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DataStax, Inc. is a real-time data for AI company based in Santa Clara, California.[3] Its product Astra DB is a cloud database-as-a-service based on Apache Cassandra. DataStax also offers DataStax Enterprise (DSE), an on-premises database built on Apache Cassandra, and Astra Streaming, a messaging and event streaming cloud service based on Apache Pulsar. As of June 2022, the company has roughly 800 customers distributed in over 50 countries.[4][5][2]
Key Information
History
[edit]DataStax was built on the open source NoSQL database Apache Cassandra. Cassandra was initially developed internally at Facebook to handle large data sets across multiple servers,[6] and was released as an Apache open source project in 2008.[7] In 2010, Jonathan Ellis and Matt Pfeil left Rackspace, where they had worked with Cassandra, to launch Riptano in Austin, Texas.[6][8] Ellis and Pfeil later renamed the company DataStax, and moved its headquarters to Santa Clara, California.[3][9]
The company went on to create its own enterprise version of Cassandra, a NoSQL database called DataStax Enterprise (DSE).[6]
In 2019, Chet Kapoor was named the company's new CEO, taking over from Billy Bosworth.[10]

In May 2020, DataStax released Astra DB, a DBaaS for Cassandra applications.[11] In November 2020, DataStax released K8ssandra, an open source distribution of Cassandra on Kubernetes.[12] In December 2020, DataStax released Stargate, an open source data API gateway.[13]
After acquiring streaming event vendor Kesque in January 2021,[14] the company launched Luna Streaming, a data streaming platform for Apache Pulsar.[15] DataStax then rebuilt the Kesque technology into Astra Streaming.[16] The Astra Streaming cloud service became generally available on June 29, 2022.[17] With the release, the company added API-level support for messaging tools Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ and Java Message Service, in addition to Apache Pulsar.[18][19] Astra Streaming can connect to a larger data platform by utilizing DataStax's Astra DB cloud service.[18]
Starting in 2023, DataStax began incorporating artificial intelligence and machine learning into its platform.[20] In January 2023, the company acquired Kaskada, developer of a platform that helps organizations use data for AI applications.[21] DataStax made the formerly proprietary Kaskada technology open source, and integrated it into its Luna ML service, which was launched on May 4, 2023.[22] With the acquisition, former Kaskada CEO Davor Bonaci was named DataStax chief technology officer and executive vice president.[22]
On May 24, 2023, DataStax announced that it would be partnering with ThirdAI to bring large language models to DSE and AstraDB, to help developers develop generative AI applications.[23]
In June 2023, the company announced the development of a GPT-based schema translator in its Astra Streaming cloud service. The Astra Streaming GPT Schema Translator uses generative AI to automatically generate schema mappings, to enable data integration and interoperability between multiple systems and data sources.[24]
On July 18, 2023, the company announced a partnership with Google to make semantic search available in its Astra DB cloud database for developers building generative AI applications.[20]
On September 13, 2023, DataStax launched the LangStream open source project, which works with Astra DB and supports vector databases including Milvus and Pinecone. LangStream enables developers to better work with streaming data sources, using Apache Kafka technology and generative AI to help build event-driven architectures.[25]
In November 2023, DataStax announced RAGStack, a simplified commercial offering for RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) based on LangChain and Astra DB vector search.[26]
On February 25, 2025, IBM announced its intention to acquire DataStax.[27][28]
On May 28, 2025, IBM announced that it had officially acquired DataStax.[29]
Products
[edit]Astra DB
[edit]Astra DB is available on cloud services such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud Platform.[30] In February 2021, DataStax announced the serverless version of Astra DB, offering developers pay-as-you-go data.[31]
In March 2022, DataStax introduced new change data capture (CDC) capabilities to its Astra DB cloud service. Astra DB CDC is powered by Apache Pulsar, which allows developers to manage operational and streaming data in one place.[32] DataStax leads the open-source Starlight, which provides a compatibility layer for different protocols on top of Apache Pulsar.[18]
On February 8, 2023, DataStax launched Astra Block, a cloud-based service based on the Ethereum blockchain to support building Web3 applications, available as part of Astra DB. Astra Block can be used by developers to stream enhanced data from the Ethereum blockchain to build or scale Web3 experiences on Astra DB.[33]
Astra DB supports open source LangChain technology, making it easier for developers to create generative AI applications.[20]
DSE
[edit]Version 1.0 of the DataStax Enterprise (DSE), released in October 2011, was the first commercial distribution of the Cassandra database, designed to provide real-time application performance and heavy analytics on the same physical infrastructure.[34][35] It grew to include advanced security controls, graph database models, operational analytics and advanced search capabilities.[36]
In April 2016, the company announced the release of DataStax Enterprise Graph, adding graph data model functionality to DSE.[37]
In March 2017, DataStax announced the release of its DSE platform 5.1, which included improved search capabilities, improved security control, improvements to its Graph data management and improvements to operational analytics performance. DataStax also announced a shift in strategy, with an added focus on customer experience applications. Rather than a new set of technologies, the company started to offer advice on best practice to users of its core DSE platform.[38][36]
In April 2018, DataStax released DSE 6, with the new version focused on businesses using a hybrid cloud computing model, with all the benefits of a distributed cloud database on any public cloud or on-premise, twice the responsiveness and ability to handle twice the throughput.[39][40]
In December 2018, DataStax released DSE 6.7, which offers enterprise customers five key new feature upgrades, including: improved analytics, geospatial search, improved data protection in the cloud, enhanced performance insights and new developer integration tools with Apache Kafka Connector and certified production Docker images.[41]
In April 2020, DataStax released DSE 6.8, offering enterprises new capabilities for bare-metal performance and to support more workloads, and serving as a Kubernetes operator for Cassandra.[42]
DSE 7.0 was introduced in August 2023. It offers enhancements in cloud-native operations and generative AI capabilities, and includes vector search.[43]
Funding and IPO
[edit]In September 2014, DataStax raised $106 million in a Series E funding round, raising the total investment in the company to $190 million.[3] On June 15, 2022, the company announced it had raised an additional $115 million, at a $1.6 billion valuation.[2][44]
In 2020, Mergermarket reported that DataStax was preparing for an initial public offering that could launch in 2021.[45] However, in June 2022, DataStax CEO Chet Kapoor said that the company would not rush into an IPO.[2]
See also
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[edit]DataStax
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Founding and early years
DataStax traces its origins to 2010, when Jonathan Ellis and Matt Pfeil, both former Rackspace engineers who had contributed significantly to the Apache Cassandra project, co-founded Riptano in Austin, Texas.[7][2] Cassandra, an open-source distributed NoSQL database originally developed at Facebook to handle large-scale data across commodity servers, had been donated to the Apache Software Foundation in 2009, where Ellis served as the initial project chair. Riptano aimed to provide commercial support and services for Cassandra, addressing enterprise needs for high availability and linear scalability in handling massive datasets.[8][9] Shortly after its inception, Riptano rebranded to DataStax in late 2010 and relocated its headquarters to Santa Clara, California, to better access Silicon Valley's talent and ecosystem.[7][2] The company's core mission centered on commercializing Apache Cassandra for enterprise environments, offering tools, training, and support to enable organizations to deploy distributed NoSQL databases that could scale horizontally without single points of failure. This focus positioned DataStax as a leader in the emerging NoSQL space, emphasizing Cassandra's wide-column store architecture for real-time, high-volume applications like social media feeds and recommendation engines.[10][11] In its early years, DataStax gained traction through partnerships and adoption by high-scale users, including Netflix, which transitioned to Cassandra for managing its vast streaming data after experiencing outages with traditional relational databases.[12][13] Other early adopters in sectors like media and e-commerce leveraged Cassandra's fault-tolerant design for applications requiring petabyte-scale storage and low-latency reads. By 2012, DataStax had established itself as the primary commercial steward of Cassandra, contributing back to the open-source project while building a customer base focused on always-on data infrastructure.[14] DataStax secured its initial funding in October 2010 with a $2.7 million Series A round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, enabling early product development and hiring.[15][10] This was followed in September 2011 by an $11 million Series B round co-led by Crosslink Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners, which supported expansion into enterprise sales and further enhancements to Cassandra-based offerings.[11][10] These investments underscored investor confidence in DataStax's role in bridging open-source innovation with enterprise-grade reliability during the NoSQL boom of the early 2010s.Key product developments and expansions
In 2011, DataStax launched DataStax Enterprise (DSE), a commercial extension of Apache Cassandra that incorporated advanced features such as integrated search via Solr, analytics powered by Apache Hadoop, and enhanced security mechanisms including LDAP authentication and data auditing.[16] This release marked a significant evolution from the open-source Cassandra foundation, enabling enterprises to deploy scalable, distributed databases with enterprise-grade operational controls.[16] Throughout the 2010s, DataStax introduced management tools like OpsCenter to improve operational efficiency for Cassandra and DSE clusters. OpsCenter, first released alongside DSE in 2011 as a visual, web-based monitoring and management solution, provided capabilities for cluster visualization, performance monitoring, and automated backups, with subsequent versions adding lifecycle management features in the mid-2010s.[16][17] These tools addressed key pain points in deploying and maintaining large-scale NoSQL environments, facilitating broader adoption among organizations requiring high availability and real-time insights. A pivotal shift toward cloud-native services occurred in May 2020 with the general availability of Astra DB, a serverless database-as-a-service (DBaaS) built on Cassandra, designed for effortless scaling without infrastructure management.[18] This launch simplified Cassandra deployment in multi-cloud environments, allowing developers to focus on application logic rather than database operations. Later that year, in November 2020, DataStax released K8ssandra, an open-source distribution combining Cassandra with Kubernetes-native tools like Stargate and Medusa for storage-optimized, cloud-native deployments.[19] In 2022, DataStax enhanced Astra with capabilities for real-time event streaming and expanded multi-cloud support, including the March introduction of change data capture (CDC) to enable streaming of operational data changes and the June general availability of Astra Streaming based on Apache Pulsar for unified event processing across hybrid environments.[20][21] These developments positioned Astra as a comprehensive platform for handling data in motion, supporting low-latency applications in diverse cloud setups. Building on this momentum, DataStax introduced Astra Block in February 2023, a service integrating Ethereum blockchain data into Astra DB to facilitate Web3 and decentralized application development with real-time, off-chain querying of full blockchain datasets.[22] This innovation lowered barriers for blockchain integration by providing a centralized, queryable copy of decentralized data, accelerating innovation in emerging technologies. These product advancements drove substantial growth in DataStax's customer base, with adoption by major enterprises including Capital One, The Home Depot, Verizon, and collaborative engagements with IBM prior to its 2025 acquisition.[23][24] By 2024, the company's solutions powered mission-critical workloads for hundreds of organizations, underscoring the scalability and reliability of its Cassandra-based ecosystem.[23]Acquisition by IBM
On February 25, 2025, IBM announced its intent to acquire DataStax for an undisclosed amount, building on the company's $1.6 billion valuation from its June 2022 funding round.[25][26] The deal aimed to bolster IBM's capabilities in generative AI by incorporating DataStax's expertise in real-time NoSQL and vector databases, particularly for managing unstructured data in enterprise AI applications.[25] This strategic move addressed key challenges in scaling AI solutions, where handling vast amounts of unstructured data—such as text, images, and videos—remains a bottleneck for many organizations.[7] The acquisition was completed on May 28, 2025, following regulatory approvals, with DataStax integrated as "IBM DataStax" within IBM's watsonx AI and data platform.[4] This integration enabled DataStax's technologies, including its Astra DB vector database, to enhance watsonx.data and support hybrid cloud deployments across on-premises, public cloud, and multi-cloud environments.[1] Post-acquisition, products underwent rebranding to align with the IBM ecosystem, providing customers expanded access to IBM's hybrid cloud infrastructure for greater scalability and reliability in AI workloads.[1] Key leadership from DataStax was initially retained to ensure continuity, with then-CEO Chet Kapoor serving as chairman and CEO of IBM DataStax until October 2025, when he joined Amazon Web Services as vice president of cybersecurity services and observability.[4][27] These initial changes positioned IBM DataStax to leverage Apache Cassandra's open-source foundation alongside IBM's AI tools, such as watsonx.ai and Langflow, to streamline production AI and NoSQL data management at enterprise scale.[4][1]Products and services
Astra DB
Astra DB is a serverless, always-on database-as-a-service (DBaaS) launched in 2020, built on Apache Cassandra to provide global scalability without requiring infrastructure management.[28][29] Post IBM acquisition in May 2025, Astra DB is integrated with watsonx.data for enhanced AI data management.[1] It enables developers to deploy and manage distributed NoSQL databases across multiple regions with automatic replication and high availability, handling petabyte-scale data for real-time applications.[28] Core features of Astra DB include multi-cloud deployment on Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Microsoft Azure, allowing users to select regions within the same provider for multi-region setups.[30] The service offers automatic scaling based on workload demands, eliminating manual provisioning of compute resources.[28] Built-in security encompasses data encryption at rest using customer-managed keys and role-based access control (RBAC) for fine-grained permissions on databases and organizations.[31][32] Additionally, it supports vector search capabilities optimized for AI workloads, enabling efficient similarity searches on embeddings for applications like retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).[33] Astra DB integrates with the Stargate API to provide REST and GraphQL access to Cassandra data, simplifying CRUD operations without direct CQL usage, though legacy Stargate APIs are being phased out in favor of the Data API.[34] It also supports real-time data ingestion through Astra Streaming, powered by Apache Pulsar, which enables event stream processing and change data capture (CDC) for synchronizing database updates across systems.[28][35] Astra DB powers high-availability applications in sectors such as e-commerce for personalized recommendations and transaction processing, gaming for leaderboards and player data, and IoT for handling sensor streams at scale.[36] For instance, companies like Netflix leverage Apache Cassandra—the core technology underlying Astra DB—for content recommendation systems that serve millions of users with low-latency queries.[36] The pricing model for Astra DB is pay-as-you-go, charged based on consumption of storage, compute (measured in processing capacity units or PCUs), and data transfer, with a free tier available for initial exploration.[37]DataStax Enterprise
DataStax Enterprise (DSE) was introduced in 2013 as a commercial, unified platform built on Apache Cassandra, integrating it with Apache Solr for advanced search capabilities, Apache Hadoop for batch analytics, and later enhancements including Apache Spark for real-time and streaming analytics, as well as graph processing for handling complex relationships in data.[38][39] Following IBM's acquisition in May 2025, DSE is supported under IBM until at least December 31, 2027, with new sales conducted through IBM-equivalent offerings.[40] This architecture enabled enterprises to manage mission-critical workloads across operational, analytical, and search use cases within a single distributed database system, providing linear scalability and high availability without single points of failure.[41] Key components of DSE include OpsCenter, a visual management tool for monitoring cluster health, performance metrics, automatic backups, failover, and lifecycle management such as patching and upgrades.[42] DSE Graph, tightly integrated with Cassandra and leveraging the TinkerPop/Gremlin standard, supports real-time traversals and analysis of interconnected datasets, optimized for handling billions of vertices and edges in applications like recommendation engines and network analysis.[43] Additionally, DSE Search provides full-text search, fuzzy matching, and geospatial querying powered by Solr, allowing seamless indexing and retrieval of large-scale data volumes. These elements collectively support mixed workloads, from key-value storage to advanced analytics, in a multi-model environment. DSE supports flexible deployment options, including on-premises installations, virtual machines, and hybrid configurations that span multiple data centers or clouds for enhanced scalability and resilience.[44] Hybrid setups enable cloud bursting, where workloads can dynamically scale to cloud resources during peak demands while maintaining data sovereignty on-premises, reducing latency and costs for global operations.[45] Security features encompass advanced authentication mechanisms like Kerberos and LDAP, data auditing, encryption at rest and in transit, and role-based access controls to ensure fine-grained permissions.[46] These capabilities support compliance with standards such as GDPR for data privacy and HIPAA for protected health information, making DSE suitable for regulated environments.[41] In finance, DSE powers low-latency, high-volume transaction processing and fraud detection, as demonstrated by ACI Worldwide's use of DSE to analyze transaction data in real-time, enhancing fraud prevention while processing millions of payments securely.[47] In healthcare, it facilitates compliant handling of sensitive patient data for personalized services. These applications highlight DSE's role in enabling resilient, scalable solutions for industries requiring sub-millisecond response times and robust data integrity.[43]AI and generative AI integrations
DataStax's Astra DB incorporates vector database functionality, enabling semantic search and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) for large language models (LLMs) by storing and querying high-dimensional vector embeddings derived from unstructured data.[48] This supports low-latency retrieval of relevant context, improving the accuracy and relevance of generative AI outputs in applications like recommendation systems and knowledge retrieval.[49] Integrations with tools such as Microsoft Azure AI and OpenAI further streamline embedding generation and RAG workflows directly within Astra DB.[50] In October 2024, DataStax launched the DataStax AI Platform, developed in collaboration with NVIDIA AI Enterprise, to facilitate the creation of AI-ready databases and the rapid deployment of customized generative AI applications.[51] The platform includes tools for real-time data processing, reducing AI development time by up to 60% and accelerating workloads by 19 times compared to traditional methods, while integrating seamlessly with Astra DB for vector search and LLM orchestration.[52] Following IBM's acquisition of DataStax in May 2025, its technologies were incorporated into the IBM watsonx platform to enhance hybrid cloud AI capabilities, particularly for managing unstructured data at scale.[25] This integration added Langflow, an open-source tool for low-code workflow orchestration in AI agents and RAG pipelines, and the Hyper-Converged Database (HCD) for automated data harmonization across diverse sources.[1] These enhancements enable watsonx users to build production-grade generative AI applications with improved governance and scalability in hybrid environments.[53] Key features include real-time streaming via Astra Streaming, built on Apache Pulsar, which handles billions of events for dynamic AI pipelines, and robust support for unstructured data processing through integrations like Unstructured.io.[54] This allows seamless ingestion, chunking, and embedding of documents, images, and other formats to fuel generative AI models without extensive preprocessing.[55] These AI integrations power enterprise generative AI use cases, such as intelligent chatbots for customer service and predictive analytics for operational insights, as seen in IBM client deployments post-acquisition that leverage watsonx to unlock value from legacy and real-time data sources.[5] For example, financial services firms have used these tools to enhance fraud detection via RAG-enhanced LLMs, while retail clients apply them for personalized recommendation engines.[1]Funding and financial history
Investment rounds
DataStax secured its initial venture funding through a Series A round in October 2010, raising $2.7 million from Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sequoia Capital.[56] This was followed by a Series B round in September 2011, where the company raised $11 million led by Crosslink Capital, with participation from existing investors.[11] The company continued its funding trajectory with a $25 million Series C round in October 2012, led by Meritech Capital Partners and joined by Crosslink Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners.[57] In July 2013, DataStax closed a $45 million Series D round led by Scale Venture Partners, with contributions from DFJ Growth, Next World Capital, and prior backers including Lightspeed Venture Partners and Crosslink Capital.[58] DataStax's largest early-stage raise came in September 2014 with a $106 million Series E round led by Kleiner Perkins, featuring participation from Clearbridge Investments, Cross Creek Advisors, Wasatch Advisors, Comcast Ventures, and Premji Invest, bringing total funding at that point to approximately $190 million.[59] After a period without major equity raises, DataStax returned to the market in May 2021 with a $37.57 million Series F round led by Goldman Sachs Growth.[60] The company's final pre-2023 funding occurred in June 2022, when it raised $115 million in a growth equity round led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, with involvement from RCM Private Markets, EDBI, OnePrime Capital, Hercules Capital, and others; strategic investors across rounds also included Meritech Capital and Goldman Sachs.[26] Overall, DataStax raised approximately $342.6 million across 10 funding rounds through June 2022, enabling scaling of its enterprise database offerings.[61]| Round | Date | Amount | Lead Investor(s) | Other Notable Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | October 2010 | $2.7M | Lightspeed Venture Partners | Sequoia Capital |
| Series B | September 2011 | $11M | Crosslink Capital | Lightspeed Venture Partners |
| Series C | October 2012 | $25M | Meritech Capital Partners | Crosslink Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners |
| Series D | July 2013 | $45M | Scale Venture Partners | DFJ Growth, Next World Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Crosslink Capital |
| Series E | September 2014 | $106M | Kleiner Perkins | Clearbridge Investments, Cross Creek Advisors, Wasatch Advisors, Comcast Ventures, Premji Invest |
| Series F | May 2021 | $37.57M | Goldman Sachs Growth | - |
| Growth Equity | June 2022 | $115M | Goldman Sachs Asset Management | RCM Private Markets, EDBI, OnePrime Capital, Hercules Capital |
