# Imply

> Imply is a San Francisco-based data analytics company that built its platform on Apache Druid - the open-source real-time analytics database that its co-founders helped create. The company offers Imply Polaris, a fully managed cloud database-as-a-service for real-time analytics, and Imply Lumi, billed as the industry's first Observability Warehouse. With $215M in total funding and unicorn status at a $1.1B valuation, Imply serves 100+ enterprise customers including Atlassian, Reddit, and Cisco ThousandEyes, enabling sub-second query performance across terabytes to petabytes of streaming and historical data.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Fangjin Yang (CEO & Co-Founder), Gian Merlino (CTO & Co-Founder), Vadim Ogievetsky (Chief Experience Officer & Co-Founder), Eric Tschetter (Co-Founder, Chief Officer Emerging Solutions)
- **Team size:** ~180 employees (2024)
- **Products:** Imply Polaris, Imply Lumi, Imply Enterprise, Apache Druid
- **Notable:** Reached unicorn status ($1.1B valuation) in May 2022 with Series D funding, $215.3M total funding across 5 rounds from top-tier investors, Original creators of Apache Druid (10,000+ GitHub stars)

## Products & services

- **Imply Polaris** — A fully managed cloud database-as-a-service (DBaaS) built on Apache Druid. Delivers sub-second query performance on terabytes to petabytes of data. Available on AWS and Microsoft Azure. Features native integrations with Confluent Cloud, Apache Kafka, and Amazon Kinesis.
- **Imply Lumi** — Launched September 2025, the industry's first Observability Warehouse. A high-performance, cost-efficient data layer that integrates with existing observability tools including Splunk, Grafana Labs, and Tableau. Supports AI/ML integrations with Claude and Langchain.
- **Imply Enterprise** — Self-managed deployment option for organizations requiring on-premise or hybrid cloud deployments of Apache Druid with enterprise-grade support and security.
- **Apache Druid** — The open-source real-time analytics database co-created by Imply's founders. Powers the entire Imply product line. 10,000+ GitHub stars and widely adopted across the industry for high-concurrency, low-latency analytics.

## Achievements

- Reached unicorn status ($1.1B valuation) in May 2022 with Series D funding
- $215.3M total funding across 5 rounds from top-tier investors
- Original creators of Apache Druid (10,000+ GitHub stars)
- Gian Merlino served as first PMC chair of Apache Druid at Apache Software Foundation
- Imply Polaris named 'Best Open-Source Cloud Solution' in The Cloud Awards
- Apache Druid won 'Best Big Data Product' in two categories
- 100+ enterprise customers including Fortune 500 companies
- Launched Imply Lumi - industry's first Observability Warehouse (September 2025)
- Imply Polaris expanded to Microsoft Azure (June 2024)

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Launched Imply Lumi - the industry's first Observability Warehouse with integrations for Splunk, Grafana Labs, Tableau, Claude, and Langchain
- **2024-06** — Announced Imply Polaris availability on Microsoft Azure Marketplace
- **2024-10** — Druid Summit 2024 returned to San Francisco for in-person event
- **2024** — Reached 100+ enterprise customers with approximately $63M ARR
- **2022-05** — Raised $100M Series D led by Thoma Bravo, achieving $1.1B unicorn valuation

## Links

- Website: https://imply.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/imply
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/implydata
- GitHub: https://github.com/implydata
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Implydata
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/implydatainc/

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Last updated: 2026-05-29