DataRobot's Private Stock Soars 953% in a Year: Still 83% Below its AI Boom Valuation
DataRobot’s private-market shares have surged 952.5% over the past year, marking a dramatic rebound for the artificial intelligence company, even as its valuation remains far below the heights reached during the 2021 tech boom.
DataRobot’s Forge Price rose to $4.21 on Sept. 22, up $3.81 from roughly 40 cents a year earlier. The move puts the company’s implied valuation at approximately $1.1 billion, according to Forge data.
That is still a steep discount to DataRobot’s previous private-market peak. The company was valued at $6.3 billion in August 2021, when it raised $330 million in a Series G financing at $27.36 per share, according to Forge. At $1.1 billion, DataRobot’s current valuation is roughly 83% below its 2021 mark, despite the nearly tenfold increase in its private-market share price.
DataRobot’s AI strategy has also shifted
The latest repricing comes as DataRobot has increasingly repositioned itself around agentic AI, moving beyond its roots in automated machine learning and predictive analytics.
The company has rolled out a series of initiatives this year aimed at helping enterprises deploy and govern AI agents. In July, DataRobot announced new capabilities designed to give enterprises greater control over where and how their AI runs, including deployment and governance across different environments.
In June, DataRobot began a collaboration with Chevron focused on using agentic AI for autonomous inspections, while earlier in the year it announced partnerships with Nebius and Nvidia around deploying enterprise AI agents at scale.
The company has continued emphasizing the move from AI experimentation into production.
DataRobot also recently highlighted the challenge companies face in turning AI investments into measurable cost savings and faster business decisions, arguing that deploying models is only part of the process.
That focus reflects a broader shift in enterprise AI spending, as companies increasingly look beyond simply building or experimenting with models and toward integrating AI into actual business workflows.
A Sharp Rebound from a Low Base
DataRobot’s latest financing provides another reference point for its recovery.
The company completed a $123.64 million Series EI financing on Sept. 10, with shares priced at $4.21 and a post-money valuation of $1.1 billion, according to Forge. The investors were not disclosed.
The latest round gives investors a new reference point for DataRobot’s valuation as the company pushes further into enterprise AI and agentic AI. But the nearly 10-fold increase in its private-market price over the past year comes from a much lower starting point, leaving the company’s valuation well below its 2021 peak.
For DataRobot, the latest move underscores how dramatically private AI valuations can shift as investor demand, financing conditions and expectations for technology evolve.
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