NetApp
Category: AI Infrastructure
Public intelligent data-infrastructure company providing enterprise storage, data services, and hybrid multicloud platforms for AI workloads. NetApp was founded in 1992. The company is led by George Kurian. Based in San Jose, United States. Team size: 500+. Total funding raised: $36M. Latest round: IPO.
- Founded
- 1992
- Headquarters
- San Jose, United States
- Team size
- 500+
- Total funding
- $36M
Value proposition
Helps enterprises and AI infrastructure providers manage, protect, and mobilize data across on-premises and major public clouds.
Products and solutions
ONTAP data platform, all-flash and hybrid storage systems, cloud storage services, AI Data Engine, NetApp AFX, NetApp Novus AI-factory storage architecture.
Unique value
A unified data platform spanning on-premises infrastructure and native cloud services, now extended to high-throughput AI-factory storage.
Target customer
Enterprises, public-sector organizations, cloud providers, and large GPU/AI infrastructure operators.
Industries served
Cross-industry enterprise IT, cloud, public sector, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and AI/GPU infrastructure.
Technology advantage
ONTAP-based data management and native first-party integrations across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud; Novus separates metadata from data and is positioned for more than 100 TB/s aggregate throughput at AI-factory scale.
How they differentiate
Combines a long-established enterprise data-management platform with multicloud-native services and Novus, an ONTAP-powered architecture aimed at zettabyte-scale GPU AI factories.
Main competitors
Dell Technologies (PowerScale/AI Data Platform), Pure Storage, VAST Data, WEKA.
Key partnerships
NVIDIA, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud.
Major milestones
Founded in 1992 as Network Appliance, IPO in 1995, George Kurian became CEO in June 2015, launched Novus in 2026 for zettabyte-scale AI factories.
Market positioning
Established public enterprise data-infrastructure vendor expanding from hybrid-cloud storage into AI data infrastructure and AI-factory-scale storage.
Geographic focus
Global, with enterprise and cloud-provider markets.
About George Kurian
Joined NetApp in 2011; BS Electrical Engineering, Princeton University; MBA, Stanford University.
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Official website: https://www.netapp.com/