Alluxio
Alluxio sells software that speeds up data access for AI workloads by caching frequently used data between compute and storage systems. The 90-person company has raised $73 million, including a Series C in 2021 backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Hillhouse.
The growth story
Alluxio grew from 83 to 90 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $73M along the way, most recently a Series C in November 2021.
About
Alluxio's software acts as a distributed cache layer that sits between AI compute workloads (like model training or inference) and various storage systems, including cloud storage and data lakes. It helps reduce latency when accessing large datasets, with customers reporting sub-millisecond response times and throughput exceeding 1TB per second.
The company has maintained steady growth since its 2015 founding, with engineering making up its largest function (15 employees). While headcount growth data isn't available, its $73 million funding suggests continued investment in scaling the platform.
Founders and leadership
Engineering dominates Alluxio's organization with 15 employees, reflecting its technical product focus. The company shows strong retention with a median tenure of 4 years, unusually long for a tech startup.
The Alluxio org chart
Haoyuan Li (Founder, Chairman, CEO) leads 17 mapped leaders with 5 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 27 (-10% YoY), Media and Communication 26 (0% YoY), Information Technology 6 (-25% YoY), Sales 6 (0% YoY), Business Development 5 (0% YoY), Operations 4 (-33% YoY).
Talent flow
Alluxio recruits heavily from Google, VMware and IBM, with 5 hires each from the first two. Alumni frequently move to Google, Meta and newer AI/data startups like LanceDB.
Most common previous employers of Alluxio staff: Google (5), VMware (5), IBM (4), Conviva (3), Microsoft (3), University of California, Berkeley (3). Former Alluxio employees most often moved to Google (5), Meta (5), LanceDB (4), Microsoft (2), Striim (2), Snowflake (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Alluxio mafia
Three alumni-founded companies exist, including Design Alternatives (15 staff) and WVV Capital (6 staff), showing some entrepreneurial spillover from Alluxio's team.
3Chris Welch, was Regional Director, Enterprise Sales until 2018Jason Franklin, was Board Observer until 2017Steven Mih, was CEO until 2020Web traffic
Traffic mix: 45% direct, 40% search, 5% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Alluxio: Java (18), Python (Programming Language) (15), Hadoop (15), Distributed Systems (15), Alluxio (13), Big Data (11), C++ (11), C (Programming Language) (11).
Where the team actually sits
Alluxio people are concentrated in Beijing, China (14), California, United States (13), San Francisco Bay Area (8), Shanghai, China (4).
Search footprint
Alluxio attracts about 1,379 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $7K a month if bought through ads. It gained 211 ranking keywords and lost 133 in the last period.
Frequently asked
Alluxio has 90 employees as of September 2026.
Alluxio has raised $73M in total, most recently a Series C round in November 2021.
Alluxio was founded in 2015 by Haoyuan Li.
Haoyuan Li (Founder, Chairman, CEO) sits at the top of Alluxio's reporting structure, with 5 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Alluxio staff are Google (5 people), VMware (5 people), IBM (4 people).
Former Alluxio employees most often move to Google (5), Meta (5), LanceDB (4).
At least 3 companies have a founder who previously worked at Alluxio, including Design Alternatives, WVV Capital, Action State.
Alluxio attracts about 1,379 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $7K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Alluxio staff are Java, Python (Programming Language), Hadoop, Distributed Systems, Alluxio.
Alluxio staff are concentrated in Beijing, China (14), California, United States (13), San Francisco Bay Area (8).
Alluxio has about 27 people in Engineering, down 10% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Alluxio has about 26 people in Media and Communication, up 0% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 46 current and 107 former Alluxio profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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