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Datum is an edge cloud where you can run containers close to your users, publish them behind a load balancer with HTTPS, connect your existing services through secure tunnels, and host DNS for your domains.
  • We are 100% focused on builders and modern, “alt cloud” service providers.
  • Our code is open source (AGPLv3), so you can run it anywhere if needed.
  • We prioritize agent-first and developer experiences.
Datum is still being built. The product is evolving quickly, documentation is growing with it, and today we offer a free tier. To see where each product stands, check the Roadmap.

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Get started

Getting Started

Set up your account and Project, and run your own app.

Platform

How Datum’s edge cloud is built, from the control plane to the backbone.

datumctl

The CLI for people, scripts, and agents.

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Products

gVPC

Private IPv6 networks for your Compute Instances, spanning every location they run in.

Compute

Run container images and unikernels as isolated Instances close to your users.

Application Load Balancer

Intelligent edge proxies and routing purpose-built for AI workloads and agent traffic.

Connectors

Secure tunnels to bridge your existing infrastructure into Datum’s edge cloud.

Domains and DNS

Track and verify domains, and host authoritative DNS.

Locations

Datum’s global footprint of Regions and Availability Zones.

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Agents

Agents

Skills, MCP, llms.txt, and datumctl — everything AI agents need to work with Datum.

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Why Datum

Our platform provides internet-scale primitives — intelligent edge proxies, scaleable compute, private backbones, cloud onramps, peering, meet-me rooms — with an experience that is 100% programmatic, agent-first, and backed by AGPLv3 open source. We believe an edge cloud in the AI era is different from a traditional CDN, mainly because the use case is intelligence, not caching. We also think that open — open source and open ecosystems — is a critical requirement in a world that is increasingly fragmented and regulated. We serve builders and modern service providers, which we lovingly call Alt Clouds. We aim to support thousands of them, so neutrality and transparency are important in everything we do. We started Datum because we saw three big trends:
  1. Intelligence and data everywhere
  2. Thousands of new providers
  3. An era of increased regulation
Want to learn more? Read Zac’s blog post, Every agent needs an edge.

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Background

We founded Datum in late 2024. Our team includes infrastructure veterans who helped build companies like Packet, Voxel, SoftLayer, StackPath, Highwinds, Zscaler, and more. We’re fortunate to have support from investors at Amplify Partners, Cervin Ventures, CRV, Encoded Ventures, ex/ante, Step Function VC, and Vine Ventures. To learn how Datum is built, see Platform API. To take part, see Get involved.
Last modified on October 23, 2026