What Hammerspace does

Hammerspace is a privately held software company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, that builds a standards-based high-performance data platform for AI, high-performance computing (HPC), and hybrid-cloud environments. The core platform is built on Linux NFSv4.2 with Parallel NFS (pNFS) Flex Files, decouples metadata from the data path, and exposes a global namespace across on-premises, cloud, and edge locations using standard protocols (NFS, SMB, S3, CSI, MCP) without proprietary clients. Key product modules include Data-in-Place Assimilation (metadata-only ingestion of existing storage), policy-driven Data Orchestration using Service Level Objectives, Tier 0 (which converts server-local NVMe into shared high-performance storage), and the AI Data Platform (AIDP) built on NVIDIA's reference design for AI training, inference, RAG, and agentic AI workloads. The platform supports multimodal AI data flows and integrates with NVIDIA GPUDirect Storage. The company also co-founded the eight-member Open Flash Platform consortium (July 2025) with Meta, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and major flash vendors, and launched the Single Namespace Working Group in December 2025.

The platform is delivered through three commercial channels: direct software licensing/subscription for commodity x86 servers and any vendor's NAS, block, or object storage; pre-configured appliances sold through Dell PowerEdge and Supermicro Ready Nodes via Arrow Electronics and through Hitachi Vantara's iQ M-Series OEM stack; and cloud marketplace listings on AWS, Azure, GCP, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Go-to-market is enterprise field-sales with an active channel-first motion under CRO Tony Asaro, complemented by systems integrators SHI and ePlus and a public-sector distributor relationship with Carahsoft covering SEWP V and ITES-SW2 contracts. The customer base spans large enterprises and government agencies across AI infrastructure, HPC, media and entertainment, life sciences, energy, financial services, and public-sector verticals, with named references including Meta, U.S. Department of Defense, Los Alamos National Laboratory, PayPal, AMD, Zoom, Vanderbilt ACCRE, BUCK, Psyop, and Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg.

The company has raised $156.7M in venture funding through a $56.7M round in July 2023 and a $100M Series B in April 2025 led by Altimeter Capital and ARK Invest at a post-money valuation above $500M, followed by an approximately $21M strategic investment from SK Square in February 2026. Operational footprint includes offices in Redwood City, London, Toronto, Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore, and Frankfurt. Reported KPIs include above 95% gross retention, an NPS of 71, and 2026 bookings running approximately 14x ahead of the full fiscal year 2025. The company also acquired Rozo Systems in May 2023 to incorporate erasure coding technology.

Name

Hammerspace

Legal name

Hammerspace Inc.

Website

https://hammerspace.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Hammerspace is a software-defined data platform company that unifies file and object data across storage, sites, and clouds into a single global namespace for enterprise AI, HPC, and hybrid cloud workloads.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Unstructured Data Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Storage Management, Monitoring & Orchestration (HDABAEAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Private Cloud Platforms (On‑Prem Cloud Stacks) (HDABABAA)

Keywords

• Unstructured data management
• Data orchestration platform
• AI data infrastructure
• Parallel file system
• Global namespace storage

Headquarters

HQ city

San Mateo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses and Subscriptions: Software platform sold as perpetual license or subscription for deployment on commodity x86 servers, NAS, block, and object storage from any vendor. Deployment options include software-only, appliance, or cloud marketplace.
2. Appliance Sales: Pre-configured appliances on certified hardware from Dell, Supermicro, and Hitachi Vantara sold through Arrow Electronics distributor network.
3. Cloud Marketplace: Software deployed on cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI) with consumption-based or subscription billing through respective cloud marketplaces.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels9 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Hammerspace provides a software-defined, high-performance data platform that unifies file and object data across on-premises, cloud, and edge environments into a single global namespace. Built on open standards (Linux NFSv4.2 with pNFS Flex Files, NFS, SMB, S3) without proprietary clients, the platform delivers HPC-class performance with metadata-driven data orchestration. It is sold as software for commodity servers, as pre-configured appliances through Dell, Supermicro, and Hitachi Vantara, and via cloud marketplaces (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI), targeting AI training, inference, RAG, and HPC workloads at large enterprises and government agencies.

Product overview

Hammerspace offers a software-defined high-performance data platform with a modular architecture centered on the core Hammerspace Data Platform. The platform unifies file and object data across storage types, sites, and clouds into a single global namespace using open standards (pNFS, NFS, SMB, S3) without proprietary clients. Key products include the AI Data Platform (AIDP) built on NVIDIA's reference design for AI training, inference, and RAG workloads; Tier 0 storage that transforms server-local NVMe into shared high-performance storage; Data-in-Place Assimilation for metadata-driven unification without migration; Data Orchestration for metadata-driven automation; and Parallel File System Architecture delivering HPC-class performance. The platform is available as software for commodity servers, as predefined appliances through Dell/Supermicro/Hitachi Vantara partnerships, or via cloud marketplaces (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI). Integration partners include NVIDIA, Cisco, Secuvy, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hammerspace Data Platform Software-defined high-performance data platform that unifies file and object data across storage types, sites, and clouds into a single global namespace. Built on open standards (pNFS, NFS, SMB, S3) with no proprietary clients required, providing automated data orchestration, metadata-driven policies, and linear scalability to exabyte scale. Sold to enterprises and government agencies for AI, HPC, and hybrid cloud workloads.
• AI Data Platform (AIDP) Specialized AI-focused solution built on NVIDIA's AI Data Platform reference design. Unifies enterprise data across storage architectures for agentic AI applications and automates data flow from raw to ready for AI workloads including training, inference, and RAG. Integrates with NVIDIA GPUs, Cisco UCS, Secuvy, and Supermicro.
• Tier 0 Storage Storage architecture that transforms server-local NVMe storage within GPU clusters into a shared high-performance storage tier. Delivers up to 4.4x higher throughput, 56% lower latency, and 66% faster checkpoint saves compared to external shared storage. Sold as a standalone solution for AI and HPC environments.
• Dell-Appliance Data Orchestration Appliance Predefined appliance combining Hammerspace Data Platform software with certified Dell PowerEdge server hardware, sold through Arrow Electronics. Available in Throughput Optimized and Capacity Optimized configurations for simplified purchasing and deployment.
• Hammerspace Ready Nodes (Supermicro) Pre-qualified Supermicro server hardware configurations (A405, A610, D100, and D200 servers) bundled with Hammerspace software for performance-optimized, linearly scalable deployments from a few to thousands of nodes.

Quantifiable outcome

• 4.4x higher throughput using Tier 0 storage vs external flash arrays
• +10 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration12 records

AI capability4 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core, strategic and minor.

• CarahsoftcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 25 March 2026Carahsoft serves as Hammerspace's Public Sector distributor, making data orchestration platform available to Federal, State, and Local government agencies through Carahsoft's reseller network and existing contract vehicles including SEWP V and ITES-SW2.
• OraclecoreTechnology or Integration · 19 March 2026Technical integration enabling organizations to integrate Hammerspace with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's HPC/GPU Stack. Integration enables seamless data access without requiring application modifications or manual data staging.
• SHI InternationalcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 17 March 2026Global systems integrator operationalizing integrated Hammerspace-Secuvy architectures in existing enterprise environments worldwide. Channel partner for AI Data Platform solution available late 2025.
• ePluscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 17 March 2026Global systems integrator operationalizing integrated Hammerspace-Secuvy architectures in existing enterprise environments worldwide. Part of validated AI Data Platform partner ecosystem.
• Arrow ElectronicscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 17 March 2026Distributor for Dell-hosted Hammerspace appliances and Supermicro Ready Nodes. Simplifies purchasing and fulfillment for enterprise hardware deployments.
• Hitachi VantaracoreTechnology or Integration · 16 March 2026Deepened partnership with expanded capabilities across Hitachi iQ portfolio including multi-agent coordination, expanded NVIDIA AI infrastructure options supporting Blackwell GPUs, and deeper data integration with Hammerspace to support agentic AI deployment in on-premises environments. Available as part of Hitachi iQ M-Series full stack solution.
• SecuvycoreTechnology or Integration · 10 March 2026Partnership to deliver integrated hardware-software appliance addressing enterprise AI deployment challenges including appropriate data use, infrastructure performance, and time to production. Combined offering compresses AI data readiness timeline from quarters to days/weeks. Global systems integrators SHI and ePlus operationalize integrated architectures.
• Single Namespace Working Group (SNS)strategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 December 2025Hammerspace launched SNS Working Group to address data fragmentation and unify data access across environments. Cross-industry consortium including Guardant Health and Pellera Technologies to develop standard for exabyte-scale data interoperability.
• Xsight LabsstrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 October 2025Partnership to develop Open Flash Platform (OFP) - an open and efficient AI storage solution enabling direct communication between storage devices. Aims to simplify AI infrastructure, reduce costs, power consumption, and bottlenecks. Early deployment underway with commercial availability expected early 2026.
• Open Flash Platform ConsortiumstrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 July 2025Eight-member consortium (Hammerspace, Meta, Phison, SK hynix, Solidigm, ScaleFlux, Xsight Labs, Los Alamos National Laboratory) developing new storage architecture replacing traditional all-flash array controllers with disaggregated, DPU-controlled SSD shelves using pNFS for direct data access. Claims 1 exabyte per rack, 10x density, 60% longer flash life, 90% power reduction, 50% lower TCO.
• MetastrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 July 2025Meta co-developed parallel NFS solution with Hammerspace enabling interactive debugging for distributed development teams. Meta uses Hammerspace on two massive 24k GPU clusters achieving 90%+ utilization and 12.5 TB/s throughput.
• Los Alamos National LaboratorystrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 July 2025Co-developer of Open Flash Platform consortium. Los Alamos provides HPC research expertise and requirements for next-generation AI storage architecture.
• Pellera TechnologiesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 April 2025Foundational member of Single Namespace Working Group (SNS) alongside Guardant Health, developing standard for exabyte-scale data interoperability across cloud and storage platforms.
• CiscocoreTechnology or Integration · 16 March 2025Hammerspace AI Data Platform validated and integrated with Cisco UCS hardware. Combined solution delivers enterprise AI-ready data platform with Cisco compute infrastructure.
• Dell TechnologiescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 2 September 2024Dell-hosted data orchestration appliances. Pre-defined appliances based on Dell PowerEdge server hardware sold through Arrow Electronics. Throughput-optimized and capacity-optimized configurations.
• SupermicrocoreTechnology or Integration · 29 August 2024Partnership for enterprise data center and hybrid cloud storage solutions. Hammerspace Ready Nodes on qualified Supermicro server hardware (A405, A610, D100, D200). Validated reference architectures for AI and HPC workloads. Supermicro featuring Hammerspace in Open Storage Summit 2025.
• Oracle Cloud InfrastructurecoreTechnology or Integration · 16 April 2024Integration with OCI HPC/GPU Stack for accelerated AI/ML and HPC workloads. Seamless POSIX-compliant data access across Slurm-managed compute clusters through standard NFS protocols. Available on OCI Marketplace. OCI Dedicated Region support for sovereign cloud deployments.
• NVIDIAcoreTechnology or IntegrationStrategic partnership with NVIDIA. AI Data Platform built on NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference architecture. Incorporates NVIDIA enterprise and RTX GPUs. Deep integration with NVIDIA ecosystem including GPUDirect Storage compatibility.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights8 records

Direct peers

• VAST Data: Universal storage platform purpose-built for AI and HPC workloads, offering a disaggregated shared-nothing architecture with global namespace and tiered storage—directly competing with Hammerspace's unified data plane across the same enterprise and hyperscaler buyer base.
• WEKA: High-performance parallel file system (WekaFS) optimized for AI and HPC workloads on-premises and in the cloud, targeting the same enterprise AI infrastructure buyers with a similarly standards-aligned, GPU-centric value proposition.
• DDN (DataDirect Networks): Long-established HPC and AI storage vendor (EXAScaler, IntelliFlash) serving national labs, hyperscalers, and large enterprises with parallel file systems—directly overlapping Hammerspace's HPC/government and AI training customer base.
• MinIO: High-performance object storage software deployed on commodity hardware, frequently used as the S3-compatible data layer for AI/ML pipelines; competes with Hammerspace for hybrid-cloud object and AI training data workloads, particularly in cloud-native environments.

Broad incumbents

• NetApp: Enterprise storage incumbent (ONTAP, NFS) with broad hybrid cloud and emerging AI data platform offerings; competes with Hammerspace in hybrid-cloud data management but as part of a much wider storage portfolio rather than an AI-specialist.
• Pure Storage: All-flash enterprise array vendor that has expanded into AI-ready infrastructure (FlashBlade//S) with high-throughput file and object protocols; overlaps with Hammerspace's Tier 0 and parallel file system use cases as part of a broader storage portfolio.
• Nutanix: Hybrid multi-cloud infrastructure platform with Nutanix Files / Objects for unstructured data; competes with Hammerspace in enterprise hybrid-cloud data management as part of a broader hyperconverged infrastructure portfolio.
• IBM (Storage Scale / Spectrum Scale): IBM Storage Scale (formerly Spectrum Scale / GPFS) is a mature parallel file system widely deployed in HPC and now repositioned for AI; a large incumbent with overlapping HPC/AI storage capabilities against which Hammerspace competes on openness and modern cloud integration.

Emerging players

• Cloudian: S3-compatible object storage platform with AI data lake use cases; overlaps with Hammerspace's global namespace and hybrid-cloud orchestration story but focuses primarily on object storage rather than parallel file system performance.
• Pavilion Data Systems: High-performance, low-latency NVMe-over-Fabric storage arrays targeting AI analytics and OLTP workloads; partial overlap with Hammerspace's Tier 0 NVMe-shared-storage architecture in the AI infrastructure performance tier.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors9 records

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M&A1 record

Investments

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