
WarpStream is a cloud-native, Apache Kafka-compatible data streaming platform that operates disklessly on top of object storage, eliminating the need for local disks and inter-availability zone networking costs. It offers infinite scalability within a user's virtual private cloud (VPC) and supports a hybrid Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) deployment model, allowing customers to use their own compute and object storage for secure, cost-effective streaming. WarpStream is backed by Confluent and is designed for mission-critical workloads across industries such as observability, AI, cryptocurrency, and product analytics. Its unique architecture reduces operational complexity and cost, providing zero-ops auto-scaling, offset-preserving replication, and a BYOC-native schema registry for data governance.

WarpStream is a cloud-native, Apache Kafka-compatible data streaming platform that operates disklessly on top of object storage, eliminating the need for local disks and inter-availability zone networking costs. It offers infinite scalability within a user's virtual private cloud (VPC) and supports a hybrid Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) deployment model, allowing customers to use their own compute and object storage for secure, cost-effective streaming. WarpStream is backed by Confluent and is designed for mission-critical workloads across industries such as observability, AI, cryptocurrency, and product analytics. Its unique architecture reduces operational complexity and cost, providing zero-ops auto-scaling, offset-preserving replication, and a BYOC-native schema registry for data governance.
Product: Diskless, Apache Kafka-compatible streaming platform that writes directly to object storage and runs agents in customers' VPCs (BYOC)
Founders: Richard Artoul (CEO) and Ryan Worl (CTO/co-founder)
Funding: $20M Series A announced Mar 14, 2024 (prior seed in Apr 2023)
Employees: Approximately 13
Cloud data streaming and event/platform infrastructure for use cases like observability, AI, cryptocurrency, and product analytics.
2023
Data infrastructure / Cloud streaming
Seed round recorded in April 2023
$20,000,000
Series A announced March 14, 2024 with participation from Amplify Partners and others
“Greylock and Amplify Partners participation; additional investors reported include Spencer Kimball, Ben Sigelman, and Barry McCardel”