Metaflow
NewA framework for real-life ML, AI, and data science
Data collected ·ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode·coverage 100%·next run
- Metaflow ranks #45 of 61 in MLOps Platforms with an AI visibility score of 0.6 (SlateIndex, Nov 2, 2026).
- Metaflow is most visible on ChatGPT (0.9) and least on Google AI Mode (0).
- AI engines name Metaflow in 2 of the 30 MLOps Platforms buyer prompts SlateIndex tracks.
- ajayk.sh is the source AI engines cite most in answers about Metaflow, with 1 citations.
About
Company details for Metaflow
Metaflow is an open-source Python framework for building and managing ML, AI, and data science projects. Teams write flows in plain Python, develop and test them locally, and scale steps to cloud GPUs, multiple cores, and large memory. Flows can be deployed to production with a single command and triggered by events. It ranks #45 of 61 in MLOps Platforms on SlateIndex and has a visibility score of 0.6 in the latest weekly run.
Founded in 2019 and headquartered in 548 Market Street, San Francisco, the company employs 11–50 people. It has raised about $24M. Its differentiator: the same Python flow code runs locally and in the cloud and deploys to production with a single command and no code changes.
- Website
- metaflow.org
- Categories
- MLOps Platforms
- Company size
- 11–50 employees
- Headquarters
- 548 Market Street, San Francisco
- Founded
- 2019
- Company type
- Open source project
- Funding
- Early-stage VC round · $24M raised
- Deployment
- Runs on the customer's own AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud account, or on an on-premise Kubernetes cluster. The Outerbounds Platform is a managed service that runs in the customer's AWS account.
- Platforms
- AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes
Read from pitchbook.com, metaflow.org, productowl.io, github.com, anaconda.com, linkedin.com · refreshed Nov 2, 2026.
AI visibility
Latest weekly run · Nov 2 · next run Nov 9
Visibility score trend
Weekly runs over the last 60 days, with up to 7 competitors. Click a name to hide or show its line.
Changes appear after the second weekly run in MLOps Platforms. MLflow leads the category at 50.9%.
Media
Website and product screenshots for Metaflow
AI mentions & citations
Recent answers that name Metaflow
Products & features
What Metaflow sells
Metaflow
Open-source Python framework for building, running, and deploying ML, AI, and data science workflows, locally and in the cloud.
Outerbounds Platform
Fully managed service that runs Metaflow inside the customer's own AWS account, with orchestration, experiment tracking, artifact management, and scalable compute.
Target market & buyers
ML/AI engineers and data scientists
Notable customers include 23andMe, CNN, Realtor.com, GE HealthCare, Warner Bros..
| Industry | Primary use case |
|---|---|
| Real estate | Improving data science processes and productionizing machine learning models (Realtor.com) |
| Media | Supporting content decision makers with machine learning (CNN) |
| Consumer genetics | Codifying and orchestrating complex, multi-stage ML workflows (23andMe) |
Funding & recent developments
Funding
| Round | Year | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Seed | 2021 | $6M |
| Series A | 2021 | $19M |
| Series A | 2022 | $18M |
| Series A | 2023 | — |
| Early-stage VC round | 2023 | — |
| Latest known round | Total raised |
|---|---|
| Early-stage VC round | $24M |
Recent developments
- Apr 2026PartnershipAnaconda announces acquisition of Outerbounds, the company behind Metaflow
Anaconda announced it would acquire Outerbounds, which creates Metaflow. Anaconda says it will keep Metaflow open source.
- Nov 2025ProductMetaflow adds spin command
The new spin command lets developers create flows incrementally, step by step.
- Aug 2025PartnershipCoreWeave integration
A CoreWeave integration lets users attach GPUs to an existing cloud account.
- Aug 2025ProductSupport for recursive and conditional steps
Metaflow adds recursive and conditional steps for building agentic systems.
- Jul 2025ProductCustom decorators
Developers can compose flows with reusable custom decorators.
Competitive landscape
How Metaflow compares with its top three alternatives
Metaflow most often appears alongside MLflow, Databricks, Amazon SageMaker AI in AI answers.
| Brand | Visibility | Share of voice | vs last week | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metaflow | 0.6% | 0.3% | New | Pricing not available |
| MLflow | 50.9% | 9.7% | New | Pricing not available |
| Databricks | 46.2% | 7.6% | New | Pricing not available |
| Amazon SageMaker AI | 44.4% | 8% | New | Pricing not available |
| AWS | 35.7% | 7.5% | New | Pricing not available |
Cite as: SlateIndex, “Metaflow AI visibility profile”, https://slateindex.ai/brand/metaflow, data of Nov 2, 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.