Pachyderm

Pachyderm

Open-source data versioning and MLOps platform

Overview

Pachyderm provides a platform for managing data versioning and automated pipelines in machine learning operations. It uses container technologies (Docker and Kubernetes) to run data pipelines, so pipelines can process data in any language or library and be deployed across cloud environments. Data and code are versioned with immutable lineage, meaning every change is tracked and can be reproduced, enabling end-to-end reproducibility even at petabyte scales. Patches and updates trigger pipelines automatically when data changes, helping teams debug and audit results. The product offers a free open-source Community Edition and a commercial Enterprise Edition with advanced security and support features. The goal is to automate the ML lifecycle with full provenance, making ML workflows reproducible, auditable, and scalable.

YC Company
Significant Headcount Growth

About Pachyderm

Simplify's Rating
Why Pachyderm 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

1-10

Company Stage

Late Stage VC

Total Funding

$58.1M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2014

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What believers are saying

  • HPE integration with supercomputing solutions unlocks reproducible ML for large-scale image, video, text analysis.
  • Compliance-heavy industries gain audit-grade reproducibility through immutable DAG lineage and chain of custody.
  • Open-source Community Edition drives adoption while Enterprise Edition captures premium pricing from scaled deployments.

What critics are saying

  • HPE's slow Determined AI integration risks customer churn to standalone MLOps tools within 12 months.
  • Databricks Unity Catalog dominates lakehouse ecosystems, stealing enterprise clients from Pachyderm.
  • Kubernetes rivals Kubeflow and Argo Workflows offer free, CNCF-backed alternatives with broader adoption.

What makes Pachyderm unique

  • Immutable data lineage with automatic versioning eliminates manual tracking across ML pipelines.
  • Data-driven automation triggers pipelines on data changes without code modifications.
  • Kubernetes-native architecture enables petabyte-scale processing with automatic parallelization and cost efficiency.

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Funding

Total Funding

$58.1M

Meets

Industry Average

Funded Over

5 Rounds

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Benefits

Medical, dental, & vision coverage

401k

Equity

Flexible PTO

Remote friendly

Tech & office stipends

Education & donation stipends

Parental leave

Company News

Business Wire
Jan 13th, 2023
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Acquires Pachyderm to Expand AI-at-Scale Capabilities with Reproducible AI

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced an expansion to its AI-at-scale offerings with the acquisition of Pachyderm, a startup that del

Finsmes
Aug 19th, 2020
Pachyderm Secures $16M in Series B Funding

Pachyderm, a San Francisco, CA-based enterprise-grade, open source platform that enables scalable data science, raised $16m in Series B financing. The round was led by M12, Microsoft’s venture fund, with participation from Jon Sakoda of Decibel Ventures, Benchmark and YCombinator, among others. M12’s investment was led by Microsoft Corporate Vice President and the fund’s Global […]

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