Enterprise AI And Machine Learning Platform Dataiku Closes $100 Million

By Annie Baker • Aug 25, 2020
  • Dataiku — a leading global Enterprise AI and machine learning platform — announced a $100 million Series D investment round led by Stripes

Dataiku — a leading global Enterprise AI and machine learning platform — announced a $100 million Series D investment round led by Stripes with a major investment by Tiger Global Management and participation from existing investors Battery Ventures, CapitalG, Dawn Capital, FirstMark Capital, and ICONIQ. This funding round comes as Dataiku continues to drive AI within the enterprise.

Launched in 2013, Dataiku is on a mission to take machine learning and AI projects out of experimental labs and put them into everyday operations that are truly woven into the fabric of a company. And Dataiku serves hundreds of customers worldwide, including Schlumberger, GE Aviation, Sephora, Unilever, BNP Paribas, Premera Blue Cross, Kuka, and Santander. Plus the company’s team has grown to more than 450 people worldwide in New York, Paris, London, Frankfürt, Dubai, Amsterdam, Sydney, and Singapore.

These companies use Dataiku to underpin their essential business operations and ensure they stay relevant in a changing world, including models driving fraud detection, customer churn prevention, predictive maintenance, supply chain optimization, etc.

Dataiku was built for companies looking to democratize AI across their organization, bringing agility and preparedness to the business through the use of data by everyone from analysts to data scientists.

KEY QUOTES:

“Our leadership in enterprise AI continues to attract world-class investors who understand that Dataiku’s solution and customer base are truly global and that we’re uniquely positioned to help businesses realize the untapped potential for AI to transform the enterprise. In a global business market rocked by the changes 2020 has brought, AI has proven to be a critical element of organizational success driving business growth in every major vertical market.”

— Florian Douetteau, co-founder and CEO of Dataiku

“The progression of AI in the enterprise has moved rapidly from experimentation to real-life implementations at scale in 2020, and Dataiku is at the forefront of that shift with the most comprehensive, secure and enterprise ready product we have seen in our extensive research into this market.”

— Ron Shah, Partner at Stripes

“What we’ve seen in Dataiku is not only a commitment to developing future-proof technology for customers ranging across nearly every major industry and geography, but perhaps more importantly, a team of dedicated professionals and global organization working to ensure trust, safety and resilience through machine learning. We’re excited to be a part of their continued success through this investment.”

— Paul Melchiorre, Operating Partner at Stripes

“The market has continued to validate Dataiku’s collaborative approach as the best way to reap the benefits of AI throughout any organization. And agility through AI has never been a more important capability in the enterprise.”

— Evgenia Plotnikova, Partner at Dawn Capital