
Arrikto is a Silicon Valley startup specializing in Storage for AI, operating at the intersection of storage, AI, peer-to-peer networks, and Kubernetes. Their core mission is to revolutionize the storage and data management layer for enterprise AI platforms, enabling previously impossible end-user AI workflows. Their Storage Platform is designed from the ground up for AI workloads, offering Kubernetes-native, hybrid-native capabilities. It boasts 8x faster performance and is 3.5x cheaper than comparable cloud block storage. The company's technology includes new kernel APIs contributed to the Linux kernel, an NVMe + Object storage architecture, and a P2P federation protocol for efficient data syncing. Arrikto's Enterprise Kubeflow is a preferred MLOps platform used in production by Fortune 500 enterprises, with over 300 customers across 17 countries.

Arrikto is a Silicon Valley startup specializing in Storage for AI, operating at the intersection of storage, AI, peer-to-peer networks, and Kubernetes. Their core mission is to revolutionize the storage and data management layer for enterprise AI platforms, enabling previously impossible end-user AI workflows. Their Storage Platform is designed from the ground up for AI workloads, offering Kubernetes-native, hybrid-native capabilities. It boasts 8x faster performance and is 3.5x cheaper than comparable cloud block storage. The company's technology includes new kernel APIs contributed to the Linux kernel, an NVMe + Object storage architecture, and a P2P federation protocol for efficient data syncing. Arrikto's Enterprise Kubeflow is a preferred MLOps platform used in production by Fortune 500 enterprises, with over 300 customers across 17 countries.
What they do: Builds Kubernetes-native storage and data management for AI/ML (branded as "Storage for AI").
Flagship products: Rok (cloud-native data management) and Rok Registry; Enterprise Kubeflow and managed Kubeflow as a service.
Founders & origin: Co-founded by Constantinos Venetsanopoulos (CEO) and Vangelis Koukis (CTO); launched out of Athens, Greece in 2015.
Funding: Series A: $10M announced 2020-11-16, led by Unusual Ventures.
Customers / reach: Reports 300+ customers across 17 countries.
Storage and data management for AI/ML workloads and MLOps (model & dataset distribution, versioning, reproducibility, and hybrid/multi-cloud data access).
2015
MLOps / AI infrastructure
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John Vrionis of Unusual Ventures joined the board in connection with the round.
“Venture-backed; Series A led by Unusual Ventures. Early investor cited as Odyssey VP.”