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📢【新聞標題】
AI Storage Platform Vast Data Aimed for $25B Valuation in New Round, Sources Say
AI 儲存平台 Vast Data 計劃在新一輪融資中估值達到 250 億美元，消息人士稱
📰【摘要】
Vast Data, an AI-friendly data storage platform, is seeking a valuation of around $25 billion in a new funding round. This would be a significant increase from its $9 billion valuation in December 2023. The company's platform stores structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data in one place, which accelerates data retrieval and reduces the cost of model training and inference.
AI 友好的數據儲存平台 Vast Data 正在尋求在新一輪融資中達到約 250 億美元的估值。這將比 2023 年 12 月的 90 億美元估值大幅增加。該公司的平台將結構化、半結構化和非結構化數據儲存在一個地方，從而加速了數據檢索並降低了模型訓練和推論的成本。
🗝️【關鍵詞彙表】
📝 valuation (n.)
- 估值
- 例句: Vast Data is seeking a valuation of around $25 billion.
- 翻譯: Vast Data 正在尋求約 250 億美元的估值。
📝 data storage (n.)
- 數據儲存
- 例句: Vast Data offers an AI-friendly data storage platform.
- 翻譯: Vast Data 提供了一個對 AI 友好的數據儲存平台。
📝 annual recurring revenue (ARR) (n.)
- 年度經常性收入
- 例句: Vast had annual recurring revenue (ARR) of $200 million.
- 翻譯: Vast 的年度經常性收入 (ARR) 為 2 億美元。
📝 unstructured data (n.)
- 非結構化數據
- 例句: The company’s platform stores structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
- 翻譯: 該公司的平台儲存結構化、半結構化和非結構化數據。
📝 inference (n.)
- 推論
- 例句: Reduces the cost of model training and inference.
- 翻譯: 降低模型訓練和推論的成本。
📝 free cash flow positive
- 自由現金流為正
- 例句: The company has also been free cash flow positive for four years.
- 翻譯: 該公司自由現金流也已為正四年。
✍️【文法與句型】
📝 aimed at
- 說明: Directed towards a particular goal or purpose.
- 翻譯: 旨在、針對
- 例句: It is particularly aimed at flash storage.
- 翻譯: 它尤其針對閃存儲存。
📝 coupled with
- 說明: Combined with; along with.
- 翻譯: 加上、結合
- 例句: Vast Data offers data management software coupled with unified CPU, GPU, and data hardware.
- 翻譯: Vast Data 提供數據管理軟體，結合統一的 CPU、GPU 和數據硬件。
📖【全文與翻譯】
Vast Data, which offers an AI-friendly data storage platform, is in the market to raise a new round at a giant leap in valuation.
Vast Data 提供了一個對 AI 友好的數據儲存平台，目前正在市場上尋求以大幅提升的估值進行新一輪融資。
Earlier this year, the 9-year-old company was seeking a valuation of around $25 billion, according to a person familiar with the deal.
今年稍早，據一位熟悉該交易的人士透露，這家成立 9 年的公司正在尋求約 250 億美元的估值。
Should it achieve that, it would be a massive jump from its $9 billion Series E valuation secured in December 2023.
如果它實現了這個目標，那將比其在 2023 年 12 月獲得的 90 億美元 E 輪估值大幅躍升。
The deal was not finalized, and terms — including its valuation — could change, this person said, adding that the requested valuation was high at the time, despite impressive growth.
這位人士表示，該交易尚未最終敲定，條款（包括估值）可能會發生變化，並補充說，儘管增長令人印象深刻，但當時要求的估值很高。
Many VCs are interested in and watching Vast, other sources tell TechCrunch.
其他消息來源告訴 TechCrunch，許多創投公司對 Vast 感興趣並正在關注它。
Vast didn’t respond to a request for comment.
Vast 沒有回應置評請求。
Vast Data offers data management software coupled with unified CPU, GPU, and data hardware from vendors like Supermicro, HPE, and Cisco.
Vast Data 提供數據管理軟體，結合來自 Supermicro、HPE 和 Cisco 等供應商的統一 CPU、GPU 和數據硬件。
Whereas old-school data storage options rely on tiers (low-cost storage options for long-term storage, higher-end options for more frequently used data), Vast aims to eliminate such tiers.
傳統的數據儲存選項依賴分層（用於長期儲存的低成本儲存選項，用於更頻繁使用的數據的高端選項），而 Vast 旨在消除這種分層。
It is particularly aimed at flash storage.
它尤其針對閃存儲存。
AI has been a boon to Vast’s business.
AI 對 Vast 的業務來說是一個福音。
The company’s platform stores structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data in one place, which accelerates data retrieval and, it says, reduces the cost of model training and inference.
該公司的平台將結構化、半結構化和非結構化數據儲存在一個地方，從而加速了數據檢索，並據稱降低了模型訓練和推論的成本。
The company’s customers include large enterprises such as Pixar, ServiceNow, and xAI, as well as next-generation AI cloud providers like CoreWeave and Lambda, which use Vast’s technology to offer storage capabilities to their end users.
該公司的客戶包括 Pixar、ServiceNow 和 xAI 等大型企業，以及 CoreWeave 和 Lambda 等下一代 AI 雲端供應商，它們使用 Vast 的技術為其終端用戶提供儲存能力。
Vast had annual recurring revenue (ARR) of $200 million when it raised its Series E about 18 months ago, TechCrunch reported.
TechCrunch 報導稱，大約 18 個月前，Vast 在完成 E 輪融資時的年度經常性收入 (ARR) 為 2 億美元。
The company has been growing at 2.5x to 3x year-over-year, Renen Hallak, Vast’s CEO and co-founder, said on a podcast last May.
Vast 的 CEO 兼聯合創始人 Renen Hallak 在去年五月的一個播客中表示，該公司一直以每年 2.5 倍至 3 倍的速度增長。
The company has also been free cash flow positive for four years, Hallak said.
Hallak 說，該公司自由現金流也已為正四年。
On data storage capabilities, Vast competes with 16-year-old publicly traded Pure Storage that has a market capitalization of nearly $17 billion, and 12-year-old Weka, which last year raised a $140 million round at a $1.6 billion valuation.
在數據儲存能力方面，Vast 與成立 16 年的上市公司 Pure Storage（市值接近 170 億美元）和成立 12 年的 Weka 競爭，Weka 去年以 16 億美元的估值籌集了 1.4 億美元。
Vast is also developing a database architecture that is competitive with Databricks’ offering.
Vast 也在開發一種與 Databricks 的產品具有競爭力的資料庫架構。
Prior to the round it is currently working on, the company has raised a total of $381 million from investors, including Fidelity Management & Research Company, NEA, BOND Capital, and Drive Capital.
在目前正在進行的融資之前，該公司已從 Fidelity Management & Research Company、NEA、BOND Capital 和 Drive Capital 等投資者那裡籌集了總計 3.81 億美元。
🔗【資料來源】
文章連結：<https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/10/ai-storage-platform-vast-data-aimed-for-25b-valuation-in-new-round-sources-say/>