Company record
Verda
Updated November 2, 2026 · Presspool
Verda, formerly DataCrunch, is a full-stack AI cloud company that runs its own data centers, hardware and platform to provide on-demand compute for AI. verda.com
Funding
- $189 million (€163 million) Series B plus additional investment, announced September 22, 2026. Led by Emergence Capital. Listed in the AI startup funding roster for September 21–26, 2026. Sources: Verda, SiliconANGLE.
Whether AI names Verda
- On the AI infrastructure map: named or cited in 0 of 50 answers to Presspool's AI infrastructure questions on November 2, 2026 (ChatGPT 0 of 8, Claude 0 of 8, Perplexity 0 of 8, Gemini 0 of 8, Copilot 0 of 8, Google AI Mode 0 of 6, Google AI Overviews 0 of 4). See the map. AI named or cited 33 of the 54 companies on the map in that sample; Verda was not one of them. AI names these companies most on AI infrastructure questions: Lambda (17 of 50), Crusoe (13 of 50), Together AI (11 of 50), Fireworks AI (10 of 50), Groq (10 of 50), LangChain (10 of 50) and Modal (10 of 50).
- Machine Relations Index: Cited in 6 of 36,189 Index answers, May 10, 2026 to November 6, 2026.
Week by week
Answers that named or cited Verda in each weekly sample of Presspool's AI infrastructure questions, by the Monday of the sample week. A row is added every week.
| Week of | AI infrastructure |
|---|---|
| September 21, 2026 | 1 of 39 |
| October 5, 2026 | 0 of 48 |
| October 12, 2026 | 1 of 50 |
| October 19, 2026 | 0 of 56 |
| October 26, 2026 | 0 of 53 |
| November 2, 2026 | 0 of 50 |
Related records
Also on the AI infrastructure map: Arcade, Baseten, Braintrust, Clockwork.io, Crusoe, Daytona, DeepInfra, Encord, Exa, fal, Fiddler AI, Firecrawl and 41 more on the map.
Closest rounds in the roster for September 21–26, 2026: 50skills ($6 million, round type not disclosed, September 24, 2026), Ando ($20 million Seed, September 24, 2026), ASI ($225 million, round type not disclosed, September 24, 2026), Axya (CA$17 million Series A, September 24, 2026), Basalt Health ($20 million Series A, September 24, 2026), BigHat Biosciences ($75 million Series C, September 24, 2026).
Emergence Capital, which led this round, also led Cline ($32 million Seed and Series A, July 31, 2025). It is also named as an investor in Ando ($20 million Seed, September 24, 2026) and Sela ($21 million Seed and Series A, September 22, 2026).
Founders on the record
- Ruben Bryon, founder and CEO. Source.