The company provides open-source data orchestration software that moves data closer to AI and machine learning compute frameworks in any cloud, delivering memory-speed data access to files and objects. This enables customers in various industries to achieve consistent high performance, with proven production use at seven out of the top ten internet companies. Alluxio was founded by the creators of the Tachyon open source project and is backed by venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz and Seven Seas Partners.