Radar · Cloud Infrastructure in California
Best Cloud Infrastructure Companies in California, United States
The 395 best Cloud Infrastructure companies in California, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Lacework.
By Riya SenguptaFinancials
395companies tracked
$13.4Bdisclosed funding
11unicorns
240have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE × CALIFORNIA
Our analysis of 50 Cloud Infrastructure companies
$46.5b in tracked funding; 100% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
50companies analysed
100%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
12unicorns
2019median founding year
1.8Mcombined LinkedIn audience
64%of audience held by top 3
Ranked: Best Cloud Infrastructure companies in California
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lacework 🦄 AI powered cloud security posture management solution | $1.9B | 52 mo ago | 1,174 | Mike Speiser Co-Founder | — | — | 134 patents Cloud workload security and compliance monitoring using AI-driven threat intelligence platforms. | — |
| 2 | Netskope 🦄 Cloud security platform for enterprises 84Patents top 15%Tech top 22%News top 22%Global top 27% All 14 signals ▾Patentstop 15% Techtop 22% Newstop 22% Globaltop 27% Fundingtop 28% Markettop 31% Talenttop 33% Innovationtop 35% Producttop 35% Moattop 36% Growthtop 39% Fin. healthtop 39% AItop 45% Customerstop 48% Patents: 506 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 361 filings since 2022 vs 134 in 2017-21 Tech: 67 technologies across 7/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 84/100 | $1.4B | 41 mo ago | 1,542 1,542 → 3,395 (+120%) · sector median +76% | Krishna Narayanaswamy Founder & CTO | WordPressSentryAlgolia+39 | Top 1M | 506 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 3 | Nexthop AI 🦄 AI infrastructure for cloud infrastructure 76Funding top 13%AI top 20%Moat top 27%Growth top 35% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 13% AItop 20% Moattop 27% Growthtop 35% Innovationtop 40% Markettop 44% Globaltop 49% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 48% Patentsbottom 44% Funding: Raised $610M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 76/100 | $610M | 3 mo ago | — | Anshul Sadana Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | Top 5M | 22 patents Advanced routing, BGP management, and secure wireless WAN protocol technologies | 3 awards |
| 4 | Illumio 🦄 Provider of breach containment and AI cloud detection and response | $566M | 59 mo ago | 380 380 → 916 (+141%) · sector median +76% | Andrew Rubin Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowSentryApple iCloud Mail+32 | Top 5M | 198 patents Microsegmentation and policy enforcement for cloud and data‑center workloads | 1 internship · 1 award |
| 5 | VMware Management solution for heterogeneous data center and hybrid cloud deployments | $388M | 65 mo ago | 9,081 | Mendel Rosenblum Co-Founder | WordPress Block EditorWordPressAdobe Experience Manager+28 | Top 500k | 13,246 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 6 | VMware Management solution for heterogeneous data center and hybrid cloud deployments | $388M | 65 mo ago | 9,081 | Mendel Rosenblum Co-Founder | WordPress Block EditorWordPressAdobe Experience Manager+28 | Top 500k | 13,246 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 7 | HashiCorp 🦄 AI based cloud infrastructure management solutions | $349M | 75 mo ago | 2,200 2,200 → 2,210 (+0%) · sector median +76% | Armon Dadgar Co-Founder and CTO | DatoCMSSentryApple iCloud Mail+31 | Top 500k | 84 patents Automating, securing, and managing multi-cloud infrastructure and zero‑trust networking | — |
| 8 | Aviatrix 🦄 Provider of cloud network security and multicloud networking platform solutions | $346M | 57 mo ago | — | Doug M CEO | Cart FunctionalityContentfulNode.js+25 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 9 | Aviatrix 🦄 Cloud security solutions provider | $346M | 57 mo ago | 314 | Pankaj Manglik Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+38 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 10 | Nutanix AI powered cloud management software for enterprises | $317M | 69 mo ago | 8,416 8,416 → 9,925 (+18%) · sector median +76% | Rajiv Ramaswami President and CEO | Apple iCloud MailAlgoliaSalesforce+28 | Top 500k | 789 patents Hyper-converged infrastructure: distributed storage, file services, and virtual networking automation | 1 launch |
| 11 | Exaforce Provider of an agentic security operations platform with AI capabilities 64Funding top 15%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Moat top 40% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 15% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Moattop 40% AItop 45% Techbottom 48% Globalbottom 45% Marketbottom 40% Funding: Raised $263M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 3 yrs (1.3/yr) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $263M | 1 mo ago | — | Jakub Pavlik Co-Founder & Head Of Engineering | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+20 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 12 | Rescale Provider of high performance computing platform for engineering and science 69Funding top 21%Tech top 26%Moat top 28%Growth top 32% All 12 signals ▾Fundingtop 21% Techtop 26% Moattop 28% Growthtop 32% Producttop 34% Talenttop 38% Partnerstop 41% Innovationtop 46% Markettop 47% Patentsbottom 49% Globalbottom 39% Newsbottom 18% Funding: Raised $254M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 14 yrs (0.6/yr) Tech: 64 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $254M | 14 mo ago | 146 146 → 244 (+67%) · sector median +76% | Adam McKenzie Co-Founder & CTO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+35 | Top 5M | 31 patents Optimizing multi-cloud compute resource allocation and recommendation algorithms | 2 launchs |
| 13 | Yellowbrick Data Provider of data warehousing and analytics platform deployable across multiple environments | $248M | 55 mo ago | 108 108 → 84 (-22%) · sector median +76% | Jim Dawson Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+41 | Top 10M | 32 patents Accelerated analytical query processing using memory‑aware joins and buffer management. | 2 launchs |
| 14 | Alkira Provider of cloud networking solution and network wide unification | $192M | 25 mo ago | 75 75 → 187 (+149%) · sector median +76% | Amir K President & CEO / Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+30 | Top 5M | 38 patents Enables multi-tenant cloud networking with programmable VPN routing, segmentation, and resource allocation | — |
| 15 | AppOmni Provider of SaaS security posture management and AI security solutions | $123M | 42 mo ago | 79 79 → 146 (+85%) · sector median +76% | — | WordPress Site EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+42 | Top 5M | 25 patents Automating SaaS security configuration, access control, and data normalization for cloud applications | 1 launch |
| 16 | Forescout 🦄 Provider of cybersecurity solutions for continuous threat exposure management and mitigation | $120M | 47 mo ago | 1,000 | Oded Comay Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer | WordPressSentryApple iCloud Mail+20 | Top 5M | 35 patents Enterprise network security: device visibility, classification, segmentation, and policy-based risk monitoring. | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 17 | GMI Cloud Provider of GPU cloud solutions for scalable AI and inference 57AI top 30%Tech top 33%Funding top 36%Growth top 40% All 11 signals ▾AItop 30% Techtop 33% Fundingtop 36% Growthtop 40% Newstop 46% Producttop 46% Innovationtop 48% Moattop 48% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 36% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence Tech: 42 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $93M | 19 mo ago | — | Alex Yeh Founder & CEO | TurbopackApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+25 | Top 5M | — | 1 launch |
| 18 | Komprise Provider of unstructured data management and artificial intelligence data workflow solutions | $85M | 40 mo ago | 128 | Mike Peercy Co-Founder & CTO | WordPressMySQLPHP+36 | Top 5M | 4 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 3 launchs |
| 19 | Upwind 🦄 Provider of cloud security solutions for infrastructure and application protection 57Funding top 21%Moat top 26%News top 34%Tech top 36% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 21% Moattop 26% Newstop 34% Techtop 36% Growthtop 40% Partnerstop 45% Talenttop 45% Marketbottom 43% Globalbottom 36% Funding: Raised $80.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 4 yrs (1.0/yr) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Unicorn rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $80M | 4 mo ago | 19 | Tal Zur Co-Founder & CTO | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+37 | Top 5M | — | 2 launchs |
| 20 | Render 🦄 Unified cloud platform for building, deploying, and managing scalable web applications 89Tech top 11%News top 21%Funding top 22%Growth top 22% All 10 signals ▾Techtop 11% Newstop 21% Fundingtop 22% Growthtop 22% Producttop 25% Moattop 26% Innovationtop 28% Markettop 34% Globaltop 44% Talentbottom 49% Tech: 80 technologies across 7/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 News: 6 BI events in 12 mo (of 23 tracked, 3 types) · +200% YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 89/100 | $78M | 3 mo ago | 62 | Anurag Goel Founder & CEO | SanityApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+33 | Top 50k | — | 1 launch |
| 21 | Anjuna Security Provider of a confidential computing platform and AI data fusion cleanroom 55Funding top 29%Product top 30%Innovation top 34%Talent top 41% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 29% Producttop 30% Innovationtop 34% Talenttop 41% AItop 45% Techbottom 48% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 36% Newsbottom 17% Funding: Raised $55.1M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 8 yrs (0.4/yr) Product: 4 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series B rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $55M | 22 mo ago | 45 | Ayal Yogev Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+25 | Top 10M | — | 1 launch |
| 22 | Orb Platform offering infrastructure monitoring solutions 57Talent top 28%Funding top 29%Tech top 30%Growth top 35% All 7 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 29% Techtop 30% Growthtop 35% Moattop 39% Marketbottom 34% Globalbottom 32% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $44.1M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 3 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $44M | 21 mo ago | 24 | Albeir Salman Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+28 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 23 | Permiso Provider of platform securing human, non-human, and AI identities | $39M | 28 mo ago | 30 | Jason Martin Co-Founder & Co-CEO | HubSpot CMS HubAmazon Web Serviceslit-html+30 | Top 5M | — | 1 launch · 1 award |
| 24 | Nops Provider of AWS cloud governance and management platform | $30M | 25 mo ago | 76 | Jatinder Giri Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+26 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 25 | SwiftStack Developer of platforms and software for artificial intelligence and data centers | $26M | 28 mo ago | 50 | — | — | — | 4 patents Distributed storage reliability, data durability, and secure multi-tenant service discovery/routing | — |
| 26 | Highway 9 Provider of a cloud native platform for enterprise mobile users and AI | $25M | 27 mo ago | — | Debashis Basak Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+32 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 27 | Scanner Offers a security and observability stack tool for cloud storage and serverless compute 62AI top 15%Growth top 28%Tech top 29%Funding top 33% All 10 signals ▾AItop 15% Growthtop 28% Techtop 29% Fundingtop 33% Talenttop 38% Innovationbottom 42% Moatbottom 42% Patentsbottom 36% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 29% AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $22M | 3 mo ago | — | Cliff Crosland Co-Founder & CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPress Site EditorElementor+30 | Top 10M | 4 patents 3D optical inspection systems for electronic component and ball-array manufacturing | 1 launch · 1 award |
| 28 | P0 Security Cloud security platform | $20M | 21 mo ago | — | Nathan Brahms Co-Founder | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+26 | Top 10M | 226 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 2 launchs |
| 29 | Simr Provider of HPC as a service for cloud simulations | $20M | 24 mo ago | — | Burak Yenier Co-Founder & CEO | HubSpot CMS HubSalesloftMailChimp+18 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 30 | Sedai Provider of autonomous cloud management platform for cost optimization and performance 72AI top 8%Tech top 26%Funding top 30%Innovation top 34% All 11 signals ▾AItop 8% Techtop 26% Fundingtop 30% Innovationtop 34% Growthtop 35% Patentstop 37% Moattop 37% Talenttop 38% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 32% Newsbottom 18% AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company Tech: 55 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Ses rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $19M | 1 mo ago | 19 | Benjamin Thomas Co-Founder & COO | WebflowSentryWistia+38 | Top 5M | 15 patents Autonomous orchestration and management of distributed cloud and serverless computing systems | 2 launchs |
| 31 | Spin Systems Provider of SaaS security solutions protecting data from threats and risks 55Growth top 35%Tech top 36%Funding top 38%Moat top 39% All 7 signals ▾Growthtop 35% Techtop 36% Fundingtop 38% Moattop 39% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 45% Globalbottom 39% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo Tech: 38 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Cloudfront rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $18M | 3 mo ago | 67 | Dmitry Dontov Co-Founder & CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+34 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 32 | Theom AI Provider of data and AI operations center for governance and security 29Funding top 37%Moat top 38%Talent top 38%Patents top 47% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 37% Moattop 38% Talenttop 38% Patentstop 47% Innovationbottom 47% Techbottom 40% Globalbottom 33% Marketbottom 31% Funding: Raised $16.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · IP moat: 4 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100 | $16M | 13 mo ago | 28 | Navindra Yadav Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+17 | Top 10M | 4 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | 1 internship · 1 award |
| 33 | Mondoo Platform offering cyber risk and vulnerability assessment solutions 62Growth top 28%Talent top 28%Tech top 33%Funding top 34% All 9 signals ▾Growthtop 28% Talenttop 28% Techtop 33% Fundingtop 34% Moattop 47% Innovationtop 50% Patentsbottom 49% Globalbottom 42% Marketbottom 40% Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $15M | 8 mo ago | 43 | Soo Choi-Andrews Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowGoogle CloudAmazon Web Services+26 | Top 5M | 3 patents Data query optimization and execution for heterogeneous database systems | — |
| 34 | exaBITS Decentralized GPU computing infrastructure for AI workloads | $15M | 18 mo ago | 2 | Hoansoo Lee Co-Founder | GitBookNode.jsReact+11 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 35 | Operant AI Developer of runtime security solutions for cloud, AI, and applications | $14M | 21 mo ago | 5 | Vrajesh Bhavsar Co-Founder & CEO | Webflow EcommerceWebflowAmazon Web Services+16 | Top 50M | 13 patents Automated, multi-layer security policy enforcement for cloud-native applications using runtime telemetry | 2 launchs · 1 partnership · 2 awards |
| 36 | RapidFort Cloud based platform offering patch management solutions 50News top 30%Funding top 35%Moat top 37%Talent top 38% All 10 signals ▾Newstop 30% Fundingtop 35% Moattop 37% Talenttop 38% Techtop 40% Innovationtop 41% Patentstop 43% Growthtop 45% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 35% News: 4 BI events in 12 mo (of 6 tracked, 3 types) · Top themes: Funding, Capital raise Funding: Raised $9.4M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $9M | 4 mo ago | 28 | Rajeev Thakur Co-Founder & CTO | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+24 | Top 5M | 11 patents Instrumentation data acquisition and selection technologies for computer hardware systems | 1 award |
| 37 | RAD Security Cloud native threat detection and response solution | $8M | 20 mo ago | — | Jimmy Mesta Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 38 | FluidCloud Provider of cloud infrastructure platform for workload migration and cost management 21Talent top 38%Funding top 43%Tech bottom 45%Global bottom 33% All 5 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 43% Techbottom 45% Globalbottom 33% Marketbottom 25% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $8.1M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 21/100 | $8M | 10 mo ago | — | Harshit O Co-Founder & CTO | Framer SitesApple iCloud MailReact+12 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 39 | Duckbill Provider of cloud cost management software and related professional services 40Funding top 36%Talent bottom 45%Tech bottom 40%Global bottom 33% All 4 signals ▾Fundingtop 36% Talentbottom 45% Techbottom 40% Globalbottom 33% Funding: Raised $7.8M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 1 named leader on record rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $8M | 5 mo ago | — | Mike Julian Co-Founder & CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+24 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 40 | Camber Provider of an AI platform for scientific simulations and data analysis | $6M | 14 mo ago | — | Aristotle Socrates Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesGSAP+16 | Top 10M | 2 patents Cybersecurity attack simulation and computer graphics rendering technologies | — |
| 41 | SubImage Open source based cloud infrastructure visualization platform 16Funding top 39%Talent bottom 49%Tech bottom 40%Global bottom 33% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 39% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 40% Globalbottom 33% Marketbottom 25% Funding: Raised $4.7M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 16/100 | $5M | 6 mo ago | — | Alex Chantavy Co-Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalityApple iCloud MailNode.js+11 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 42 | Internxt Provider of secure cloud storage, antivirus, VPN, and cleaner applications 55Growth top 24%Tech top 30%Funding top 37%Customers top 37% All 10 signals ▾Growthtop 24% Techtop 30% Fundingtop 37% Customerstop 37% Producttop 46% Moattop 48% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 33% Newsbottom 31% Growth: Web rank 500,000 → 100,000 YoY · App-install growth +54% YoY Tech: 41 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $5M | 11 mo ago | 17 | Fran Segarra Founder & CEO | Node.jsHeadless UITailwind CSS+19 | Top 100k | — | 1 partnership |
| 43 | Escape AI-based security systems for cloud applications 64Global top 23%Growth top 35%Funding top 37%Talent top 38% All 9 signals ▾Globaltop 23% Growthtop 35% Fundingtop 37% Talenttop 38% Newstop 44% Techtop 45% AItop 45% Moattop 48% Marketbottom 38% Global: Serving 60+ countries worldwide · Investors from 3 countries beyond United States Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $4M | 3 mo ago | 10 | Antoine Carossio Co-Founder | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+27 | Top 5M | — | 3 launchs |
| 44 | Nirmata Cloud based kubernetes security platform | $4M | 16 mo ago | 8 | Ritesh Patel Co-founder and VP Products | WordPress Block EditorwpBakeryWordPress+29 | Top 10M | 2 patents Optimizing performance tuning for microservices-based cloud applications | — |
| 45 | MilkStraw AI A cloud cost optimization platform that uses artificial intelligence to help companies manage AWS expenses 50Talent top 28%Growth top 35%AI top 45%Global top 45% All 7 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Growthtop 35% AItop 45% Globaltop 45% Techtop 48% Fundingtop 50% Marketbottom 25% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $3M | 5 mo ago | — | Jawad Shreim Co-Founder & CEO | Framer SitesTailwind CSSReact+12 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 46 | Blacksmith Cloud based serverless cloud infrastructure for continuous integration 55Talent top 28%Growth top 35%Tech top 35%Funding top 36% All 7 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Growthtop 35% Techtop 35% Fundingtop 36% Moattop 48% Marketbottom 36% Globalbottom 32% Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $500K | 1 mo ago | — | Aditya Jayaprakash Co-Founder & Co-CEO | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+26 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 47 | Byteport Provider of accelerated file transfer solutions for various operating systems 42Funding top 43%Talent bottom 45%Global bottom 33% All 3 signals ▾Fundingtop 43% Talentbottom 45% Globalbottom 33% Funding: Raised $500k across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 1 named leader on record rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $500K | 5 mo ago | — | Jayram Palamadai Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 48 | OpsLyft Platform offering cloud management software | $500K | 8 mo ago | 27 | — | Node.jsTailwind CSSReact+16 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 49 | Cumulus Labs Provider of on-demand GPU compute resources that scale to workload 50Funding top 44%Talent top 45%Global bottom 33% All 3 signals ▾Fundingtop 44% Talenttop 45% Globalbottom 33% Funding: Raised $500k across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 2 named leaders on record rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $500K | 5 mo ago | — | Veer Shah Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 50 | ProjectX Cloud based operating system 11Funding top 47%Tech top 49%Talent bottom 49%Growth bottom 42% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 47% Techtop 49% Talentbottom 49% Growthbottom 42% Globalbottom 32% Marketbottom 19% Fin. healthbottom 13% Funding: Raised $204k across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) Tech: 25 technologies across 3/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 11/100 | $204K | 2 mo ago | — | Rounak Adhikary Co-Founder & CEO | SanityNode.jsRadix UI+14 | Top 10M | — | — |
Top 12 Cloud Infrastructure companies in California
#1
Series B · San Jose, California · founded 2023$263.2Mraised▾
Series B · San Jose, California · founded 2023
Provider of an agentic security operations platform with AI capabilities. The platform offers threat detection, triage, investigation, and response across various attack surfaces. It integrates with existing tools to streamline security operations. The platform uses multi-model AI to deliver consistent and precise outcomes. It provides capabilities for autonomous alert triage and AI-driven analysis. The platform is available as a service or managed detection and response.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 64how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 15%Growth
top 35%Talent
top 38%Moat
top 40%AI
top 45%Tech
bottom 48%Funding: Raised $263M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 3 yrs (1.3/yr) · Last round Series B (May 2026)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 7k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- May 2026Series B$125M
- Apr 2025Series A$75M
- Apr 2024Series A$36.2M
- Jul 2023Series A$27M
Founders & team
Investors
Khosla Ventures, Thomvest Ventures, Mayfield, Singapore Economic Development Board, Touring Capital, HarbourVest Partners
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsGoogle Analytics
#2
Series B · Santa Clara, California · founded 2024$610Mraised▾
Series B · Santa Clara, California · founded 2024
AI infrastructure for cloud infrastructure. It develops customized networking infrastructure solutions for hyperscale cloud providers, integrating hardware and software to optimize cloud stack performance.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 76how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 13%AI
top 20%Moat
top 27%Growth
top 35%Innovation
top 40%Market
top 44%Funding: Raised $610M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) · Last round Series B (Mar 2026)
AI: Classified as an AI company
Moat: IP moat: 22 patents · Unicorn · 10 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 12k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 3 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Series B$500M
- Mar 2025Series A$110M
Founders & team
Investors
Lightspeed Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins, WestBridge Capital, Battery Ventures, Emergent Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Rocket LoaderContact Form 7
#3
Render 🦄Series C · San Francisco, California · founded 2018 · 62 employees$77.5Mraised▾
Render 🦄
Series C · San Francisco, California · founded 2018 · 62 employees
Unified cloud platform for building, deploying, and managing scalable web applications. It is a unified cloud platform offering scalable infrastructure for building, running, and deploying web applications, with features including free SSL, global CDN, and automatic deploys from Git. The platform provides a range of services, including computing, networking, and storage, to support the development and deployment of modern web applications.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 89how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 11%News
top 21%Funding
top 22%Growth
top 22%Product
top 25%Moat
top 26%Tech: 80 technologies across 7/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Devops: Nginx
News: 6 BI events in 12 mo (of 23 tracked, 3 types) · +200% YoY · 6 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
Funding: Raised $77.5M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 10 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Series C (Feb 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 19k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Series C$100M
- Jan 2025Series C$80M
- Jun 2023Series B$50M
- Nov 2021Series A$20M
Founders & team
Investors
Addition, General Catalyst, South Park Commons, Europa, Bessemer Venture Partners, Georgian
Tech stack
AlgoliaAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApolloApple Icloud Mail
#4
Upwind 🦄Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2022 · 19 employees$80Mraised▾
Upwind 🦄
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2022 · 19 employees
Provider of cloud security solutions for infrastructure and application protection. It offers a platform to secure cloud infrastructure and applications. The platform provides capabilities for cloud runtime visibility and application runtime defense. It delivers solutions for infrastructure as code security, supply chain security, and container admission control. It also offers cloud security posture management, attack path analysis, and data security posture management. The platform extends to container, Kubernetes, AI, and serverless security. It provides cloud detection and response, attack surface management, and dynamic application security testing.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 57how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 21%Moat
top 26%News
top 34%Tech
top 36%Growth
top 40%Partners
top 45%Funding: Raised $80.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 4 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series B (Jan 2026)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Unicorn · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
News: 6 BI events in 12 mo (of 15 tracked, 4 types) · +20% YoY · 3 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 29k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jan 2026Series B$250M
- Dec 2024Series A$100M
- Sep 2023Series A$50M
- Dec 2022Seed$30M
Founders & team
Investors
Penny Jar, Greylock Partners, Leaders Fund, Cyberstarts, Sheva, Craft Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailBricksClickcease
#5
Series B · Pleasanton, California · founded 2018 · 19 employees$18.7Mraised▾
Series B · Pleasanton, California · founded 2018 · 19 employees
Provider of autonomous cloud management platform for cost optimization and performance. The platform offers autonomous optimization, remediation, and release intelligence. It provides multi-cloud support across Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, and GCP. The platform delivers solutions for cloud cost optimization, application performance, availability improvement, and ops productivity.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 72how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 8%Tech
top 26%Funding
top 30%Innovation
top 34%Growth
top 35%Patents
top 37%AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company
Tech: 55 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Ses · Observability: Microsoft Clarity, Sentry
Funding: Raised $18.7M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Series B (Apr 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 5k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Series B—
- Jun 2025Series B$20M
- Mar 2022Series A$15M
Founders & team
Investors
Sierra Ventures, Uncorrelated Ventures, Norwest, AVP, In-Q-Tel
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAmplitudeCalendlyCdnjs
#6
Series A · Palo Alto, California · founded 2017 · 67 employees$18Mraised▾
Series A · Palo Alto, California · founded 2017 · 67 employees
Provider of SaaS security solutions protecting data from threats and risks. The company offers a platform that provides security posture management, ransomware detection and response, and data loss prevention. It delivers tools for risk assessment, misconfiguration management, and insider threat protection. The platform integrates with applications to provide security for professionals.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 55how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 35%Tech
top 36%Funding
top 38%Moat
top 39%Talent
bottom 49%Market
bottom 45%Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Tech: 38 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Cloudfront · Devops: Nginx
Funding: Raised $18.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Series A (Mar 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 5k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Series A—
- Aug 2022Series A$16.1M
- Dec 2018Seed$1.5M
- Sep 2017Seed$500K
Founders & team
Investors
Blueprint Equity, Santa Barbara Venture Partners, Blu Venture Investors, Andreessen Horowitz, AVentures Capital, bValue Fund
Tech stack
All In One SeoAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#7
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2022$22Mraised▾
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2022
Offers a security and observability stack tool for cloud storage and serverless compute. Offers powerful threat detections and alerts with out of the box detection rules for common security logs like AWS CloudTrail, Cloudflare, and Okta. Users can cover the Mitre attack framework or create custom detections and receive alerts via various platforms like Slack, Tines, Torq, and custom webhooks.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 62how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 15%Growth
top 28%Tech
top 29%Funding
top 33%Talent
top 38%Innovation
bottom 42%AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Tech: 48 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Devops: Nginx
Audience (LinkedIn): 8k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches · 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Series A$22M
Founders & team
Investors
Sequoia Capital, CRV, Mantis VC
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementContentsquareCookieyes
#8
Series D · San Francisco, California · founded 2011 · 146 employees$254.1Mraised▾
Series D · San Francisco, California · founded 2011 · 146 employees
Provider of high performance computing platform for engineering and science. The platform offers solutions for simulation, data management, and workflow automation. It serves industries including aerospace, automotive, energy, and life sciences. The platform also provides resources for IT, engineering, and executive roles, with use cases in AI/ML, digital twin technology, and cloud solutions.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 69how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 21%Tech
top 26%Moat
top 28%Growth
top 32%Product
top 34%Talent
top 38%Funding: Raised $254M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 14 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series D (Apr 2025)
Tech: 64 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare · Devops: Nginx, Varnish
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 31 patents · Soonicorn
Audience (LinkedIn): 19k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2025Series D$115M
- Nov 2021Series C$105M
- Feb 2021Series C$50M
- Jan 2020Series B$29.3M
Founders & team
Investors
Y Combinator, Fort Ross Ventures, Gaingels, Initialized Capital, Keen Venture Partners, Hitachi Ventures
Tech stack
AdrollAdroll Cmp SystemAmazon Web ServicesBootstrapCdnjsCloudflare
#9
Series A · Sunnyvale, California · founded 2020 · 28 employees$9.4Mraised▾
Series A · Sunnyvale, California · founded 2020 · 28 employees
Cloud based platform offering patch management solutions. It provides a release management platform that offers solutions for securing and optimizing the cloud by eliminating vulnerabilities and managing patch management backlogs. It offers a solution that integrates seamlessly into existing workflows, targeting both development and security teams. The platform is available on the subscription based pricing model.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 50how this company ranks against its industry peers
News
top 30%Funding
top 35%Moat
top 37%Talent
top 38%Tech
top 40%Innovation
top 41%News: 4 BI events in 12 mo (of 6 tracked, 3 types) · Top themes: Funding, Capital raise
Funding: Raised $9.4M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Series A (Feb 2026)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · IP moat: 11 patents · 10 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 27k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Series A$42M
- Mar 2022Seed$9.4M
Founders & team
Investors
Felicis Ventures, ForgePoint Capital, Bloomberg Beta, Global Founders Capital, Plug and Play Tech Center, GIT1K
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookie ScriptCore-JsDocusign
#10
Series A · Berkeley, California · founded 2020 · 10 employees$4Mraised▾
Series A · Berkeley, California · founded 2020 · 10 employees
AI-based security systems for cloud applications. The features of the product include analysis of the different attack scenarios, threat detection, prioritization, and correction of vulnerabilities, network visualization, attack scenarios exploration, protective measures review, and continuous reporting.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 64how this company ranks against its industry peers
Global
top 23%Growth
top 35%Funding
top 37%Talent
top 38%News
top 44%Tech
top 45%Global: Serving 60+ countries worldwide · Investors from 3 countries beyond United States · Tagged global-market in registry data
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding: Raised $4.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 3 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Mar 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 8k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 3 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Series A$18M
- 2023Seed$500K
- Jun 2023Seed$3.9M
Founders & team
Investors
Frst Capital, IRIS, Kima Ventures, Y Combinator, Irregular Expressions, Tiny
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#11
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2020 · 43 employees$15Mraised▾
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2020 · 43 employees
Platform offering cyber risk and vulnerability assessment solutions. A security platform for DevSecOps teams who want to find and fix security vulnerabilities and misconfigurations before they reach production. It helps to find and assess vulnerabilities across your clouds, containers, Kubernetes, OS, and SaaS applications. You also have access to our official Certified CIS policies to make sure you comply.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 62how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 28%Talent
top 28%Tech
top 33%Funding
top 34%Moat
top 47%Innovation
top 50%Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Tech: 42 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services · Security: Cloudflare Bot Management, Hsts
Audience (LinkedIn): 5k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Sep 2025Series A$17.5M
- Oct 2021Series A$12M
- Apr 2021Seed$3M
Founders & team
Investors
Firstminute Capital, System.One, New Forge, HV Capital, T.Capital, Atomico
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAtlassian StatuspageCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#12
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2019$7.8Mraised▾
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2019
Provider of cloud cost management software and related professional services. It offers software to understand cloud spend, contract terms, and consumption impact. The company delivers expertise to see how infrastructure impacts cloud bills. It provides clarity through context, bridging technical and financial aspects. The company helps to catch problems early, budget accurately, and forecast confidently.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 40how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 36%Talent
bottom 45%Tech
bottom 40%Global
bottom 33%Funding: Raised $7.8M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Dec 2025)
Talent: 1 named leader on record
Tech: 27 technologies across 3/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Security: Cloudflare Bot Management
Funding rounds
- Dec 2025Series A$7.8M
Founders & team
Investors
Heavybit, Uncork Capital, Encoded
Tech stack
Advanced Custom FieldsApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFathom
Funding & investor landscape
$13.4Btotal disclosed funding
227companies funded
610disclosed rounds
3rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Y Combinator21 rounds
Accel11 rounds
Notable founders
Jakub Pavlik
Co-Founder & Head Of Engineering · Exaforce
Ankur Singla
Co-Founder & CEO · Exaforce
Anshul Sadana
Founder & CEO · Nexthop AI
Anurag Goel
Founder & CEO · Render
Tal Zur
Co-Founder & CTO · Upwind
Lavi Ferdman
Co-Founder & SVP Growth · Upwind
Benjamin Thomas
Co-Founder & COO · Sedai
Suresh Mathew
Founder And Chief Executive Officer · Sedai
Dmitry Dontov
Co-Founder & CEO · Spin Systems
Cliff Crosland
Co-Founder & CEO · Scanner
Steven Wu
Co-Founder & CTO · Scanner
Adam McKenzie
Co-Founder & CTO · Rescale
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 949,818 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Cloud Infrastructure coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time flat
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH IN CALIFORNIA · Networking & Security
How research on Cloud Computing in California is moving
A read on the academic research around Cloud Computing in California — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 468 papers.
UC Berkeley, USC, and Caltech lead California's cloud computing research—spanning resource management, IoT/edge computing, and SDNs—with a cautiously optimistic, breakthrough-heavy stance (mean 0.49).
468 papers · stance +0.49 · 49% breakthrough · 18% concern
top institutions
- University of California, Berkeley74
- University of Southern California65
- California Institute of Technology46
- University of California, Irvine42
- University of California, Los Angeles32
leading researchers
Amr El Abbadi · Divyakant Agrawal · Randy H. Katz · Sudipto Das · Sylvia Ratnasamy · Vinay Chowdary Duvvada
prism intelligence · tone & topics
93% positive · 4% critical tone
Software DevelopmentArtificial IntelligenceComputer ScienceMachine LearningBusinessEnvironment
▲
Breakthroughs197 · 42%
▲ 39%→42% share
▲1.1× share momentum1 median citations64% since 2021mostly methods-led
Scalability research is surging — papers nearly tripled (8→22) as cloud computing demands intensify across California.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Scalability8→22
- Operating system2→12
- Point cloud1→9
- Robustness (evolution)1→9
- Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution1→9
Newly emergingResource (disambiguation) 0→10 · Anomaly detection 0→6 · Inference 0→6
Landmark WorldClim 2: new 1‐km spatial resolution climate surfaces for global land areas · 15,995 cites
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Advancements129 · 28%
▼ 28%→27% share
▲1.0× share momentum0 median citations63% since 2021mostly methods-led
Radiative transfer newly emerged with 7 papers, signaling unexpected climate-modeling integration into cloud workflows.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Workflow1→9
- Scheduling (production processes)3→8
- Key (lock)1→6
- Climate model1→5
- Big data1→4
Newly emergingRadiative transfer 0→7 · Meteorology 0→6 · Workspace 0→6
Landmark Heterogeneity and dynamicity of clouds at scale · 1,037 cites
▼
Concerns73 · 16%
▼ 18%→15% share
▼0.8× share momentum0 median citations60% since 2021mostly empirical
Aerosol research is rising (4→6) while Concerns field-share shrinks 18%→15%, suggesting narrowing but persistent environmental risk focus.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Task (project management)1→4
- Service (business)1→4
- Aerosol4→6
- Big data2→4
- Operating system1→3
Newly emergingScale (ratio) 0→4 · Key (lock) 0→3 · Core network 0→3
Landmark Hey, you, get off of my cloud · 2,022 cites
Common questions
How many Cloud Infrastructure companies are there in California, United States?
Radar tracks 395 indexable Cloud Infrastructure companies headquartered in California, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Cloud Infrastructure companies in California, United States?
The Cloud Infrastructure companies in California, United States on this list have raised a combined $13.4B in disclosed equity funding across 227 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Cloud Infrastructure company in California, United States?
Lacework is the highest-funded Cloud Infrastructure company in California, United States, with $1.9B in disclosed equity funding.
How many Cloud Infrastructure companies in California, United States are funded?
227 of the 395 Cloud Infrastructure companies in California, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Cloud Infrastructure unicorns are there in California, United States?
11 Cloud Infrastructure companies in California, United States on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in California, United States Cloud Infrastructure companies?
The most active investors in California, United States Cloud Infrastructure companies on this list include Y Combinator, Cisco Investments, Uncorrelated Ventures, Accel, Mayfield.
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