VAST Data builds what it calls an AI Operating System: a unified software platform that integrates storage, database, and compute services into a single architecture designed to support AI and deep learning workloads at scale. The platform is built on VAST's proprietary Disaggregated Shared Everything (DASE) architecture, which the company says eliminates longstanding tradeoffs between performance, scale, and cost. The system is designed to run AI pipelines from edge deployments to cloud infrastructure, including GPU-heavy environments, at exabyte scale.
The company counted a $9.1 billion valuation in 2024 and counts more than 25% of the Fortune 100 among its customers. Named users include xAI, CoreWeave, Pixar, and the NHL, alongside leading global GPU cloud providers. VAST Data claims its platform enables organisations to make use of up to 90% of data that would otherwise go untapped for real-time AI workloads.
VAST Data operates across a range of industry verticals, including enterprise infrastructure, cloud and GPU cloud services, media and entertainment, and sports. Its engineering and product teams work across technical domains that span AI operating systems, real-time AI workloads, database services, and edge and cloud compute - making it a broad platform play rather than a point solution.
