Exasol began in the 1990s as a research and student project at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) in Germany.
The researchers and students realized that future datasets would grow exponentially, so they set out to design a high-performance analytics database. In 2000, they spun off from the university to formally found the company Exasol AG. Today, the Nuremberg-based company has grown into an enterprise that helps organizations turn complex data into fast, trusted insights.
Exasol is the sovereign analytics database built for the performance and scale required for high-concurrency AI and analytics workloads. It enables organizations to control data, execution and governance across the environments they choose, while giving developers and data teams the speed and confidence to build, test and deploy applications and AI agents faster.
With Exasol, teams can analyze billions of rows in seconds and run high-performance analytics securely in the cloud, on premises, or across hybrid environments. Automatic self-indexing helps tune performance for optimal results, simple pricing makes analytics easier to scale, and broad ecosystem compatibility means Exasol fits into existing data environments without unnecessary disruption.
Hundreds of brands, including T-Mobile, Piedmont Healthcare and Helsana, rely on Exasol to innovate, grow and win. We work closely with our customers, not only listening to what they need, but actively collaborating with them to shape and improve the product.