastructure company on record, on ~$381M of primary capital through Series E
Last Round
Series F — $1.0B (Apr 2026) · Lead: Drive Capital & Access Industries
IPO Status
rumored

Fundraising Status

Series F · $1.0B · 4 mo ago
rumoredTotal raised $1.4B

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Series F$1.0BApr 2026Drive Capital & Access Industries$30B

Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML

No verified Hugging Face organization found for VAST Data — no attributable open-model footprint. Closed-weights labs are common; this is a distribution signal, not a capability judgment.
Checked huggingface.co as of 2026-08-19. Re-checked weekly.

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
First snapshot
trend accrues with monthly sweeps
Open roles
343
via careers page
Product-build share
48%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
product-led hiring — 48% of open roles build product; the rest are go-to-market and G&A.
Actively hiring with no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month343Aug '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionSales & GTM145Engineering143Ops & People12Data & ML8Hardware7Support6Finance & Strategy6Marketing6Design4
product-building   go-to-market / G&A
Customer Support Engineer\\ \\ Austin, TX\\ \\ Customer SupportCustomer Support Engineer - India\\ \\ Bengaluru\\ \\ Customer SupportCustomer Support Engineer\\ \\ Dallas\\ \\ Customer SupportProfessional Services Engineer\\ \\ East Coast, United States\\ \\ Customer SuppCustomer Support Engineer\\ \\ Houston, Texas\\ \\ Customer SupportCustomer Support Engineer - India\\ \\ India\\ \\ Customer Support
Counted from VAST Data's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.

Founders & Key People

Renen HallakShachar FienblitJeff Denworth

Investors

Drive Capital · Access Industries · NVIDIA · Fidelity Management & Research Company · NEA · Tiger Global · Dell Technologies Capital · Norwest Venture Partners · CapitalG

Products

  • VAST AI Operating System
  • VAST DataStore (disaggregated shared-everything storage)
  • VAST DataBase / DataSpace
  • VAST InsightEngine
  • VAST AgentEngine (agentic execution)

Competitors

Pure Storage · WEKA · DDN · NetApp · Dell Technologies · Hammerspace
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Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2026-Q2. Refreshed quarterly.