DataRobot

About DataRobot

Financials

Dated, source-cited figures. Estimates are marked.

Products by DataRobot

All products by DataRobot reviewed by our AI panel of experts.

DataRobotAI Analytics

Enterprise platform to build, deploy, and govern AI agents and predictive models

Free7.5/10

How Our Review Panel Scores DataRobot

Six independent reviewer personalities assessed DataRobot's product on their own terms. They disagreed by 1.4 points — The Finance Lead was the hardest to convince, The Domain Strategist the most positive.

Averaged across 1 reviewed product in our catalog. Scores are out of 10.

Competitive Landscape

Who DataRobot competes with, and how they differ.

Dataiku7.8/10

Dataiku pairs code and no-code data science in one collaborative workspace for technical and business teams, competing directly with DataRobots enterprise AutoML platform.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Databricks8.4/10

Databricks sells a unified lakehouse for data engineering, ML, and BI built on open formats, competing with DataRobots narrower packaged automated-modeling layer.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

H2O.ai7.9/10

H2O.ais open-source roots (H2O-3, Driverless AI) appeal to teams that want to self-host or avoid vendor lock-in, versus DataRobots fully managed SaaS/enterprise model.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Palantir7.9/10

Palantir wins large government and enterprise accounts with bespoke forward-deployed engineering teams, a heavier-touch model than DataRobots platform-first sales motion.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Alteryx6.7/10

Alteryx is rooted in self-service data prep and analytics automation for business analysts, overlapping with DataRobot only at the edge of citizen-data-science use cases.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Company Timeline

Key milestones in DataRobot's history, with sources.

1. Sep 20, 2022Milestone

   Debanjan Saha named permanent CEO

   After serving as interim CEO since July 2022, Debanjan Saha, formerly president and COO, was named DataRobots permanent Chief Executive Officer.

   datarobot.com
2. Aug 26, 2022Milestone

   Company cuts 26% of staff in largest layoff to date

   DataRobot laid off 26% of its workforce, its biggest downsizing to date, following the July 2022 departure of CEO Dan Wright amid controversy over executive stock sales.

   techtarget.com
3. Jul 19, 2022Milestone

   CEO Dan Wright resigns amid controversy

   Dan Wright stepped down as CEO after leadership drew criticism for cashing out stock that longtime employees could not sell; Debanjan Saha, joined as president/COO in Feb 2022, became interim CEO.

   techtarget.com
4. Jul 27, 2021Funding

   Series G — $300M at $6.3B valuation

   DataRobot raised a $300 million Series G round led by Altimeter Capital and Tiger Global, valuing the company at $6.3 billion post-money and making it a unicorn.

   datarobot.com
5. Nov 17, 2020Funding

   Series F — $270M, valuation over $2.7B

   A $270 million round led by Altimeter Capital, with first-time investors T. Rowe Price and BlackRock, valued DataRobot at more than double its Series E mark, positioning it for a planned IPO.

   datarobot.com
6. Sep 17, 2019Funding

   Series E — $206M, total funding $431M

   A $206 million Series E led by Sapphire Ventures, with new investors Tiger Global and others, brought DataRobots cumulative funding to $431 million.

   datarobot.com
7. Oct 25, 2018Funding

   Series D — $100M, total funding $225M

   DataRobot raised $100 million in Series D funding led by Meritech and Sapphire Ventures, bringing its cumulative outside funding to $225 million.

   datarobot.com
8. Mar 23, 2017Funding

   Series C first close — $54M, total funding $111M

   The first close of DataRobots Series C round raised $54 million, bringing cumulative funding to $111 million, with an additional close expected imminently.

   datarobot.com
9. 2012Founded

   DataRobot founded in Boston

   DataRobot was founded in 2012 by Jeremy Achin and Tom de Godoy, building an automated machine-learning platform for enterprises.

   techcrunch.com