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Anaconda History

2012

Anaconda is founded

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Open-source scientific Python

“Get ready to fall in love with Python all over again.” Peter Wang and Travis Oliphant co-found Continuum Analytics to bring open-source scientific Python (NumPy) software to the world of business computing

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Conda is created

conda is created as a cross-platform, language-agnostic binary package manager

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Community and website

PyData community workshops and website are created

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Jupyter Cloud Notebook

Beta launch of a Jupyter Cloud Notebook service (Wakari.io)

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$6M DARPA contract

$6M DARPA contract for creating innovative big data technologies leads to key Python open-source projects: Numba, Bokeh, Blaze (now Dask, fsspec), Datashader

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$2.7M in seed funding
2013

Expands to Europe

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Location in Berlin

Continuum establishes a location in Berlin

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Training courses

Extensive training courses enable data scientists and academics to expand Python use

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Data conference

First PyData conference (New York City)

2014

Launches Anaconda Server

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On-premises

Offering includes an on-premises package repository, GPU/multi-core processing, installation support, memory-efficient database connectivity

2015

Launches Anaconda Cloud

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Sharing

Cloud brings managed service for sharing packages and environments

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$40M Series A funding round

Leadership team secures $40M Series-A funding round

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330+ packages

330+ packages in the Python installer, thousands more in the repository

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AWS

Extensions to AWS platform launched

2016

Transitions to software company

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Software product

Begins to transition from an open-source consulting and support organization to a software product company

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Intel integration

Intel integrates Anaconda’s packaging and distribution solution

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5M users
2017

Microsoft Azure integration

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AnacondaCon

Anaconda hosts inaugural AnacondaCon

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Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure integration makes it easier to deploy Anaconda on Azure and utilize Microsoft’s cloud services

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Anaconda Enterprise

Anaconda Enterprise 5 launch brings scalable data science and ML capabilities to enterprise organizations

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720+ packages

720+ Python open-source packages and essential R packages

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11M users
2018

Critical mass of users reached

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15M users
2019

New leadership

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Hub

Anaconda Nucleus brings a hub for the data science community to access tutorials, articles, and resources

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New personnel join the company

Peter Wang becomes CEO and Barry Libert joins the Anaconda Board of Directors

2020

Embedded partnerships begin

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Partnership with Microsoft

Embedded partnership with Microsoft begins

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Remote-first

Leadership embraces a remote-first workforce strategy

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Fighting the COVID-19 pandemic

Anaconda plays a significant role in providing data scientists and researchers with tools and resources to combat the COVID-19 pandemic

2021

Series B funding round

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$30M in funding

Leadership team secures $30M in funding

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Huge expansion

Anaconda expands resources and tools for educators and students in data science education, including free access to Anaconda Nucleus for academics

2022

Anaconda Business released

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Security capabilities

Anaconda Business offers additional security capabilities for business users

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AI practices

Anaconda announces initiatives focused on sustainability and responsible AI, emphasizing ethical AI practices

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Snowflake

Snowflake embeds Anaconda in Snowpark as their embedded Python runtime

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35M users
2023

Launches Python in Excel

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Appoints Barry Libert as Executive Chairman
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Beta launch

Microsoft embeds Anaconda with Python in Excel beta launch

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AI offering

Anaconda expands business strategy to focus on AI offerings

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40M users and users at 250K corporations

40M individual users and users at 250K corporations rely on Anaconda’s repository

2024

Anaconda introduces new focus as the Operating System for AI

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Appoints new management team

Barry Libert as CEO, Peter Wang as Chief AI Officer, Jessica Reeves as Chief Operating Officer, Rob Futrick as Chief Technology Officer, Chandler Vaughn as Chief Product Officer, and Jason Hochman as EVP, Revenue

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Surpasses 1M organizations, 43M users, and 1.9M developers
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IBM embeds Anaconda

IBM embeds Anaconda in its AI platform

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AI Alliance

Anaconda joins IBM, Meta, and others in the AI Alliance to advance open-source AI adoption, safety, and accessibility