Data Infrastructure Startups Directory

All 35 tracked data infrastructure startups ranked by GitHub engineering acceleration (Q3 2026), sorted by commit-velocity change. Every company links to its full signal profile.

This directory lists every startup VC Deal Flow Signal tracks in Q3 2026, ranked by GitHub engineering acceleration. It contains 35 companies spread across 2 pages; this is page 1. Each card links to a company's full signal profile with its complete commit history, contributor data, and sector ranking.

mloda-ai

Deploy frequency spike

mloda ai is adata infrastructure pre-seed startup based in EU, shipping product updates at an accelerated pace.

Stage: Pre-seed
Geography: EU
Commits (14d): 1
Velocity change: +999%
Contributors: 3
New repos (30d): 0

starlake-ai

Deploy frequency spike

starlake ai is adata infrastructure pre-seed startup based in EU, shipping product updates at an accelerated pace.

Stage: Pre-seed
Geography: EU
Commits (14d): 6
Velocity change: +999%
Contributors: 7
New repos (30d): 2

ohs-foundation

Infrastructure buildout

This is the technical home for the OHS Software Foundation (a Linux Foundation project currently under formation)

Stage: Series A/B
Geography: Unknown
Commits (14d): 2
Velocity change: +999%
Contributors: 28
New repos (30d): 3

ConduitIO

Engineering hiring burst

Real-time data integration platform connecting databases, services, and message queues through a unified streaming pipeline.

Stage: Series A/B
Geography: Unknown
Commits (14d): 73
Velocity change: +421%
Contributors: 23
New repos (30d): 0

datajuicer

Engineering hiring burst

Data processing for and with large models.

Stage: Growth
Geography: Unknown
Commits (14d): 9
Velocity change: +350%
Contributors: 51
New repos (30d): 0

odpi

Deploy frequency spike

LF AI & Data is an umbrella foundation,artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, and data.

Stage: Series A/B
Geography: Unknown
Commits (14d): 5
Velocity change: +150%
Contributors: 30
New repos (30d): 0

superlinked

Framework migration

Compute tooling for vector-powered apps.

Stage: Pre-seed
Geography: Unknown
Commits (14d): 15
Velocity change: +67%
Contributors: 5
New repos (30d): 0

AbsaOSS

Framework migration

ABSA Open Source

Stage: Seed
Geography: Unknown
Commits (14d): 8
Velocity change: +33%
Contributors: 9
New repos (30d): 0

bruin-data

Engineering hiring burst

Bruin is an end-to-end data platform with built-in data quality, observability, and governance.

Stage: Seed
Geography: UK
Commits (14d): 19
Velocity change: +19%
Contributors: 13
New repos (30d): 0

ClickHouse

Engineering hiring burst

The leading database for AI

Stage: Growth
Geography: US
Commits (14d): 27
Velocity change: +17%
Contributors: 100
New repos (30d): 2

airbytehq

Engineering hiring burst

Open source data replication platform and context layer for AI agents.

Stage: Growth
Geography: US
Commits (14d): 1,031
Velocity change: +9%
Contributors: 100
New repos (30d): 0

Zipstack

Framework migration

Zipstack is adata infrastructure series a/b startup, modernizing their technology stack for scale.

Stage: Series A/B
Geography: Unknown
Commits (14d): 13
Velocity change: -7%
Contributors: 30
New repos (30d): 0

scribe-org

Engineering hiring burst

Open-source language solutions

Stage: Growth
Geography: EU
Commits (14d): 7
Velocity change: -12%
Contributors: 61
New repos (30d): 0

rocky-data

Framework migration

SQL transformation engine built in Rust

Stage: Seed
Geography: Unknown
Commits (14d): 76
Velocity change: -21%
Contributors: 9
New repos (30d): 0

rudderlabs

Framework migration

Steer your Customer Data

Stage: Growth
Geography: US
Commits (14d): 17
Velocity change: -23%
Contributors: 100
New repos (30d): 0

opensearch-project

Framework migration

OpenSearch is a community-driven, Apache 2.0-licensed open source search and analytics suite that makes it easy to inges

Stage: Growth
Geography: Unknown
Commits (14d): 23
Velocity change: -30%
Contributors: 100
New repos (30d): 0

DataSQRL

Framework migration

Build with Data

Stage: Seed
Geography: Unknown
Commits (14d): 19
Velocity change: -30%
Contributors: 14
New repos (30d): 0

dbt-labs

Framework migration

dbt helps data teams work like software engineers to ship trusted data, faster.

Stage: Growth
Geography: Unknown
Commits (14d): 99
Velocity change: -31%
Contributors: 100
New repos (30d): 0

langfuse

Engineering hiring burst

Open source AI engineering platform. Debug, analyze and iterate together.

Stage: Growth
Geography: Unknown
Commits (14d): 78
Velocity change: -34%
Contributors: 100
New repos (30d): 0

estuary

Framework migration

estuary is adata infrastructure series a/b startup, modernizing their technology stack for scale.

Stage: Series A/B
Geography: Unknown
Commits (14d): 38
Velocity change: -36%
Contributors: 37
New repos (30d): 0

dagucloud

Framework migration

Local-first data pipeline orchestration for scripts, SQL, containers, and private infrastructure. One binary, file-backe

Stage: Growth
Geography: Unknown
Commits (14d): 23
Velocity change: -36%
Contributors: 77
New repos (30d): 0

Point72

Engineering hiring burst

Point72 is adata infrastructure series a/b startup based in US, rapidly expanding their engineering team.

Stage: Series A/B
Geography: US
Commits (14d): 3
Velocity change: -40%
Contributors: 22
New repos (30d): 0

slothflowlabs

Framework migration

We build high-performance technologies for analytics, AI, data engineering, and modern applications. Creator of Duckle.

Stage: Seed
Geography: US
Commits (14d): 53
Velocity change: -41%
Contributors: 8
New repos (30d): 0

drt-hub

Framework migration

drt hub is adata infrastructure series a/b startup based in APAC, modernizing their technology stack for scale.

Stage: Series A/B
Geography: APAC
Commits (14d): 28
Velocity change: -42%
Contributors: 30
New repos (30d): 1

How to read these rankings

We rank each company on public GitHub activity, never on press releases or fundraise announcements. The primary signal is commit velocity change: the percentage change in total commits to a company's most active public repository over a rolling 14-day window, measured against its own trailing baseline. Sustained acceleration has historically preceded fundraise announcements by three to six weeks.

We surface three supporting primitives alongside velocity. Contributor influx counts new committers in the trailing four weeks; a hiring burst often follows a fresh round. Repository creation pulse counts new public repositories shipped in the trailing eight weeks, a leading indicator of platform expansion. Language bias drift flags when a new primary language appears in production code, which often marks a pivot or scale-up.

Use this directory to source and to validate. For sourcing, scan the top of each page for the fastest-accelerating teams, then open their profiles to read the full signal. For validation, look up a company you already know and compare its trajectory against the broader sector distribution. No single metric is a buy signal; always cross-reference with Crunchbase, hiring activity, and community mentions before acting.

Signal types

Engineering hiring burst marks rapid team expansion, often following a funding round.
Infrastructure buildout marks new repository creation, indicating platform investment and product expansion.
Deploy frequency spike marks an accelerated shipping cadence, often seen before a public launch.
Framework migration marks a technology stack transition, which often precedes a pivot or platform upgrade.

Data source and methodology

Every number links back to public GitHub activity and refreshes weekly. The full methodology, including the six-signal panel and its empirical tie to fundraise probability, is published on the methodology page. The underlying SSRN preprint is 6606558, and a CC BY 4.0 machine-readable dataset is available on the dataset page. We track only self-published public GitHub organizations, never private repositories or inferred profiles.

About this signal

VC Deal Flow Signal is a free public dataset that treats GitHub engineering acceleration as a leading indicator of startup momentum. It exists for Corp Dev teams, PE operating partners, and emerging managers who want to see momentum before a round is announced rather than after. Every company in this directory has a self-published public GitHub organization, and every ranking number links back to the public repository behind it. The dataset is updated weekly and is independent of any incumbent venture platform.