Forbes August 6, 2024
By Alex Konrad, Forbes Staff and Kenrick Cai, Former Staff
With the tech IPO market stuck in the doldrums, familiar faces rule the top of our ninth annual list of the world’s top private cloud computing companies. But a wave of AI challengers – and standouts in fintech, security and vertical software – are looking to close the gap.
Much as cloud-native software businesses were bursting onto the scene during the first Cloud 100 list – produced each year in partnership with Bessemer Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures – in 2024, it’s companies riding the generative AI wave that dominate at the top of the list: OpenAI at No. 1, Databricks at No. 2 and big risers Anthropic at No....