
Archil is a cloud storage company that provides infinite, shareable cloud volumes designed for active data in AI and analytics applications. Their product integrates directly with S3, offering up to 30x faster access speeds and up to 100x faster write workloads compared to traditional shared file systems. Archil's storage scales seamlessly from gigabytes to petabytes without pre-provisioning, supports full POSIX compliance, and allows simultaneous access from multiple instances. The company targets data-intensive cloud applications, enabling cost savings of up to 90% by charging only for actively used data. Archil is SOC Type II, HIPAA, and GDPR compliant, and backed by investors including Y Combinator and Felicis. Headquartered in San Francisco, Archil aims to be the default storage platform for cloud applications, focusing on developer experience and infrastructure invisibility.

Archil is a cloud storage company that provides infinite, shareable cloud volumes designed for active data in AI and analytics applications. Their product integrates directly with S3, offering up to 30x faster access speeds and up to 100x faster write workloads compared to traditional shared file systems. Archil's storage scales seamlessly from gigabytes to petabytes without pre-provisioning, supports full POSIX compliance, and allows simultaneous access from multiple instances. The company targets data-intensive cloud applications, enabling cost savings of up to 90% by charging only for actively used data. Archil is SOC Type II, HIPAA, and GDPR compliant, and backed by investors including Y Combinator and Felicis. Headquartered in San Francisco, Archil aims to be the default storage platform for cloud applications, focusing on developer experience and infrastructure invisibility.
Product: Infinite, shareable POSIX cloud volumes that integrate with object storage (S3/GCS) for high-performance access
Performance & cost: Claims up to ~30x faster reads vs direct S3 and up to ~90% savings on active-storage costs
Compliance: SOC Type II, HIPAA, GDPR compliant
Location & stage: Headquartered in San Francisco; reported Seed-stage funding
Investors: Seed round led by Felicis; investor group includes Y Combinator and others
High-performance storage for AI/analytics and other data-intensive cloud applications where object storage latency and shared file-system write performance are bottlenecks.
Cloud storage / data infrastructure
6700000.00
Seed round with an investor syndicate that includes Y Combinator and multiple other investors
“Backed by Felicis and a syndicate including Y Combinator and several venture investors”