Vast Data develops high-performance, all-flash data storage systems designed to eliminate the cost and complexity barriers of legacy architectures. The company's Universal Storage platform uses disaggregated shared-everything architecture, data reduction and NVMe over Fabrics to deliver exabyte-scale capacity with low latency. Vast's system separates compute and storage layers and employs persistent memory controllers to optimize performance. The technology enables enterprises in artificial intelligence, life sciences, media and financial services to consolidate workloads on a single platform while reducing power consumption. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York City, Vast Data is privately held and backed by venture capital. It sells through channel partners and offers subscription pricing and customer success services.