Alluxio

Alluxio

Data management platform for AI workloads

Overview

Alluxio provides a data management platform that sits between compute and storage to optimize AI and ML workloads. Its two products, Alluxio Enterprise Data and Alluxio Enterprise AI, offer a single interface to manage data and AI tasks across clouds, regions, and storage systems. This helps remove data silos, reduces data movement and copies, and improves data access with low latency. The goal is to simplify data engineering, cut infrastructure costs, and speed up model training and serving for enterprises.

About Alluxio

Simplify's Rating
Why Alluxio is rated
B-
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Enterprise Software

AI & Machine Learning

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series C

Total Funding

$81.5M

Headquarters

San Mateo, California

Founded

2015

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What believers are saying

  • Customer stories updated July 2026 show Fireworks AI, Dyna Robotics, and Geely.
  • Alluxio reported over 50% customer growth in first-half 2025.
  • May 2026 AI v3.9 posts 7.6 GiB/s write throughput and sub-2ms latency.

What critics are saying

  • CVE-2023-38889 still affects Alluxio 2.9.3 and earlier, enabling remote code execution.
  • CVE-2022-23848 hit Alluxio logserver before 2.7.3; exposed deployments need upgrades immediately.
  • AWS, OCI, and Databricks can bundle similar acceleration and erase Alluxio's pricing power.

What makes Alluxio unique

  • Alluxio’s open-source roots and top committers deepen trust with infrastructure teams.
  • Enterprise AI 3.7 delivered sub-millisecond TTFB on cloud storage in August 2025.
  • June 2026 OCI integration targets continuous GPU feeding for training and inference.

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Funding

Total Funding

$81.5M

Below

Industry Average

Funded Over

4 Rounds

Notable Investors:
Series C funding is usually for startups that are doing well and are looking for more money to fuel major growth, such as acquiring other companies, expanding into global markets, or launching new product lines. Investors typically include larger venture capital firms and private equity.
Series C Funding Comparison
Meet Average

Industry standards

$50M
$50M
Medium
$50M
Alluxio
$62M
SeatGeek
$100M
Oura

Benefits

Unlimited PTO

Amazing Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans

Commuter Benefits ($50+)

Everyday Catered Lunch and Dinner

Boba Thursday

Relaxation/Massage Room Onsite

Gym Access

Frequent Company Outings and Trips

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-1%

1 year growth

1%

2 year growth

1%
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Jan 9th, 2024
Setting the Stage for Alluxio Community to Soar in the Year of the Dragon: 2023 Recap and 2024 Outlook

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DZone
Nov 2nd, 2023
Alluxio Launches AI-Optimized Data Platform for Faster ML Pipelines

Alluxio launches ai-optimized data platform for faster ML pipelines.

The New Stack
Oct 20th, 2023
Alluxio Launches Enterprise Platform for Generative AI Apps

Alluxio launches enterprise platform for generative AI apps.

Database Trends and Applications
Oct 19th, 2023
Alluxio Enterprise AI Simplifies and Enhances AI and ML Workload Enablement

Alluxio, the data platform company for data-driven workloads, is unveiling Alluxio Enterprise AI, a high-performance data platform designed to unify performance, data accessibility, scalability, and cost efficiency in powering AI and machine learning (ML) workloads.

Alluxio
Oct 17th, 2023
Alluxio Unveils New Data Platform for AI: Accelerating AI Products' Time-to-Value and Maximizing Infrastructure ROI

Alluxio unveils new Data Platform for AI: accelerating AI products' time-to-value and maximizing infrastructure ROI.

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