Imply Data
{{Short description|American software company}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Imply
| founders = {{Unbulleted list
| Fangjin Yang
| Gian Merlino
| Vadim Ogievetsky
}}
| area_served =
| industry = Computer software
| num_employees =
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.imply.io}}
| location_city = Burlingame, California
| location_country = United States
| foundation = {{Start date|2015}}
}}
Imply Data, Inc. is an American software company. It develops and provides commercial support for the open-source Apache Druid, a real-time database designed to power analytics applications.{{cn|date=October 2022}}
History
Druid was open-sourced in October 2012 under the GPL license.{{Cite web|url=http://gigaom.com/2012/10/24/metamarkets-open-sources-druid-its-in-memory-database/|title=Gigaom|last=Higginbotham|first=Stacey|access-date=2016-07-08|archive-date=September 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918034842/http://gigaom.com/2012/10/24/metamarkets-open-sources-druid-its-in-memory-database/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://druid.io/blog/2012/10/24/introducing-druid.html|title=Druid {{!}} Introducing Druid|last=druid|website=druid.io|access-date=2016-07-08}} Over time, notable organizations including Netflix{{Cite web|url=http://druid.io/blog/2012/10/24/introducing-druid.html|title=Druid {{!}} Introducing Druid|last=druid|website=druid.io|access-date=2016-07-08}}{{Cite web |last=Blog |first=Netflix Technology |date=2020-03-03 |title=How Netflix uses Druid for Real-time Insights to Ensure a High-Quality Experience |url=https://netflixtechblog.com/how-netflix-uses-druid-for-real-time-insights-to-ensure-a-high-quality-experience-19e1e8568d06 |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=Medium |language=en}} and Yahoo{{Cite web|url=http://yahooeng.tumblr.com/post/125287346011/complementing-hadoop-at-yahoo-interactive|title=Complementing Hadoop at Yahoo: Interactive Analytics with Druid|access-date=2016-07-08}} adopted the project into their technology stacks. The increased adoption led the team to change the license of the project to Apache.{{Cite web|url=https://gigaom.com/2015/02/20/the-druid-real-time-database-moves-to-an-apache-license/|title=Gigaom|last=Harris|first=Derrick|access-date=2016-07-08|archive-date=August 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822044850/https://gigaom.com/2015/02/20/the-druid-real-time-database-moves-to-an-apache-license/|url-status=dead}}
In October 2015 the company raised $2 million from Khosla Ventures.{{Cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2015/10/19/imply-druid/|title=Imply launches with $2M to commercialize the Druid open-source data store|website=VentureBeat|date=October 19, 2015 |access-date=2016-07-08}} and launched its first product, combining Apache Druid and additional open-source components, including a user interface and the PlyQL SQL-like query language, plus enterprise support.{{Cite web|date=2015-10-19|title=Imply launches with $2M to commercialize the Druid open-source data store|url=https://venturebeat.com/2015/10/19/imply-druid/|access-date=2022-01-25|website=VentureBeat|language=en-US}}
In December 2019 it raised an additional $30 million, suggesting a valuation of $350 million.{{Cite web|date=2019-12-10|title=Real-time database startup Imply bags $30M round led by Andreessen Horowitz|url=https://siliconangle.com/2019/12/10/real-time-database-startup-imply-bags-30m-round-led-andreessen-horowitz/|access-date=2022-02-14|website=SiliconANGLE|language=en-US}} The funding round was led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Khosla Ventures and Geodesic Ventures.{{Cite web|last=FinSMEs|date=2019-12-10|title=Imply Raises $30M in Funding; at $350M Valuation|url=https://www.finsmes.com/2019/12/imply-raises-30m-in-funding-at-350m-valuation.html|access-date=2022-01-25|website=FinSMEs|language=en-US}}
A Series C round of $70 million, valuing the company at $700 million, was announced in June, 2021, led by Bessemer Venture Partners.{{Cite web|date=2021-06-16|title=Data analytics startup Imply nabs $70M to grow cloud service|url=https://venturebeat.com/2021/06/16/data-analytics-startup-imply-nabs-70m-to-grow-cloud-service/|access-date=2022-01-25|website=VentureBeat|language=en-US}}
Also in November, 2021, Imply announced Project Shapeshift, designed to develop a hardware-abstracting, auto-scaling control plane and SaaS service for Apache Druid; extend the Druid SQL API from querying to ingestion, processing and transformation; and build a serverless and elastic consumption platform.{{Cite web|last=Mellor|first=Chris|date=2021-11-09|title=Druidic Imply launches Shapeshift project for modern analytics|url=https://blocksandfiles.com/2021/11/09/druidic-imply-launches-shapeshift-project-for-modern-analytics/|access-date=2022-01-25|website=Blocks and Files|language=en-GB}}