Series A · Data & Analytics · Amsterdam, Netherlands · Founded 2020 · 13–25 employees
Polars is an Amsterdam-based data infrastructure startup built around the ultra-fast open-source Polars DataFrame and analytics engine written in Rust that accelerates data processing for analytics and ML workflows; founded in 2020 by Ritchie Vink and Chiel Peters, the company develops Polars Cloud and distributed capabilities to scale beyond single-node workloads and raised €18 million in a Series A led by Accel to expand its platform offerings and enterprise adoption.