Anaconda

Anaconda, founded in 2012 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, develops a Python data science platform for enterprise use. Its core business covers Python package management, secure open-source environment management and enterprise-grade governance, aimed at organisations deploying AI at scale. The company employs more than 300 full-time staff worldwide and operates as a global, distributed workforce.

Two products anchor the offering. Anaconda Core provides Python package management built on a curated ecosystem of pre-vetted open-source packages, together with secure environment management; it has recorded more than 21 billion downloads. AI Catalyst is an enterprise AI development solution designed to help organisations simplify, safeguard and accelerate AI initiatives from strategy through to delivery.

The technical work spans Python package management, data science, AI/ML, curation of pre-vetted open-source software, secure environment management, and enterprise-grade security and governance. Anaconda reports more than 50m users, over 1m global organisations served and adoption by 95% of Fortune 500 companies, with customers in financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and technology.

The company describes its mission as empowering builders and organisations to use open source at scale, with an emphasis on reducing the time, cost and risk of open-source adoption. It is backed by investors including Insight Partners.