MinIO

We provide an exascale object storage solution for AI data, agentic computing, and analytics. Our primary product, MinIO AIStor, is designed for enterprise on-premises environments. AIStor delivers cloud-native object storage that supports S3 for objects, Iceberg for tables, and SFTP for files. It provides performance, scale, agility, and economics for data-intensive workloads like analytics, data lakehouses, and AI.

AIStor offers:

• Limitless scalability across clusters, data centers, and clouds, supporting exabyte-scale deployments with a single namespace.
• Consistent sub-10ms latency with native S3 compatibility.
• Zero-touch operations through a self-healing and self-managing architecture.
• Optimized GPU utilization for AI training and inference workloads.
• 99.999999999% data durability, comprehensive security controls, and global replication.
• Hardware saturation at 19.2 TiB/s.
• Native integration with AI ecosystems like PyTorch and Iceberg.

MinIO was founded in November 2014 by Garima Kapoor, Anand Babu “AB” Periasamy, and Harshavardhana. Our product is used by a significant portion of the Fortune 500, including major automotive companies, US banks, and US retailers. It has been downloaded over 2 billion times, has 53.3K+ GitHub Stars, and a community of 32.9K+ members and 1.4K+ developers.

We founded MinIO on the principle of removing every barrier between organizations and their data.

Our values include:

• Extending kindness and empathy to build trust.
• Working together as a single team.
• Engaging in open and respectful discourse to solve problems.
• A commitment to learning through rapid prototyping.

We embrace data-driven change, aim to deliver value through simplicity and performance, and always go above and beyond for our customers. Our culture encourages passionate problem-solving, innovative thinking, and developing elegant, efficient solutions with unfailing kindness. We also believe in minimalism, avoiding unnecessary additions to our product, processes, and internal activities.

We are a remote-first, globally distributed company with 51-200 employees. Our culture is centered on community and success. We value kindness, empathy, and building trust among our team members. We emphasize collaboration, expecting open and respectful discourse to solve problems. We encourage employees to learn through rapid prototyping and embrace data-driven change.

Our team members are innovators, hackers, risk-takers, and disruptors, driven by a passion for mastering technology and developing elegant solutions. We are committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, focusing our hiring process on identifying and attracting talented and qualified individuals. We value innovative ideas, diverse perspectives, and intellectual curiosity.

We offer our employees a range of benefits:

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance.
• Paid maternity and paternity leave.
• Basic life insurance ($25,000) and long-term disability coverage (50% up to $1,000/month-180).
• Twelve paid country holidays each year and an unlimited vacation policy.
• A 401(k) plan with a company match.

Our work environment is remote-first and globally distributed.