Infinidat
{{Short description|Israeli-American data storage company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Infinidat
| logo = Infinidat logo.png
| logo_alt =
| foundation = 2011
| founder = Moshe Yanai
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Phil Bullinger (CEO)
Shahar Bar-Or(CPO)
Alon Rozenshein(CFO)
| type = Private
| industry = Data storage
| location = Waltham, MA
Herzliya, Israel
| website = {{url|https://www.infinidat.com/}}
}}
Infinidat is an Israeli-American data storage company.
History
Infinidat was founded by Moshe Yanai in 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/infinidat-shakes-up-enterprise-storage-market/|title=Infinidat shakes up enterprise storage market - ZDNet|first=Robin|last=Harris|publisher=ZD Net}} By 2015 it was valued at $1.2 billion,{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/gilpress/2017/09/11/5-rules-for-practicing-disruptive-innovation-while-staying-on-top-of-big-data-waves/#732e7b677780|title=5 Rules For Practicing Disruptive Innovation While Staying On Top Of Big Data Waves|first=Gil|last=Press|work=Forbes Magazine}} and in 2017 it was valued at $1.6 billion. The company has offices in 17 countries and two headquarters: one in Waltham, MA and one in Herzliya, Israel.{{cite web|url=https://data-economy.com/goldman-sachs-targets-40bn-storage-world-multi-million-dollar-investment-infinidat/|title=Goldman Sachs targets $40bn storage world with multi-million Dollar investment into Infinidat |publisher=Data Economy|date=4 October 2017}}
On January 16, 2025, it was acquired by Lenovo.[https://www.infinidat.com/en/news/press-releases/lenovo-acquire-infinidat-further-expanding-enterprise-storage-portfolio Lenovo to acquire Infinidat, further expanding enterprise storage portfolio ][https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-to-acquire-infinidat-further-expanding-enterprise-storage-portfolio/ Lenovo to acquire Infinidat, further expanding enterprise storage portfolio]
=Funding=
In 2015 the company received $150 million in funding during its Series B round led by TPG Growth.{{cite web |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2017/10/03/infinidat-worth-1-6b-after-goldman-investment-of.html|title=Infinidat Worth $1.6 billion after Goldman Sachs Investment|publisher=Boston Business Journal|date=October 3, 2017}}
In 2017, the company received $95 million in funding,{{cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.815764|title=Israeli-U.S. Data-storage Startup Infinidat Raises $95 Million|first=Eliran|last=Rubin|date=4 October 2017|publisher=Haaretz}} in a Series C round led by Goldman Sachs. At this stage it had received $325 million in total funding.
InfiniBox
In 2013 the company filed for thirty-nine patents,{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/17/big_data_startup_patents/|title=Infinidat quietly files THIRTY-NINE patents. Let's take a closer look|publisher=The Register}} and later that year released its flagship product, the InfiniBox. Each system initially managed about five petabytes of data.
As of October 2017, the company had shipped about two exabytes worth of storage to its customers.{{cite web|url=https://www.datamation.com/storage/openio-secures-5-million-in-vc-funding.html|title=OpenIO Secures $5 Million in VC Funding |publisher=Datamation|website=www.datamation.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/12/01/infinidat_reselling_brocade_storage_networking_gear/|title=Infinidat to flog Brocade storage networking gear|publisher=The Register}} The company uses conventional and flash storage, and has a better than one million IOPS performance and 99.99999 percent reliability.{{cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/infinidat-looks-at-how-storage-can-evolve-to-work-with-the-cloud/|title=Infinidat looks at how storage can evolve to work with the cloud - ZDNet|first=Colin|last=Barker|publisher=ZD Net}} The product is used by large corporations and clients including cloud service providers, telecoms, financial services firms, healthcare providers, and others that require large amounts of data storage.{{cite web|url=http://www.thetower.org/5550-data-storage-startup-raises-95-million-making-it-israels-latest-high-tech-unicorn/|title=Data Storage Startup Raises $95 Million, Making it Israel's Latest High-Tech "Unicorn"|publisher=The Tower}}