# VAST Data

> VAST Data is an enterprise AI infrastructure company building a unified data platform for AI. The VAST AI Operating System combines VAST DataStore, VAST DataBase, VAST DataSpace, and VAST DataEngine to help organizations store, manage, process, and serve data for AI and deep learning at scale.

## Product

- [Platform Overview](https://www.vastdata.com/platform/overview): The unified VAST Data Platform powering AI infrastructure at exabyte scale
- [VAST AI Operating System](https://www.vastdata.com/platform/ai-os): Purpose-built operating system for the AI era with integrated engines for every layer of the stack
- [How It Works: DASE Architecture](https://www.vastdata.com/platform/how-it-works): The disaggregated, shared-everything architecture that decouples compute from storage for linear scaling
- [VAST DataStore](https://www.vastdata.com/platform/datastore): All-flash scalable storage for files, objects, and volumes (NFS, SMB, S3, Block, CSI) with Six Nines availability
- [VAST DataBase](https://www.vastdata.com/platform/database): AI-native database unifying structured data, vectors, streams, and metadata — 11x faster vector search at 91% lower cost
- [VAST DataSpace](https://www.vastdata.com/platform/dataspace): Globally-distributed namespace spanning on-prem, cloud, and edge at exabyte scale
- [VAST DataEngine](https://www.vastdata.com/platform/dataengine): Serverless execution and orchestration with event triggers, Python functions, and Kafka-compatible broker
- [VAST SyncEngine](https://www.vastdata.com/platform/syncengine): Scalable data discovery and migration service with automatic enrichment pipelines
- [VAST InsightEngine](https://www.vastdata.com/platform/insightengine): Real-time vector embedding and retrieval engine for RAG and agentic workflows
- [VAST AgentEngine](https://www.vastdata.com/platform/agentengine): Production-grade deployment layer for AI agents with containerized runtimes and MCP integration
- [VAST Gemini](https://www.vastdata.com/platform/gemini): Disaggregated storage consumption model combining hyperscale economics with enterprise appliance simplicity

## Solutions by Industry

- [Cloud Service Providers](https://www.vastdata.com/industry/cloud-service-providers): AI infrastructure for GPU clouds — trusted by CoreWeave, Lambda, Nscale, and leading neoclouds
- [Financial Services](https://www.vastdata.com/industry/financial-services): AI-ready, compliant data infrastructure for regulated financial institutions
- [Banking](https://www.vastdata.com/industry/banking): Data infrastructure for retail and commercial banking operations and compliance
- [Hedge Funds](https://www.vastdata.com/industry/hedge-funds): High-performance infrastructure for alpha-generating research and execution
- [Quantitative Trading](https://www.vastdata.com/industry/quantitative-trading): Low-latency data platform for quant research and trading strategies
- [Healthcare & Life Sciences](https://www.vastdata.com/industry/healthcare-life-sciences): High-performance data platform for genomics, medical imaging, and clinical AI
- [Life Sciences](https://www.vastdata.com/industry/life-sciences): AI-powered infrastructure for drug discovery, genomics, and biomedical research
- [Higher Education & Research](https://www.vastdata.com/industry/higher-education-research): AI and HPC infrastructure for universities and research institutions
- [Research Universities](https://www.vastdata.com/industry/research-universities): Unified platform for academic HPC, AI, and scientific computing
- [Telecommunications](https://www.vastdata.com/industry/telecommunications): Scalable AI data platform for CSPs powering AI-driven services and generative AI applications
- [Media & Entertainment](https://www.vastdata.com/industry/media-entertainment): All-flash performance for rendering, VFX, and content production at scale
- [Animation & VFX](https://www.vastdata.com/industry/animation-and-vfx): Studio-grade data platform for animation and visual effects production pipelines
- [Broadcast](https://www.vastdata.com/industry/broadcast): Data infrastructure for live production, sports broadcasting, and content delivery
- [Automotive](https://www.vastdata.com/industry/automotive): Data platform for autonomous vehicle development, ADAS, and connected car workloads
- [Energy & Utilities](https://www.vastdata.com/industry/energy-utilities): Infrastructure for seismic processing, grid analytics, and energy research

## Use Cases

- [Artificial Intelligence & Deep Learning](https://www.vastdata.com/usecase/artificial-intelligence): End-to-end AI data pipeline from ingestion to training to inference
- [AI Training](https://www.vastdata.com/usecase/ai-training): Purpose-built architecture for training advanced AI models at exabyte scale with asynchronous checkpointing
- [AI Inferencing](https://www.vastdata.com/usecase/ai-inferencing): Scalable, low-latency inference infrastructure for agentic AI and real-time applications
- [High-Performance Computing (HPC)](https://www.vastdata.com/usecase/high-performance-computing-hpc): All-flash HPC storage eliminating the tradeoff between parallel file system performance and enterprise simplicity
- [Data Analytics](https://www.vastdata.com/usecase/data-analytics): All-flash data lakes for Spark, Trino, and modern query engines at data warehouse performance
- [Compliance & Sovereign AI](https://www.vastdata.com/usecase/compliance): Unified governance for SEC, GDPR, FINRA, and national AI regulations without performance tradeoffs
- [Enterprise Backup & Recovery](https://www.vastdata.com/usecase/enterprise-backup-and-recovery): Flash-speed backup and restore with support for Commvault, Veeam, Rubrik, and NetBackup
- [Containers & Kubernetes](https://www.vastdata.com/usecase/containers): Persistent and ephemeral storage for Kubernetes and OpenShift via VAST CSI
- [SSD Shortage & VAST Amplify](https://www.vastdata.com/usecase/ssd-shortage): Reclaim up to 6x effective SSD capacity through architectural efficiency