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phData
Minneapolis data and AI services firm building AI-ready data platforms and Claude-powered agents for enterprises.
Data and AI services company founded in 2014 with 900+ staff across the US, Latin America and India. It builds data platforms, ML and generative AI applications and runs them as managed operations, with deep Snowflake (Elite partner, multiple Partner of the Year awards), AWS, dbt and Anthropic partnerships. In October 2026 it raised new funding from Gryphon Investors with Anthropic participating.
- Type of firm
- Data and AI engineering
- Known for
- Data platforms and AI systems for enterprises
- Based in
- Minneapolis, United States
- Founded
- 2014
- Employees
- 501 to 1,000
- Origin
- Started as an AI or data firm
- Funding
- Series B or later (Growth funding)
- Ownership
- PE-owned · Gryphon Investors
- Status
- Acquired
- Acquired by
- Gryphon Investors
- Generalist or specialist
- Generalist
- Built on
- Anthropic, Snowflake, AWS
- Delivery model
- Embedded team, Runs it after launch
- Pricing
- Fixed price
- Founders
- Ryan Bosshart, Mac Noland, Adam Fokken
- Website
- phdata.io
Funding and deals
- 2026-10: Round, undisclosed, led by Gryphon Investors
- 2024-12: Undisclosed, not disclosed, led by Gryphon Investors
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