Eon
Category: AI Infrastructure
Autonomous cloud data foundation platform that protects enterprise data and transforms backup data into actionable context for AI Eon was founded in 2024. The company is led by Ofir Ehrlich. Based in New York, NY, USA (also founded in Israel). Team size: 101-500. Total funding raised: $500M. Latest round: Series D. Key investors include Elad Gil / Gil Capital, Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Greenoaks, BOND, Affinity, Omri Casspi, Vine Ventures, Meron Capital, Eight Roads, Sheva, Quiet Ventures.
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- New York, NY, USA (also founded in Israel)
- Team size
- 101-500
- Total funding
- $500M
Value proposition
Eon converts static, inaccessible cloud backup data into a live, browsable, searchable, and queryable data lake that can be instantly leveraged for AI training, analytics, and rapid self-service recovery — while reducing backup costs by 30-50%.
Products and solutions
Eon Data Protection (autonomous cloud data protection with ransomware/rogue-agent recovery), Eon Mind (living, grounded context for AI — turns backup data into open-format data lake for AI/analytics), Cloud Backup Posture Management (CBPM) platform
Unique value
First-ever Cloud Backup Posture Management (CBPM) platform that turns backup data from passive insurance into active business intelligence — eliminating the need for complex ETL pipelines to make backup data usable for AI
Target customer
Enterprise cloud teams, data engineers, DevOps/SRE teams, and security/compliance teams managing multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Industries served
Financial Services & Fintech (SoFi, Rise), Market Intelligence (AlphaSense), Networking Equipment (NETGEAR), Property Management (Innago), Insurance (Zinnia), Industrial (Sigdo Koppers), AdTech
Technology advantage
Novel approach to secondary storage with cloud-native deduplication, continuous incremental capture, immutable isolated vaults, open-format data (Parquet/Iceberg) for AI-readiness, self-improving agent engine, single read-only IAM role deployment
How they differentiate
Unlike legacy backup vendors (Rubrik, Cohesity, Veeam) that focus on hybrid on-prem/cloud or require appliances, Eon is cloud-native-first, deploys via a single read-only IAM role with no appliances, and uniquely unlocks backup data as an open-format data lake (Parquet/Iceberg) for AI/analytics — zero ETL required. Also introduces Cloud Backup Posture Management (CBPM) as a new category.
Main competitors
Rubrik, Cohesity, Druva, Veeam, Commvault, AWS Backup
Key partnerships
AWS (strategic partnership), Microsoft Azure / Microsoft Fabric & OneLake (strategic partnership), Google Cloud (strategic partnership), SentinelOne (technology partnership + S Ventures investment)
Notable customers
SoFi, NETGEAR, AlphaSense, Rise, Zinnia, Innago, Sigdo Koppers, StructuredWeb, HPE, Red Bull, Fanatics, Deluxe
Major milestones
Jan 2024: Founded, Oct 2024: Emerged from stealth with $127M and $750M valuation, Nov 2024: Raised $70M Series C at $1.4B valuation, Dec 2025: Raised $300M Series D at $4B valuation led by Elad Gil, Jul/Aug 2026: Recognized in Gartner Hype Cycle for Backup and Data Protection Technologies, 2026 (2nd consecutive year)
Growth metrics
Revenue more than tripled in past year (per SentinelOne S Ventures); reached $4B valuation in under 2 years; backup cost reduction of 30-50% for customers; 88% faster recovery for NETGEAR (10TB SQL Server); 90%+ acceleration in data preparation time for SoFi
Market positioning
Fastest-growing company in cloud infrastructure (reached $4B valuation in under 2 years); category creator of Cloud Backup Posture Management (CBPM); positioned as the essential data infrastructure layer for enterprise AI
Geographic focus
US (primary), Israel (R&D), global enterprise market
Patents and IP
Dozens of filed patents for cloud storage and data management technologies (per company announcements)
About Ofir Ehrlich
Co-founder of CloudEndure (acquired by AWS for ~$250M in 2019); led engineering teams at AWS building AWS Migration and Disaster Recovery services; co-founded AcceloWeb; started programming at age 9
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Official website: https://www.eon.io