MinIO

MinIO is the data foundation for enterprise AI. Built for exascale performance and limitless scale, MinIO AIStor delivers a secure, sovereign, and AI-ready data store that spans from edge to core to cloud. With rampant adoption across the Fortune 100 and 500, MinIO is redefining how organizations and government agencies store, manage, and mobilize all of their data in the AI era. MinIO is backed by Jerry Yang's AME Cloud Ventures, Dell Technologies, General Catalyst, Index Ventures, Intel Capital, Softbank Vision Fund 2 and others.

Our Thesis

Intel Capital invested in MinIO to enable a true cloud or edge-agnostic data platform for 3 reasons: (1) Enterprises want the power to deploy their applications and data anywhere without regard for which provider owns or operates the infrastructure; (2) targeting developers for adoption of storage capability rather than selling to IT encourages more and more creative uses of object storage and (3) data is becoming the life-blood of every organization and, as a result, its use and retention is growing exponentially, offering an enormous opportunity for the category winner while also offering Intel offer more compute resources into the segment.

Investment Lead

Mark Rostick