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NVIDIA’s Spark-RAPIDS Hits The Wall — Constrained by Spark’s CPU Architecture
March 17, 2025
Benchmark
Today, we are releasing new TPC-DS benchmarks that compare Theseus with Spark-RAPIDS
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February 20, 2025
Press
As artificial intelligence drives unprecedented demand for data processing, Mountain View startup Voltron Data is offering a solution to one of AI’s least discussed but most critical challenges: moving and transforming massive datasets quickly enough to keep up.
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February 20, 2025
Press
Voltron Data’s solutions can eliminate data silos and bottlenecks, enabling banks, communications firms and others to harness their data for generative AI and machine learning capabilities
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August 29, 2024
News
Voltron Data announces the formation of its Cybersecurity Advisory Board, featuring industry experts dedicated to taking on evolving cyber threats with modern data analytics solutions.
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NVIDIA’s Spark-RAPIDS Hits The Wall — Constrained by Spark’s CPU Architecture
March 17, 2025
Benchmark
Today, we are releasing new TPC-DS benchmarks that compare Theseus with Spark-RAPIDS
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VentureBeat - Checkout the Exclusive Coverage
February 20, 2025
Press
As artificial intelligence drives unprecedented demand for data processing, Mountain View startup Voltron Data is offering a solution to one of AI’s least discussed but most critical challenges: moving and transforming massive datasets quickly enough to keep up.
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Try Theseus - The Enterprise SQL Engine for Petabyte-Scale Data Processing
February 20, 2025
News
Today, we are introducing Theseus Test Drive, a SQL editor designed to showcase the cost-saving advantages of running SQL on accelerated hardware.
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Accenture Invests in Voltron Data to Help Organizations Use GPU Technology to Simplify Large-Scale Data Processing
February 20, 2025
Press
Voltron Data’s solutions can eliminate data silos and bottlenecks, enabling banks, communications firms and others to harness their data for generative AI and machine learning capabilities
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Bringing the Speed of Thought to Cyber Defense
August 29, 2024
News
Voltron Data announces the formation of its Cybersecurity Advisory Board, featuring industry experts dedicated to taking on evolving cyber threats with modern data analytics solutions.
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Datanami Unveils 2024 People to Watch
August 13, 2024
Press
Datanami, the leading publication covering big data, analytics, and AI, features Voltron Data CEO, Josh Patterson, on its 2024 Big Datawire People to Watch list.
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Databricks and NVIDIA Target New Analytics Use Cases for GPUs
June 13, 2024
News
GPU acceleration for data analytics starts to take off in big tech. Learn why this matters and about Voltron Data's GPU query engine, Theseus.
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CB Insights Names Voltron Data Category Leader for Accelerated Compute in 2024 (AI 100 List)
April 03, 2024
News
Voltron Data was named a leading AI Infrastructure company in 2024 by CB Insights in the category of accelerated computing.
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Voltron Data Advances Theseus, Making It the First Petabyte Scale Query Engine for Large Scale Data Processing
March 18, 2024
News
Voltron Data redefining the data analytics SPACE - scale, performance and cost efficiency, with Theseus, the petabyte-scale query engine. Achieving groundbreaking performance, Theseus processes hundreds of terabytes in seconds, redefining speed and efficiency in data-driven decision-making. Learn how Theseus leverages GPU power for real-time analytics and AI/ML workloads, significantly reducing time to insights and energy consumption. Experience the future of data analytics with Theseus at NVIDIA GTC.
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Ibis 8.0 Lets Data Teams Write Code Once and Use Across Local, Batch and Streaming Query Engines For the First Time
February 13, 2024
News
With Major New Release of Ibis, Users Can Now Seamlessly Leverage the Best Query Engines for Their Needs and Maximize Productivity
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The Open Standard Underpinning Modern AI You Haven’t Heard Of
February 06, 2024
Press
Voltron Data CEO shares how Apache Arrow unblocks data processing for AI at scale.
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Voltron Data Acquires Claypot AI As It Unlocks the Power of the Largest Datasets for AI
January 24, 2024
Press
This acquisition brings modular and composable standards to streaming analytics.
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Exclusive: Voltron Data acquires Claypot to unlock real-time AI with modular data systems
January 24, 2024
Press
Voltron Data acquires real-time AI platform Claypot.
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Building Composable Data Systems
January 09, 2024
Press
Podcast featuring CEO Josh Patterson covering composable data systems and 2024 trends.
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Voltron Data Launches Theseus to Unlock the Power of the Largest Data Sets for AI
December 04, 2023
News
Announcing Theseus, Voltron Data's accelerator-native data engine. AI is about to hit a wall where data preprocessing can’t keep up with the performance of AI training. Theseus, allows customers to fully utilize accelerated processors, networking, and storage. Now inside HPE Ezmeral.
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Exclusive: Voltron Data brings new power to AI with Theseus distributed query engine
November 30, 2023
Press
Voltron Data annouces Theseus, the accelerator-native data processing engine.
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Arrow Hits the Mark for Petabyte-Class Analytics Problems
November 30, 2023
Press
Voltron Data annouces Theseus, the accelerator-native data processing engine.
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Google Chooses Ibis to Enable Dataframes in BigQuery
November 07, 2023
Open Source
Google's BigQuery is a powerful data store and source, traditionally accessed via SQL. Using Ibis, Google built a dataframe interface for BigQuery, and we're excited to talk about it.
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Starburst Announces Support for Python DataFrames with PyStarburst and Ibis
September 07, 2023
Open Source
Starburst announces support for Python Dataframes with PyStarburst and Ibis. This helps customers reduce costs and complexity because users no longer need to offload data to frameworks like PySpark and implement complex data transformation workloads.
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Get Ready to Talk Composable Data Systems at VLDB 2023
August 25, 2023
News
Learn about the work Voltron Data is presenting at VLDB 2023 that covers composable data systems.
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Register for our upcoming webinar: Flexible Python Analytics at Scale, a Tutorial to Get Started with Ibis
April 18, 2023
News
We are launching a webinar series focused on getting started with Ibis, the Python-native interface that connects to popular backends like DuckDB, BigQuery, Snowflake.
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Microsoft’s Magpie Uses Ibis to Optimize Computation
March 02, 2023
Open Source
Learn how Microsoft created Magpies using Ibis to optimize computation and ease migration to the cloud.
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New Contribution to GitHub Actions Increases DevOps Flexibility, Performance
February 16, 2023
Open Source
Voltron Data just released a new package for GitHub Actions Runner Controller to increase DevOps flexibility and performance. It also gives users the opportunity to take advantage of modern silicon like GPUs and ARM.
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Solutions Review Names 10 Data Analytics and BI Vendors to Watch, 2023
December 15, 2022
Press
Voltron Data named top 10 vendor to watch in 2023.
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The 10 Hottest Big Data Startups of 2022
November 21, 2022
Press
Voltron Data featured as a startup to watch in 2022.
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Velox: Enabling Modular and Composable Query Processing for the Apache Arrow Ecosystem
August 31, 2022
Open Source
Voltron Data recently announced its collaboration with the new open source Velox project (you can also watch the Velox session from the Data Thread Conference). We aim to work together to enable modular, composable accelerated query processing that aligns well with the rest of the open source Apache Arrow ecosystem. Today, the Velox team announced their support of these efforts on the Engineering at Meta Blog.
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Voltron Data Expands Enterprise Support Offering Beyond Apache Arrow to Accelerate Data Access and Processing Across Business-Critical Applications
June 23, 2022
News
SAN FRANCISCO, June 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today at The Data Thread, Voltron Data, the company accelerating standards in data analytics and the largest corporate contributor to Apache Arrow, announced that it is expanding its Enterprise Support offering to include Ibis due to high customer demand.
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Voltron Data Announces Commitment to Improve Interoperability Between Apache Arrow and the Velox Open Source Project Created by Meta
June 23, 2022
Open Source
SAN FRANCISCO, June 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today at The Data Thread, Voltron Data, the company accelerating standards in data analytics and the largest corporate contributor to Apache Arrow, announced a collaboration with Velox.
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Voltron Data and DataStax Partner to Accelerate the Business Impact of Real-Time Data
June 23, 2022
News
“We are excited to be partnering with DataStax. We both believe in a more modular composable future and that starts with open standards. With Arrow-native IO, DataStax users will be able to easily interoperate with numerous data science libraries and projects, removing friction and multiple data copies along the way,” said Josh Patterson, co-founder and CEO of Voltron Data.
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Explore Practical Use Cases Within Apache Arrow at The Data Thread
June 21, 2022
News
One of the best things about working in the open source world is the community. But sometimes an open source tool is adopted so quickly that the community barely has time to organize. This is the case with Apache Arrow. Initially announced by the Apache Software Foundation just six years ago, Apache Arrow has been adopted by dozens of projects as the de facto in-memory columnar storage and data exchange standard.
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The Data Thread Spotlight: Simplify Your Analytical Workflows with Ibis
June 15, 2022
News
Next week at The Data Thread conference, we’re highlighting a number of open source software libraries connected with the Apache Arrow ecosystem. One library of particular significance is Ibis because it will soon have the ability to integrate with Substrait, a connector that works with compute engines to make data processing more efficient.
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Celebrate Apache Arrow Language Communities at The Data Thread
June 09, 2022
News
The Apache Arrow project aims to build bridges across the data analytics ecosystem by providing a language-independent columnar data format plus a multi-language toolbox of software libraries. These libraries implement the Arrow columnar data format, provide efficient methods for converting data between the Arrow format and other data formats, and include a variety of useful tools for working natively with data in the Arrow format.
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Join Us for The Data Thread
May 24, 2022
News
Voltron Data has launched The Data Thread, a free, virtual learning event highlighting Apache Arrow and members of the Arrow community. This inaugural event will be held on June 23rd with a mix of live and pre-recorded sessions. The Data Thread is intended as a space for analysts, developers and data leaders to learn and connect.
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How Voltron Data Supports Business-Critical Applications of Apache Arrow
March 02, 2022
News
At Voltron Data, we envision an Arrow-native future. This is a future in which widely adopted open standards enable frictionless interoperability across the data analytics ecosystem. A future in which complex data architectures can be simplified as technologies converge. A future in which data access is fast and efficient. A future in which vendor lock-in is a thing of the past.
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Voltron Data takes aim at data management with Apache Arrow
February 23, 2022
Press
Q&A with Voltron Data CEO, Josh Patterson.
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Voltron Data grabs $110M to build startup based on Apache Arrow project
February 17, 2022
Press
Voltron Data raises $110M in Series A.
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Voltron Data Launches With $110 Million in Seed and Series A Funding to Unify Analytical Computing with Apache Arrow Changing the Way People Interact with Data and Hardware
February 16, 2022
Press
Today Voltron Data, the company accelerating standards in data analytics and the largest corporate contributor to Apache Arrow, launched with an oversubscribed $88 million Series A funding round following a $22 million seed round. The A round was led by Walden Catalyst with participation from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, Anthos Capital, Battery, Coatue, GV, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Nepenthe Capital, Redline Capital and The Factory.
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Joining Forces for an Arrow-Native Future
August 05, 2021
News
Too often people say “let’s do something together” in passing, and then they don’t follow through. There’s the occasional inter-project collaboration, but rarely will people take that next step. There are countless reasons why this happens, and aligning goals is challenging to say the least.
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