Top Data Startups in 2027

Built for the most demanding enterprise workloads, from AI and HPC simulations to Splunk Observability, genomics and PACS medical imaging, geospatial datasets, media editing and rendering, and video surveillance, the Qumulo Data Platform unlocks the full power of an organization’s information. It is a unified global file system solution that spans data centers, edge, and public clouds, enabling efficient, accelerated computing and extending the reach of data unbound by protocol or transport limitations.

DataHub, built by Acryl Data, is an AI & Data Context Platform adopted by over 3,000 enterprises including Apple, CVS Health, Netflix, and Visa. Innovated jointly with a thriving open-source community of 13,000+ members, DataHub's metadata graph provides in-depth context of AI and data assets with best-in-class scalability and extensibility. The company's enterprise SaaS offering, DataHub Cloud, delivers a fully-managed solution with AI-powered discovery, observability, and governance capabilities. Organizations rely on DataHub solutions to accelerate time-to-value from their data investments, ensure AI system reliability, and implement unified governance—enabling AI & data to work together and bring order to data chaos.

Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and founded in 2016 by University of Michigan professor Dr. Jason Corso and Dr. Brian Moore, Voxel51 is an AI software company that enables computer vision data scientists to rapidly curate and experiment with their datasets in order to build higher performing machine learning systems. For more information visit voxel51.com.

We’re a multidisciplinary team of growth experts, data strategists, and creatives—all under one roof. Our clients’ work spans across industries, from eco-friendly consumer products to modern healthcare solutions. We collaborate closely with our clients as a full-service, transparent extension of their in-house teams—to drive awareness, growth, and customer retention. We deliver for our clients by fostering team members who love working together, who are empowered to contribute fresh ideas that push us forward. If this sounds interesting to you, we’re growing fast—and we’d love to meet you.

Artie is a real-time database replication solution for databases and data warehouses. To do this, we leverage Kafka and CDC. We're growing fast - we launched our product a year ago and are now processing 10b+ rows per month. We're backed by Pathlight (fka Exponent Founders Capital), General Catalyst and other world class angels like Benn Stancil (Mode), Lenny Rachitsky (Lenny’s Newsletter), and Arash Ferdowsi (Dropbox).

HOF Technologies is the Bloomberg Terminal of sports betting, offering stats and analytics designed to help users make smarter bets. With 1,000,000+ app downloads and a 4.9-star rating on iOS App Store from 7k+ reviews, HOF has been ranked in the Top 10 app charts in the Sports category on both iOS and Android. HOF covers 14 major sports leagues: NBA, NFL, CFB (NCAAF), CBB (NCAAB), NHL, MLB, WNBA, Champions League, Premier League, MLS, La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, and Serie A. Our team is made up of elite talent and bright minds from top universities including Dartmouth, Stanford, and Princeton, with an average age in the mid-20s. We’re a fun-loving group driven by a passion for sports and data. We’re constantly improving our platform with the goal of providing users the best stats app on the market to achieve better sports betting outcomes. At HOF, we thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where everyone makes an impact. If you’re excited about joining a high growth startup with a mission to help sports fans make smarter bets, apply to join our team!

Irys (irys.us) is a data company that specializes in turning large-scale geospatial data (e.g: mobile GPS data) into cutting-edge intelligence for real estate. The team at Irys have spent the last two years building a profitable business creating and selling data-feeds to companies in a wide variety of verticals including marketing, retail analytics, and finance.

Santander Global Technology (SGT) is the team of technology and operations at Santander. We are convinced of the importance of technology that is aligned with the requirements of the business and that out work not only brings value to users, people and communities but also fosters individual creativity. Our team of over 2,000 people in 7 countries (Spain, Portugal, UK, USA, Mexico, Chile and Brazil) develops and/or implements financial solutions across a broad spectrum of technologies (including Blockchain, Big Data and Angular among others) on all kinds of on-premise and cloud-based platforms.

A marketing agency built on the perfect union of marketers and engineers. Technology has transformed consumer lives A new breed of brands such as Google, Amazon, Netflix and Airbnb have captured consumers’ hearts & minds by disrupting the status quo across all sectors. These brands have defined higher standards of customer experience by continuously improving their products and services through digital media, data & AI. All brands must now live up to these new standards. Their strategic mediation and operational skills will allow you to take a fresh look at the project that you’ve entrusted us with.

Fruition RevOps is a San Diego-based revenue operations consultancy serving mid-market companies ($50M–$500M) across SaaS, manufacturing, healthcare, construction, and franchise HQ. We solve a problem nearly every growing company hits: too many disconnected systems, fragmented data, and manual workflows that block scale. Our proprietary Let Data Flow™ Framework — including the SAE Map, Centralized Data Hub System (CDHS), and Quick Data Flows (QDFs) — turns that mess into a single source of truth with automated workflows aligned to how the business actually runs. We're a HubSpot Solutions Partner and work hands-on with leadership teams to design, build, and operate the systems revenue depends on.