MinIO
MinIO, Inc. was founded in November 2014 by Anand Babu Periasamy, Garima Kapoor, and Harshavardhana to address the demands of unstructured data growth. They are the creators of the popular open-source cloud storage software, MinIO, which is used by millions globally. MinIO AIStor is a software-defined, Amazon S3-compatible object store optimized for private clouds but runs anywhere. It provides hyper-performance, software-defined flexibility, exascale capabilities, and enterprise-grade security. MinIO AIStor is designed to consolidate all enterprise data on a single, private cloud namespace, offering performance at scale at a fraction of the cost of public cloud solutions. It aims to save costs compared to public cloud, appliance vendors, and HDFS, with significant discounts at scale. The company is recognized as a leader in AI data storage.
MinIO
MinIO, Inc. was founded in November 2014 by Anand Babu Periasamy, Garima Kapoor, and Harshavardhana to address the demands of unstructured data growth. They are the creators of the popular open-source cloud storage software, MinIO, which is used by millions globally. MinIO AIStor is a software-defined, Amazon S3-compatible object store optimized for private clouds but runs anywhere. It provides hyper-performance, software-defined flexibility, exascale capabilities, and enterprise-grade security. MinIO AIStor is designed to consolidate all enterprise data on a single, private cloud namespace, offering performance at scale at a fraction of the cost of public cloud solutions. It aims to save costs compared to public cloud, appliance vendors, and HDFS, with significant discounts at scale. The company is recognized as a leader in AI data storage.
TL;DR
What they do: Kubernetes-native, S3-compatible object storage software (branded MinIO / AIStor) for exascale AI and analytics workloads
Founded: 2014
Founders: Garima Kapoor; Anand Babu "AB" Periasamy; Harshavardhana
Funding: $126.3M disclosed venture funding
Employees (reported): 179
Company Overview
Problem Domain
Unstructured data growth and scalable object storage for AI and analytics workloads
Founded
2014
Industry
Cloud storage / Data infrastructure
Tech Stack
Funding Track Record
$3.3M
Seed round announced June 17, 2015
Investor Signal
“Intel Capital; SoftBank Vision Fund 2; AME Cloud Ventures; Index Ventures; General Catalyst; Nexus Venture Partners; Dell Technologies Capital”