DataStax

Open, multi-cloud stack for modern data apps

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501-1000 employees
  • B2B
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Enterprise
  • Big data
  • SaaS
  • Cloud Computing
Santa Clara, CA

Company mission

To make it possible for developers and companies to build GenAI applications that can match the scale of their ambition.

Top investors

-15% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

As enterprises modernize their legacy applications and clamber to use cloud services, they require data stores that are both vertically and horizontally scalable across clouds, datacentres and geographies.

DataStax is one company tackling this, offering support services for the NoSQL database, a commercial version of the Apache Cassandra database, and a database-as-a-service platform called Astra. And the company has an impressive list of enterprise clients too, including Bank of America, CapitalOne, Disney, Starbucks, and McDonald’s.

DataStax plans to expand its partner network in more ASEAN markets, while it also looks to move beyond its core product – a sentiment reinforced by the company’s acquisition of cloud messaging service Kesque and machine learning company Kaskada. The latter indicates a growing focus on generative AI features in its enterprise database offerings off the back of its $115 million funding round.

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Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Benefits

  • Fully Covered Health Insurance
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Generous Paid Time Off
  • Wellness Program
  • Remote Friendly Distributed Workforce
  • Ergonomic Home Office
  • Mental Wellness Program

Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)

Jun 2022

$115m

LATE VC

May 2021

$37.6m

LATE VC

Total funding: $451m

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Leadership

Chet Kapoor

(CEO & Chairman, not founder)

Previously a VP at Google and IBM and CEO of Apigee. Joined Datastax in 2019.