# InfluxData

> InfluxData is the company behind InfluxDB, the open source time series database purpose-built for high-volume, timestamped data from sensors, applications, infrastructure, and IoT devices. Founded in 2012 and led by CEO Evan Kaplan and founder/CTO Paul Dix, InfluxData rebuilt its engine in Rust on the Apache Arrow, DataFusion, Flight, and Parquet stack for InfluxDB 3. The platform is used by more than 1,900 paying customers - including Tesla, IBM, Cisco, PayPal, and Nordstrom - to collect, store, and analyze real-time data at scale.

- **Founded:** 2012
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Paul Dix (Founder & CTO, creator of InfluxDB), Todd Persen (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~200-300 employees, remote-first and globally distributed
- **Products:** InfluxDB 3 Core, InfluxDB 3 Enterprise, InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated, InfluxDB Cloud Serverless, InfluxDB Clustered
- **Notable:** Created InfluxDB, consistently ranked the #1 time series database by DB-Engines., Surpassed 1 million active InfluxDB instances worldwide., Rebuilt the database engine from Go to Rust on the Apache Arrow / DataFusion / Flight / Parquet (FDAP) stack for InfluxDB 3.

## Products & services

- **InfluxDB 3 Core** — Open source, high-speed engine for recent time series data, built in Rust for real-time applications.
- **InfluxDB 3 Enterprise** — Self-managed database adding high availability, enhanced security, and scalability for production workloads.
- **InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated** — Fully managed, single-tenant cloud service for larger production time series workloads.
- **InfluxDB Cloud Serverless** — Usage-based managed cloud service for smaller or variable time series workloads.
- **InfluxDB Clustered** — InfluxDB 3 for on-premises and private cloud deployments with elastic scale.
- **Telegraf** — Open source, plugin-driven server agent with 300+ plugins for collecting and reporting metrics and events.
- **InfluxDB 3 Explorer** — Web UI for querying and visualizing time series data, including the 'Ask AI' natural-language beta.

## Achievements

- Created InfluxDB, consistently ranked the #1 time series database by DB-Engines.
- Surpassed 1 million active InfluxDB instances worldwide.
- Rebuilt the database engine from Go to Rust on the Apache Arrow / DataFusion / Flight / Parquet (FDAP) stack for InfluxDB 3.
- Raised over $200M in total funding across five rounds since 2014.
- Grew to more than 1,900 paying enterprise customers including Tesla, IBM, and PayPal.
- Major open-source contributor to Apache Arrow and DataFusion.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — InfluxData and Litmus partner to power scalable industrial AI at the edge; Telegraf Enterprise and Telegraf Controller v1.0 reach general availability.
- **2026-01** — InfluxDB 3.6 ships with 'Ask AI' beta in Explorer, natural-language querying, and an expanded Python Processing Engine.
- **2025-04** — InfluxDB 3 Core and InfluxDB 3 Enterprise reach general availability for self-managed deployments.
- **2023-04** — InfluxDB 3.0 product suite announced, built on Apache Arrow, DataFusion, Flight and Parquet with a Rust core.
- **2023-02** — Closed an $81M Series E round ($51M equity plus $30M debt), bringing total funding above $200M.

## Links

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

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Last updated: 2026-07-14