VAST Data

VAST Data is a private technology company founded in 2016, headquartered in New York, NY, USA. The company's core business revolves around providing an AI Operating System designed to unify and orchestrate storage, database, and compute for AI and deep learning computing infrastructure. Its mission is to reinvent data infrastructure for the AI era, eliminating traditional tradeoffs in scale, simplicity, performance, and cost.

The company's key offerings include the VAST AI Operating System, which comprises several components such as VAST DataStore for unstructured data storage, VAST DataBase for AI-native database functionalities, VAST DataEngine for global function execution, and VAST DataSpace for a global namespace. It also provides specialized engines like InsightEngine for RAG services, AgentEngine for AI agent deployment, and SyncEngine for data discovery and migration. VAST Data serves various market segments including AI, analytics, high-performance computing (HPC), media and broadcast, life sciences, quantitative trading, and the public sector, with deployments across on-premises data centers, public clouds, and edge environments.

In April 2026, VAST Data closed its Series F financing round, achieving a valuation of $30 billion after raising approximately $1 billion. This valuation represents a significant increase from its $9.1 billion Series E valuation in late 2023. The company is led by co-founder and CEO Renen Hallak, alongside other key executives including President Michael Wing and co-founders Shachar Fienblit and Jeff Denworth. VAST Data is positioned as a central player in the AI ecosystem, having surpassed $4 billion in cumulative bookings and ending its previous fiscal year with over $500 million in Committed Annual Recurring Revenue (CARR), alongside positive operating margin and free cash flow.