Recognition follows three acquisitions in six months that expand Anaconda’s platform across agentic development, AI security guardrails, and production orchestration
AUSTIN, Texas – September 24, 2026 – Anaconda Inc., the trusted foundation for AI-native development, today announced its inclusion on the 2026 Inc. 5000, the annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The recognition follows the most significant expansion in Anaconda’s history, with three acquisitions in the past six months to make Anaconda the platform of choice for building, securing, and operating AI at trillion-token scale.
Through its acquisitions of Outerbounds, Kilo Code, and Enkrypt AI, Anaconda is closing the gap that once forced enterprises to stitch together separate tools for AI development. Kilo Code puts agentic engineering in the tools builders already use, with the freedom to run 500+ models and no vendor lock-in. Outerbounds carries that work from experimentation to production with governed, cloud-agnostic orchestration. Enkrypt AI brings security, governance, and compliance for models, agents, and MCP servers together. More than 1 million organizations running Anaconda now build with choice of model and infrastructure, security following AI across every layer, and cost under control as usage grows, pushing Anaconda’s valuation to over $2 billion following the Kilo Code acquisition.
“Every CTO I speak with wants their organization to run at trillion-token scale, while managing their cost, security, and data sovereignty,” said David DeSanto, CEO of Anaconda. “Anaconda gives organizations the freedom to select the best models, control their data, improve model security, and control costs as they scale AI to work for them. Being recognized on the Inc. 5000 reflects the momentum behind our vision: AI on your own terms at scale, without being limited to a single vendor or surprised by the bill.”
To support this next phase of growth, Anaconda recently expanded its executive leadership team, appointing Stewart Grierson as Chief Financial Officer to lead Anaconda’s financial strategy as the company continues to grow the Anaconda Platform, and Justin Farris as Chief of Staff to lead the newly established Office of the CEO.
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