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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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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

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.