Cohesity, Inc.

Cohesity, Inc. is a privately held information technology company headquartered in San Jose, California. Founded in 2013 by Mohit Aron, the company's core business revolves around AI-powered data security and management. Its mission is to protect, secure, and provide insights into the world's data, helping organizations strengthen resilience, accelerate recovery, and reduce IT costs.

Cohesity offers a comprehensive platform known as Cohesity Data Cloud, which provides solutions for data protection, backup and recovery, cyber vaulting, ransomware defense, and threat detection. Key products include DataProtect, SmartFiles, Helios, FortKnox, and DataHawk. The company also specializes in disaster recovery-as-a-service (DRaaS) and SaaS management, addressing challenges like mass data fragmentation. Cohesity serves a diverse range of market segments, including financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, government, and retail, with over 13,000 enterprise customers globally, including nearly 70% of the Global 500.

Sanjay Poonen leads Cohesity as CEO and President, having been appointed in August 2022. A significant development occurred in December 2024 when Cohesity completed the acquisition of Veritas Technologies' data management business. This strategic move positioned the combined entity as the world's largest data protection software provider by market share, valued at over $7 billion, and significantly enhanced Cohesity's capabilities in AI-powered cyber resilience. Cohesity has been recognized as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Cyber Recovery in 2025 and maintains strong partnerships with major industry players such as NVIDIA, Amazon, Google, IBM, Cisco, and HPE.