VAST Data builds what it calls an AI Operating System: a unified software platform that combines storage, database, and compute into a single architecture designed to support data-intensive AI workloads at scale. The platform is built around DASE (Disaggregated Shared Everything), an architecture the company says eliminates longstanding tradeoffs between performance, scale, and cost in enterprise infrastructure. The stated ambition is to enable intelligent agents to store, process, communicate, and act on data in real time, across deployments ranging from edge environments to cloud.
The technical scope of the platform spans exabyte-scale data pipelines, deep learning infrastructure, and GPU and cloud compute services. VAST Data claims its architecture allows organisations to make use of up to 90% of data that would otherwise remain untapped for real-time AI applications. The company serves a broad range of customers, including more than 25% of the Fortune 100, leading global GPU cloud providers, and named customers such as xAI, CoreWeave, Pixar, and the NHL.
VAST Data reached a reported valuation of $9.1 billion in 2024, and describes itself as one of the fastest-growing enterprise infrastructure companies in its history. The company operates globally and positions itself as a challenger to legacy infrastructure approaches, with a team that has direct experience building and working within the systems it now aims to replace.
