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Provider of open-source data lakehouse platform for accelerating SQL queries and integrating AI. It connects to operational databases, data lakes, and warehouses across enterprises to federate queries without ETL processes, materializing hot datasets for millisecond access while supporting hybrid search and embedded AI inference. It is managed cloud platform supports high-speed SQL queries, hybrid vector and…

High Tech · AI Infrastructure, · Bellevue, United States · EST 2021

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Provider of open-source data lakehouse platform for accelerating SQL queries and integrating AI. It connects to operational databases, data lakes, and warehouses across enterprises to federate queries without ETL processes, materializing hot datasets for millisecond access while supporting hybrid search and embedded AI inference. It is managed cloud platform supports high-speed SQL queries, hybrid vector and full-text search, retrieval‑augmented generation, and model hosting via an OpenAI-compat Founded in 2021, headquartered in Bellevue, United States. The company has raised $14.5M at the Seed stage backed by investors including Blackbird Ventures, Basis Set Ventures, Asymmetric, Alumni Ventures, Protocol Labs. Operating in High Tech > AI Infrastructure, Native AI > AI Infrastructure.

Business model

Blockchain Infrastructure > Blockchain Network > Decentralized AI,

AI Infrastructure > Machine Intelligence Systems > Machine Learning Platforms > Decentralized

Founders & team highlights

Serial Founder

Team background

Company Wise > Microsoft, Bain

Institutional investors

Blackbird VenturesBasis Set VenturesAsymmetricAlumni VenturesProtocol LabsPicus CapitalMadronaFounders' Co-opTA VenturesElysium Venture CapitalCardinia VenturesMadrona Venture LabsShane MacThomas DohmkeNat Friedman

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