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Datapipe

Founded 1998 · 6,861 employees on LinkedIn · 5 known investors

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Rackspace Technology is a multi-cloud technology services provider, offering managed cloud and IT services across public and private cloud platforms.

Also known as Rackspace · Rackspace Technology

Founders & leadership

Datapipe was founded in 1998 by Richard Yoo and Graham Weston.

RYRichard Yoo
Richard YooinFounder, "Employee Zero", & Former CEORichard Yoo founded Rackspace Hosting, where he served as CEO and built the company into a major web hosting provider, and previously founded ServerBeach, a self-managed server hosting company. He has since advised multiple startups and founded an incubator called Hush Labs.
GWGraham Weston
Graham Westonin𝕏Executive Chairman & Co-founder2006–2016Graham Weston graduated from Texas A&M in 1986 with a degree in agribusiness. He led investor acquisition of a downtown San Antonio office building in 1993 and provided venture capital for Rackspace.com in 1998.
GKGajen Kandiah
Gajen KandiahinChief Executive OfficerChief Executive Officer at Rackspace
MMMark Marino
Mark MarinoinChief Financial OfficerChief Financial Officer at Rackspace
KT
Kellie Teal-GuessinChief Human Resources OfficerChief Human Resources Officer at Rackspace
DK
D K SinhaPresident, Public Cloud Business Unit
MBMichael Bross
Michael BrossinChief Legal OfficerChief Legal Officer at Rackspace

Investors · 5

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Rackspace Technology positions itself as an operator of the full enterprise AI stack, spanning governed private cloud infrastructure through to AI inference and agents running in production. The company assembles and integrates components from a curated partner ecosystem across the model, platform and infrastructure layers, then governs them as a single system and retains accountability for operational outcomes after deployment.

Security, compliance, data sovereignty and uptime are presented as foundational elements of the enterprise AI clouds it operates, with an emphasis on regulated and high-stakes environments. Delivery relies on forward-deployed engineers who embed in customer environments to build, operationalize, run and scale AI use cases into production systems. The company also publishes blog-based perspectives on infrastructure and governance topics, including AI governance gaps, shared knowledge layers across AI systems, and AI adoption in banking.

Business model

Rackspace operates managed infrastructure and enterprise AI environments on behalf of customers, integrating third-party partner technologies across the stack and providing embedded engineering teams that build and run production systems.

Traction

Company-reported scale includes 2,200+ certified technical experts, 10,000+ technical certifications, 600+ AI platform certifications and 39 global data centers, plus a guaranteed 99.999% uptime commitment referenced by a healthcare customer.

Latest developments

Palantir named Rackspace a preferred partner to deploy and operate Foundry and AIP for regulated, sovereign and private cloud environments. Rackspace also introduced an AI operating framework and published details of a collaboration with AMD on running enterprise AI in production.

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography

Market position

Rackspace describes more than 25 years of experience operating mission-critical infrastructure and cites independent recognition from analysts covering enterprise infrastructure and AI.

Technology

The offering covers governed private cloud infrastructure, AI inference and production AI agents, integrated with partner technologies across model, platform and infrastructure layers. Palantir Foundry and AIP are among the platforms Rackspace is designated to deploy and operate in regulated, sovereign and private cloud environments.

Go-to-market

Rackspace goes to market through a curated partner ecosystem across the stack, including a preferred-partner designation from Palantir and a collaboration with AMD, alongside direct engagement supported by forward-deployed engineers and published case studies.

Enterprises in regulated and high-stakes sectors requiring security, compliance, data sovereignty and high uptime; a cited customer example is Seattle Children's Hospital, which uses Rackspace infrastructure to support clinician access to its EMR system.

Geography

The company reports operating 39 data centers globally.

Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
AI platform certificationsJan 2025600 certifications
Certified technical expertsJan 20252,200 people
Data centers globallyJan 202539 data centers
HeadcountAug 20266,861
Technical certifications heldJan 202510,000 certifications
Years operating mission-critical infrastructureJan 202525+

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Timeline · 3

launches, deals, and filings
Jan 2025
Collaboration with AMD on running enterprise AI in production

Rackspace published a blog on what it takes to run enterprise AI in production and its collaboration with AMD.

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Jan 2025
Palantir names Rackspace a preferred partner for Foundry and AIP

Palantir named Rackspace a preferred partner to deploy and operate Foundry and AIP for regulated, sovereign and private cloud environments.

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Jan 2025
Introduction of AI operating framework

Rackspace introduced an AI operating framework for enterprise AI deployments.

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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

In the news

Research sources · 1

primary sources listed

1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Datapipe do?
Rackspace Technology assembles, integrates and operates enterprise AI and private cloud stacks for regulated environments.
Who founded Datapipe?
Datapipe was founded by Richard Yoo, Graham Weston in 1998.
Who are Datapipe's investors?
Datapipe's investors include Millennium New Horizons, Norwest Venture Partners, Partners for Growth, Partners for Growth (PFG), Tectonic Ventures.