# Cohesity

> Cohesity is a Santa Clara-based data security and management company that helps enterprises back up, protect, secure, and recover their data across on-premises, cloud, and SaaS environments. Founded in 2013 by Mohit Aron, it built a hyperscale platform to consolidate fragmented secondary data, and after merging with Veritas' enterprise data protection business in December 2024 it became the world's largest data protection software provider, serving roughly 13,000 organizations including most of the Fortune 500.

- **Founded:** 2013
- **Headquarters:** Santa Clara, California, United States
- **Founders:** Mohit Aron (Founder and former CEO/CTO; previously co-founded Nutanix and was a lead engineer on the Google File System)
- **Team size:** ~5,000+ employees (estimate; grew substantially after the Veritas combination)
- **Products:** DataProtect, FortKnox, Cohesity Gaia, NetBackup, Cohesity DSPM (powered by Cyera)
- **Notable:** Became the world's largest data protection software provider after completing the Veritas enterprise data protection combination in December 2024., Secured a ~$7 billion valuation post-merger., Protects nearly 70% of the Fortune Global 500.

## Products & services

- **DataProtect** — Hyperscale backup and recovery that consolidates data protection and defends against ransomware across on-prem, cloud, and SaaS.
- **FortKnox** — SaaS cyber vaulting that keeps immutable, air-gapped copies of data isolated from production for clean, fast recovery after an attack.
- **Cohesity Gaia** — A conversational generative-AI assistant that uses retrieval-augmented generation to search and extract insight from backup and secondary data.
- **NetBackup** — Enterprise data protection software acquired through the Veritas combination, serving large-scale heterogeneous environments.
- **Cohesity DSPM (powered by Cyera)** — Data security posture management that continuously discovers, classifies, and analyzes sensitive data across cloud, SaaS, and AI environments.

## Achievements

- Became the world's largest data protection software provider after completing the Veritas enterprise data protection combination in December 2024.
- Secured a ~$7 billion valuation post-merger.
- Protects nearly 70% of the Fortune Global 500.
- Founded by Mohit Aron, who previously co-founded Nutanix and helped build the Google File System.
- Reached approximately $1.5 billion in annual recurring revenue as a combined entity.

## Latest updates

- **2024-12** — Completed combination with Veritas' enterprise data protection business, becoming the largest data protection software provider at a ~$7B valuation.
- **2025-09** — Reported to be targeting a 2026 IPO with ambitions rivaling Rubrik's ~$17B valuation, backed by Nvidia.
- **2026-03** — Announced new data protection and security capabilities to advance enterprise AI resilience, including DSPM powered by Cyera and guardrails for AI agent data access.

## Links

- Website: https://www.cohesity.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cohesity
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/cohesity
- GitHub: https://github.com/cohesity
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/cohesity
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cohesity/

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Last updated: 2026-06-02