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Activeloop

YC S18

San Francisco, US · Founded 2018 · 15 employees · Hiring · 24 known investors

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Activeloop provides a data infrastructure platform that indexes, searches, and organizes multimodal data (documents, images, videos) for AI applications through its Deep Lake database and search capabilities. The platform serves enterprises and organizations building AI systems that require efficient access to large-scale unstructured data.

Also known as Snark AI, Inc. · Snark AI · Snark.ai · Snark.ai, Snark AI

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareComputational StorageDeep LearningGenerative AIComputer VisionOpen SourceUnited States of AmericaAmerica / CanadaPartly Remote

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S18)

Activeloop was founded in 2018 by Davit Buniatyan.

DBDavit Buniatyan
Davit BuniatyanFounderHe graduated from UCL in 2016 and participated in Y Combinator's S18 cohort.
LA
Lilit AlexanyanProject Manager
JG
Jason GeFounderuntil 2019
SP
Sergiy PopovychFounderuntil 2019
SA
Shashank AgarwalCTOformer
DW
Dan WalkerCROformer
IP
Ilya PerlovOpsformer
IS
Ivo StranicHead of Productformer

Investors · 24

Alumni Ventureslisted by Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M

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Basecamp Fundlisted by Basecamp FundManchester · $100K – $10M

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CM Ventureslisted by CM VenturesLondon

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Founders.ailisted by Founders.aiMountain View
Samsung Nextlisted by Samsung NextMountain View · $100K – $5M

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SmartGateVClisted by SmartGateVCGlendale · $100K – $5M

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Strawberry Creek Ventureslisted by Strawberry Creek VenturesManchester

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Streamlined Ventureslisted by Streamlined VenturesPalo Alto · $100K – $1M

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Y Combinatorlisted by Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K

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468 CapitalreportedBerlin

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Dispersion CapitalreportedBellaire

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DVCreportedRotterdam

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G Venturesreported

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New Forgereported

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OurCrowdreportedJerusalem

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Pegasus Tech VenturesreportedSan Jose

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Quansight InitiatereportedAustin

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Shasta VenturesreportedMenlo Park · $250K – $6M

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Shasta Venturesreported

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Tribe CapitalreportedSan Francisco · $25K – $40M

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Triple VenturesreportedMalibu

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Venture Investment AssociatesreportedPeapack

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Zeno VenturesreportedGeneva

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Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$11M disclosed across 1 of 3 rounds · 2024

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In the news

Hivemind: Continual Learning for Coding Agentsycombinator.com · Jun 2026Activeloop Scientific Discover: The AI Analyst for Scientific Researchycombinator.com · Dec 2025Activeloop - Unlock AI Data Analysis for GTMycombinator.com · Oct 2025Activeloop L0: State-of-the-Art RAG Accuracy on Your Dataycombinator.com · May 2025Activeloop-L0: Agentic Reasoning on Your Multimodal Dataactiveloop.ai · May 2025Introducing Deep Research for Your Multi-Modal Dataactiveloop.ai · Feb 2025Releasing Deep Lake 4.0: The Fastest Multi-Modal AI Search on Data Lakesactiveloop.ai · Oct 2024Activeloop Named 2024 Gartner Cool Vendor in Data Managementactiveloop.ai · May 2024

Frequently asked questions

What does Activeloop do?
Activeloop provides a data infrastructure platform that indexes, searches, and organizes multimodal data (documents, images, videos) for AI applications through its Deep Lake database and search capabilities. The platform serves enterprises and organizations building AI systems that require efficient access to large-scale unstructured data.
Who founded Activeloop?
Activeloop was founded by Davit Buniatyan in 2018.
Who are Activeloop's investors?
Activeloop's investors include AiSprouts VC, Alumni Ventures, Basecamp Fund, CM Ventures, Founders.ai, Samsung Next, SmartGateVC, Strawberry Creek Ventures and 16 more.
How much funding has Activeloop raised?
Activeloop has disclosed $11M raised across 1 of its 3 known rounds.
Where is Activeloop headquartered?
Activeloop is headquartered in San Francisco, US.