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    Actian Corporation

    Actian provides a data intelligence platform that enables organizations to discover, understand, and trust their data across any environment, serving as the foundation for enterprise AI and analytics.

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    At a Glance

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    5Products
    5Capabilities
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    Santa Clara, CAHeadquarters
    1980Est.
    517Employees
    $191MRaised
    Focus Areas
    Knowledge Management
    Data Governance
    Business Intelligence
    Connect
    Latest News
    Actian Advances Data Intelligence Platform with new Agentic AI capabilitiesMar 3, 2025
    Actian Launches Ingres 12.1 for Modern Enterprise ApplicationsJan 28, 2026
    Markets
    • Fortune 100
    • Healthcare
    • Financial Services
    • Retail
    • +1 more

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    Latest News

    03/03/2025

    Actian Advances Data Intelligence Platform with new Agentic AI capabilities

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    01/28/2026

    Actian Launches Ingres 12.1 for Modern Enterprise Applications

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    02/06/2025

    Actian Promotes Emma McGrattan to Chief Technology Officer

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    10/01/2024

    Actian Completes Acquisition of Zeenea to Expand Data Intelligence Offerings

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    Products & Services

    5
    Actian Data Intelligence Platform
    2023 (Rebranded)

    A comprehensive platform for data discovery, understanding, and trust, integrating metadata management and analytics.

    Actian Zen
    June 2024 (v16)

    A small-footprint, ACID-compliant database for edge computing and IoT applications.

    Actian Ingres / Actian X
    January 2026 (v12.1)

    An enterprise-grade relational database management system with integrated vector analytics.

    Actian DataConnect

    A hybrid data integration solution that allows organizations to connect diverse data sources and applications.

    Market Position

    Actian positions itself as a leader in 'Data Intelligence' for the AI era, focusing on price-performance and the ability to manage data across hybrid environments from edge to cloud.

    Leadership

    Founders

    MS

    Michael Stonebraker

    Turing Award winner (2014). Professor at MIT/UC Berkeley. Serial entrepreneur who founded or co-founded Ingres (now Actian), PostgreSQL, Vertica, Streambase, and Tamr.

    EW

    Eugene Wong

    Professor at UC Berkeley. Served as the Chief Scientist at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Co-founder of RTI (Ingres).

    LA

    Lawrence A. Rowe

    Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley. Co-founder of Relational Technology Inc (RTI). Researcher in database management systems and multimedia.

    Executive Team

    MP

    Marc Potter

    Chief Executive Officer

    Appointed CEO in February 2025. Previously served as COO/CRO at Actian. Former Vice President of Sales at Oracle.

    SL

    Steve Lennon

    Chief Operating Officer

    Responsible for operations and strategic execution. Previously held leadership roles at Supply Wisdom, Ivanti, MobileIron, and CA Technologies.

    Board of Directors

    DM
    David Murphy
    Executive Chairman
    DW
    David Whitley
    Advisory Board Member

    Founding Story

    Actian traces its roots to the pioneering Ingres research project initiated in 1973 at UC Berkeley. RTI (Relational Technology Inc) was founded in 1980 to commercialize this technology, eventually becoming Ingres Corporation and later rebranding to Actian in 2011.

    Business Model

    Revenue
    $56.5M - $76.7M estimated ARR in 2025.

    Revenue Model

    Subscription-based SaaS for cloud platforms, licensing for on-premise products, and usage-based pricing for integration services.

    Pricing Tiers

    Standard/Enterprise

    Pricing typically depends on the number of concurrently running engines (DataConnect) or data volume (Data Platform).

    Zen v16

    Subscription-based per device/user.

    Private (Acquired by HCLSoftware/Sumeru)

    Target Markets

    Industries & Segments
    • Fortune 100
    • Healthcare
    • Financial Services
    • Retail
    • Manufacturing
    Use Cases
    • Agentic AI foundation
    • Hybrid data management
    • IoT and edge computing
    • Healthcare data exchange
    • Financial risk analytics
    Notable Customers
    • Ebix Health
    • Seyfor
    • Revenue
    • Bucap

    Quick Facts

    Headquarters
    Santa Clara, CA
    Founded
    1980
    Entity Type
    Corporation
    Employees
    517
    Total Funding
    $191M (Pre-acquisition total)
    Investors
    HCLSoftware, Sumeru Equity Partners
    Office Locations
    Santa Clara
    Round Rock
    Greenville
    Hamburg
    +3 more

    Funding History

    Acquisition$330M
    April 12, 2018
    HCL Technologies
    Sumeru Equity Partners
    Total Raised (Pre-Acquisition)$191M
    Garnett & Helfrich Capital
    TriplePoint Capital

    History & Milestones

    2026

    Launched Actian Ingres 12.1 and new AI-focused features in the Data Intelligence Platform.

    2024

    Acquired Zeenea, a metadata management and data catalog company, to enhance data intelligence capabilities.

    2023

    Rebranded and relaunched its flagship cloud data warehouse, Avalanche, as the Actian Data Platform.

    2018

    Acquired by HCL Technologies and Sumeru Equity Partners in a $330 million joint venture.

    2011

    Renamed from Ingres Corporation to Actian Corporation to reflect a broader data management focus.

    Key Capabilities

    5
    Metadata management
    Knowledge graph technology
    Federated data catalog
    Real-time analytics
    ACID-compliant edge database

    Integrations & Partnerships

    Platform Integrations

    • Databricks
    • Salesforce CRM
    • AWS
    • Google Cloud Platform
    • Azure

    Key Partnerships

    Databricks
    Google Cloud
    Oracle

    Connect

    Website
    actian.com
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    ActianCorp
    LinkedIn
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    Data Governance(1)
    Business Intelligence(1)
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