Datum
AI Compute & Inference · Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS)
$3.6Mtotal raised · 2 rounds on record
$575klatest round · Venture round · Jun 2026 · 4 mo ago
3backers · Cervin Ventures, CRV
2024founded
Overview
Connectedinfrastructure for AI companies. Datum is a modern alternative to legacy CDNs, complex networks, and colocation. For alt clouds and tech-forward enterprises looking to scale, we provide "hyperscale-style" edge networking and connected CPU / GPU capacity.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$3.6M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$575k
Venture round · Jun 2026 · 4 mo ago
Backers
3
Cervin Ventures, CRV
The money's age
Fresh money
4 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
35/100
in the news, fresh money
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jun 23
Raised a round Venture round $575k · SEC Form D
Jan 27, 2025
New executive Steven Smyser, Executive Officer · SEC Form D
Jan 13, 2025
Raised a round Venture round $3M · SEC Form D
2024
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 7%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
2
best: 4 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Jun 2026 | $575k | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Jan 2025 | $3M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Datum Technology, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Steve SmyserExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Jacob SmithExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Zachary SmithExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Steven SmyserExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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People
Steve Smyser
Executive Officer
Jacob Smith
Executive Officer, Director
Zachary Smith
Executive Officer, Director
Steven Smyser
Executive Officer
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News
I can haz networks, plz?
Networks are more important than ever. Why are so few people building new ones?
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Denmark's "nerd" football club needed a new website, so we got subbed in
Niels Bohr once conceded a goal for the "academics" while doing math against the post. 137 years later, we rebuilt his club's website.
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Make datumctl your own with plugins
An extensibility model that balances convenience with trust.
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Coffee with Claude: Our Strapi cache invalidation journey
We moved past stale content by creating an open source package for any SSR.
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Under the hood of our provider-agnostic front office system
And why this "invisible stack" every cloud needs goes far beyond billing
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Coffee with Claude: Version-controlled slide decks as code
Here's how we're using AI to keep decks versioned, synced, and always current
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Stop searching for the next great tool, and start delivering outcomes
How an agency gal and an over-scheduled CEO got serious about building software.
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A terminal for everyone
Whether you're a power user, an AI-assisted builder, or a visual navigator, we've designed Datum's command line interface for you.
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AI audited our website for AI readiness. It lied to us, twice.
What we learned by optimizing our website for agents and LLMs.
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To build agentic infrastructure, we need great humans
The primary user of infrastructure is changing quickly. That's why we need the right people more than ever.
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
New York
United States
HQ
29 Broadway, 31st Floor, New York, NY, 10006, US