The Cloud 100
AUGUST 06, 2024, 06:30 AM
- With the tech IPO market stuck in the doldrums, familiar faces rule the top of our ninth annual list of the world’s top private cloud computing companies. But a wave of AI challengers – and standouts in fintech, security and vertical software – are looking to close the gap.Reporters: Richard Nieva, Kirk Ogunrinde, Rashi Shrivastava and Jacob Wendler. Editorial operations: Elisabeth Brier.Disclosure: The 2024 Cloud 100 includes companies that have taken investment from Bessemer Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures, which helped create this list. See our list methodology post for the full breakdown. Data below was obtained separately through Forbes reporting. Rare instances of estimates are courtesy of PitchBook data and marked in our methodology.
The Standouts
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- COMPANYCEOHEADQUARTERSEMPLOYEESWHAT IT DOESVALUATIONFUNDING1OpenAISam AltmanSan Francisco, California, United States1,100AI research and products$86 B$11.3 B2DatabricksAli GhodsiSan Francisco, California, United States6,000Data and AI platform$43 B$4 B3StripePatrick CollisonDublin, Ireland; San Francisco, California, United States7,000Financial Infrastructure$65 B$2.2 B4CanvaMelanie PerkinsSydney, Australia5,000Visual communication platform$26 B$560 M5AnthropicDario AmodeiSan Francisco, California, United States630AI research and products$18.1 B$8.9 B6ServiceTitanAra MahdessianGlendale, California, United States2,802Trade industry software$7.4 B$1.5 B7Scale AIAlexandr WangSan Francisco, California, United States900Data infrastructure$13.8 B$1.6 B8DeelAlex BouazizSan Francisco, California, United States3,900Global HR$12 B$675 M9WizAssaf RappaportNew York, New York, United States1,200Cloud security$12 B$1.9 B10NavanAriel CohenPalo Alto, California, United States3,000Travel and expense management$9.2 B$1.6 B11MiroAndrey KhusidAmsterdam, Netherlands; San Francisco, California, United States1,864Digital collaboration$17.5 B$475 M12FigmaDylan FieldSan Francisco, California, United States1,400Product design and development$12.5 B$333 M13CelonisAlexander Rinke, Bastian NominacherMunich, Germany; New York, New York, United States3,000Process automation$13 B$1.6 B14GrammarlyRahul Roy-ChowdhurySan Francisco, California, United States1,050Communication assistance$13 B$400 M15NetskopeSanjay BeriSanta Clara, California, United States3,000Network security$7.5 B$1.4 B16TalkdeskTiago PaivaSan Francisco, California, United States1,700Cloud contact center$10 B$600 M17GustoJoshua ReevesSan Francisco, California, United States2,800Payroll, benefits and HR$9.5 B$746 M18Arctic WolfNick SchneiderEden Prairie, Minnesota, United States2,600Security operations$4.3 B$899 M19NotionIvan ZhaoSan Francisco, California, United States650Work collaboration$10 B$330 M20TaniumDan StreetmanKirkland, Washington, United States1,900Endpoint management$9 B$1.1 B21OneTrustKabir BardayAtlanta, Georgia, United States2,250Compliance software$4.5 B$1.1 B22RipplingParker ConradSan Francisco, California, United States3,057Workforce management$13.5 B$905 M23Grafana LabsRaj DuttStockholm, Sweden; New York, New York, United States1,300Observability platform$6 B$570 M24CheckrDaniel YanisseSan Francisco, California, United States800Background checks$5 B$679 M25AttentiveAmit JhawarNew York , New York, United States1,074SMS marketing$7 B$866 M26CartaHenry WardSan Francisco, California, United States1,800Equity management$7.4 B$1.2 B27SnykPeter McKayBoston, Massachusetts, United States1,080Developer security$7.4 B$1 B28CohesitySanjay PoonenSan Jose, California, United States2,250Data security and management$3.5 B$825 M29CoreWeaveMichael IntratorRoseland, New Jersey, United States650Cloud-based compute$19 B$9 B30AirtableHowie LiuSan Francisco, California, United States600App development platform$11.7 B$1.4 B31ZapierWade FosterSan Francisco, California, United States736Workflow automation$5 B$1.3 B32PostmanAbhinav AsthanaSan Francisco, California, United States723API management$5.6 B$433 M33PlaidZach PerretSan Francisco, California, United States1,000Financial data connectivity$13.4 B$735 M34DataikuFlorian DouetteauNew York , New York, United States1,000Data science platform$3.7 B$600 M35ZohoSridhar VembuAustin, Texas, United States12,000Office software suite36YardiAnant YardiSanta Barbara, California, United States9,329Real estate software37RampEric GlymanNew York, New York, United States850Financial automation$7.7 B$1.2 B38DialpadCraig WalkerSan Ramon, California, United States1,218Customer intelligence$2.2 B$418 M39IcertisSamir BodasBellevue, Washington, United States2,224Contract intelligence$3 B$482 M40AppsFlyerOren KanielSan Francisco, California, United States1,500Mobile marketing analytics$2 B$300 M41GuildBijal ShahDenver, Colorado, United States900Education benefits platform$4.4 B$643 M42BrexPedro FranceschiSan Francisco, California, United States1,050AI spend platform$12.3 B$1.2 B431PasswordJeff ShinerToronto, Ontario, Canada1,200Identity security$6.8 B$920 M44FivetranGeorge FraserOakland, California, United States1,207Automated data movement$5.6 B$730 M45Automation AnywhereMihir ShuklaSan Jose, California, United States1,500Robotic process automation$7.3 B$820 M46Abnormal SecurityEvan ReiserSan Francisco, California, United States750Email security$5.1 B$546 M47VAST DataRenen HallakNew York, New York, United States825AI data infrastructure$9.1 B$381 M48MotiveShoaib MakaniSan Francisco, California, United States3,300Fleet management$2.9 B$728 M49Flock SafetyGarrett LangleyAtlanta, Georgia, United States835Crime-solving technology$4.4 B$683 M50SeismicDoug WinterSan Diego, California, United States1,347Sales enablement$3 B$447 M
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