WEKA - About the company
WEKA is a series E company based in Campbell (United States), founded in 2013 by Omri Palmon and Maor Ben Dayan. It operates as a Provider of data storage software platforms for artificial intelligence workloads. WEKA has raised $372M in funding from investors like Gemini, Qualcomm Ventures and Generation Investment Management, with a current valuation of $1.6B. The company has 39 active competitors, including 7 funded and 5 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like DDN, Wiwynn and Infortrend.
Sectors and market segments that WEKA operate in
WEKA serves in the Native AI, High Tech market segments.The primary business model of WEKA are:Company Details
Provider of data storage software platforms for artificial intelligence workloads. This software combines storage and memory functionality within a unified infrastructure to support compute hardware. The technology aims to increase data throughput and improve resource efficiency for training and inference processes.
- Website
- www.weka.io/
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@weka.io
- Phone Number
- +1 **********
- Registered Address
- Highland,California
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2013
Location
Campbell, United States
Stage
Series E
Total Funding
$372M in 5 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$1.6B as on May 15, 2024
Ranked
2nd among 39 active competitors
Employee Count
561 as on Jul 31, 2026
Legal entities associated with WEKA
WEKA is associated with 3 legal entities given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
WEKA, INC. CIN: 330557202 , United States, Active | Dec 31, 1999 | - | 94 (As on Dec 31, 2024) | - |
WEKAIO INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U62099KA2023FTC178533 , India, Active | Sep 13, 2023 | ₹10 - ₹50 Cr (As on Mar 31, 2025) | - | |
WEKA CIN: 40103570316 , Latvia, Active | Jul 27, 2012 | €0 - €1M (As on Dec 31, 2017) | 2 (As on Dec 31, 2016) | - |
Sign up to download WEKA's company profile
WEKA's funding and investors
WEKA has raised a total funding of $372M over 5 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jun 07, 2016. Its latest funding round was a Series E round on May 15, 2024 for $100M. 12 investors participated in its latest round. WEKA has 30 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of WEKA:
Filter this list
Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 15, 2024 | $100M | Series E | $1.6B | - | ||
Nov 15, 2022 | $135M | Series D | $750M | - | ||
Jan 04, 2022 | $73M | Series D | - | - |
Access funding benchmarks and valuations. Sign up today!View details of WEKA's funding rounds and investors
WEKA's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of WEKA are Omri Palmon and Maor Ben Dayan.
Here are the details of WEKA's key team members:
- Omri Palmon: Former Co-Founder of WEKA. Contact Info: 1 email address
- Maor Ben Dayan: Co-Founder of WEKA. Contact Info: 1 email address
View details of WEKA's Founder profiles and Board Members
WEKA's employee count trend
WEKA has 561 employees as of Jul 26. Here is WEKA's employee count trend over the years:
Uncover WEKA's growth story! Sign up today!
Access Tracxn on any website
Install Tracxn ExtensionOur Google Chrome extension lets you view company details while browsing their websites
WEKA's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of WEKA include DDN, Wiwynn and Infortrend. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of WEKA, ranked by Tracxn score:
Get insights and benchmarks for competitors of 2M+ companies! Sign up today!
Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | DDN 1998, Chatsworth (United States), Series B | Platform offering big data and HPC storage appliances for businesses | $310M | 75/100 | |
2nd |  WEKA 2013, Campbell (United States), Series E | Provider of data storage software platforms for artificial intelligence workloads | $372M | 59/100 | |
3rd | Computing and storage products and rack solutions for data centers | - | 52/100 | ||
4th |  Infortrend 1993, Taipei (Taiwan), Public | Provider of enterprise data storage and artificial intelligence solution products | - | - | 50/100 |
5th | Panasas 1999, Sunnyvale (United States), Series F | Parallel file system based storage solutions provider | $149M | 50/100 | |
6th |  Excelero 2014, San Jose (United States), Acquired | Provider of block storage components for high performance computing | $30.5M | 45/100 | |
7th | Premio Inc 1989, Los Angeles (United States), Unfunded | Manufacturer of storage servers | - | - | 44/100 |
8th | Apache 1999, Wilmington (United States), Seed | Provider of open-source software, support, and community development for various projects | - | 43/100 | |
9th | Provider of parallel cluster file system | - | - | 40/100 | |
10th | Provider of enterprise high performance network attached storage solutions | - | - | 40/100 |
_1534250155809.png?devicePixelRatio=2&height=30&width=30){kind=logo}
Get insights and benchmarks for competitors of 2M+ companies! Sign up today!Looking for more details on WEKA's competitors? Click here to see the top ones
WEKA's Investments and acquisitions
WEKA has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to WEKA
Here is the latest report on WEKA's sector:
News related to WEKA
Filter this listMedia has covered WEKA for a total of 16 events in the last 1 year, 9 of them have been about company updates and 5 about partnerships.
•
Supermicro Open Storage Summit Series to Focus on AI Infrastructure and Data ManagementSiliconAngle•Aug 06, 2026•Super Micro, Scality, WEKA, Intel and 2 others
•
WekaIO Revamps AI Data Storage Platform with New Hardware for Agentic WorkloadsSiliconAngle•Jul 21, 2026•WEKA
•
WEKA changes marketing head as messaging moves to AI inferencing at scaleBlocksandfiles•Jul 15, 2026•WEKA
•
Scality and WEKA Deepen Partnership to Accelerate Enterprise AI AdoptionGlobeNewswire•Jul 07, 2026•Scality, WEKA
•
•
WEKA and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Validate 10x Throughput Gains for Long-Context AI InferenceWebDisclosure•Jun 09, 2026•Oracle, WEKA
•
WEKA Accelerates AI Factory Deployment with NVIDIA AI Data Platform SolutionWebDisclosure•Mar 16, 2026•Nvidia, WEKA
•
Scality and WEKA Partner for High-Performance AI Storage with Object TieringGlobeNewswire•Feb 24, 2026•WEKA, Scality
•
•
AI Scale Reshapes Data Pipeline, Storage Efficiency Takes Center StageSiliconAngle•Nov 19, 2025•Solidigm, WEKA
Get curated news about company updates, funding rounds, M&A deals and others. Sign up today!Are you a Founder ?
FAQs about WEKA
Explore our recently published companies
- Marcel Kroek - Stealth mode - Berlin based, 2024 founded, Stealth company
- Vikram Jha - Co-Founder - Mumbai based, 2025 founded, Stealth company
- Johnna L. - Co-Founder & CEO - San Francisco based, 2026 founded, Stealth company
- Alexander O. - Stealth - United Kingdom based, 2022 founded, Stealth company
- Sagar Khetiya - Co-Founder - Mumbai based, 2019 founded, Stealth company
- Josyula Prasanna Aswadha Suresh - Founder - Bengaluru based, 2026 founded, Stealth company
