Expanso develops a distributed compute and data-management platform (Bacalhau) that lets users run workloads across regions, clouds, on IoT and edge devices, and over unreliable networks. Its platform provides intelligent scheduling, automatic queuing and rescheduling, audit logs, and user authentication/authorization, and is positioned to deploy ML models to edge hardware. The company emphasizes interoperability, data privacy, and compliance, enabling collaborative analytics and model training without sharing raw data. Expanso has pursued industry partnerships and recognition — including engagement with Intel and VMware and a 2024 Data Breakthrough Award — to advance edge ML and orchestration use cases. Founded in early 2023 by former Kubernetes Product Lead David Aronchick and based in Seattle, the company aims to scale its technology to millions of users and broaden applications in sectors like autonomous vehicles, industrial automation, and healthcare. Financially, Expanso previously raised a $7.5M seed in November 2023 and has now closed a strategic investment from Samsung Next (amount undisclosed). Expanso's core product is Bacalhau, an open-source platform that implements a "Compute Over Data" model to bring processing jobs to where data is stored. Bacalhau can run arbitrary Docker containers and WebAssembly images on-premises or in any cloud, allowing developers to use existing tools like Python, R, and DuckDB with minimal rewriting. The approach aims to reduce costs, remove cloud transfer latency, and improve security by avoiding large-scale data movement. Expanso is based in Seattle and was co-founded by alums of Google, AWS, and Microsoft; the company is focusing on open-source solutions and targeting enterprise customers. Its public demo network has been live nearly six months and has handled more than 1.5 million jobs for design partners including the University of Maryland, BOINC, and the New Atlantis Foundation. The company recently raised seed funding to accelerate Bacalhau's development and expand its user base.

Total raised

$8M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Nov 2023