Anaconda

Anaconda is a Python data science and AI platform company founded in 2012 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, with operations worldwide. It provides enterprise-ready tooling for package management, secure environment management, and governance of pre-vetted open-source packages. Its products include Anaconda Core, a Python package management solution, and AI Catalyst, an enterprise AI development solution.

The scale is substantial. Anaconda reports more than 50m users and over 21bn downloads, serving more than 1m global organisations, among them 95% of Fortune 500 companies. Customers span financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and technology. The company employs more than 300 full-time staff worldwide and is backed by investors including Insight Partners.

Technical work concentrates on Python package management, data science, AI/ML, open-source security, environment management and enterprise governance. The stated focus of these efforts is to simplify, safeguard and accelerate AI initiatives for customers, while increasing productivity and reducing the time, cost and risk associated with open-source adoption.