Pachyderm
Pachyderm, based in San Francisco, is a B2B infrastructure company that offers advanced data processing solutions and has been acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
Company Overview
Pachyderm is a B2B infrastructure company based in San Francisco, CA, USA. With a team size of 60, the company operates partly remote with a presence in the United States and Canada. Part of the Y-Combinator W15 batch, Pachyderm offers solutions for processing both structured and unstructured data across a variety of industries including healthcare, biotech, financial services, and automotive services.
Products and Solutions
Pachyderm provides a range of products including data versioning, data pipelines, and data lineage. Key features of their platform include intelligent versioning, git-like collaboration, automatic immutable record creation, and intelligent pipeline triggering. These features support integration with major cloud providers and on-premises installations, as well as tools like Jupyter notebooks, Label Studio, Spark, and TensorFlow. The platform supports the processing of petabytes of data, thousands of jobs, and hundreds of models.
Community and Developer Tools
Pachyderm offers a Community Edition available for free on GitHub, allowing users to utilize limited pipelines. The platform is designed for data engineers, featuring container-native operation and compatibility with standard containerized tooling. Integration with Jupyter notebooks enables collaborative experimentation for data scientists. Additionally, users can request a technical deep dive demo with an engineer for a comprehensive overview of the platform’s capabilities.
Industry Applications
Pachyderm supports data processing needs across various industries such as healthcare, biotech, financial services, and automotive. The platform allows for both structured and unstructured data processing and features like automatic detection, version control, autoscaling, and automatic deduplication. These capabilities enable enterprises to handle complex data workflows efficiently and effectively.
Acquisition by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
Pachyderm has been acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, expanding its reach and integrating its advanced data processing capabilities with HPE’s ecosystem. This acquisition aims to enhance the data handling capabilities of both structured and unstructured data for HPE's broad client base.