Anaconda - Trusted Python, Accelerating Enterprise AI

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Anaconda was founded in 2012 by Peter Wang and Travis Oliphant out of the need to bring Python into business data analytics. The use of Python has since exploded, and it’s the most popular programming language used today. Anaconda now has over 300 full-time employees worldwide and is proud to serve over 40 million users!

What problem does Anaconda solve?
Python is a popular programming language that is widely used for numerical computing and data analysis across many industries, hardwares, and production pipelines. Anaconda is a one-stop-shop for Python packages, solving many problems associated with using and managing open-source software.

Most projects in the Python open-source software (OSS) ecosystem depend on other projects to function, and this forms a chain of prerequisites and requirements otherwise known as “dependencies.” Open-source projects are managed independently by maintainers around the world who release updates asynchronously. Thus, a tool that manages packages, recognizes your hardware architecture, and keeps projects separate is necessary in order to ensure proper functionality.

Conda is Anaconda’s package, environment, and dependency manager. It is cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux [x86/AARCH64/PPC64LE/s390x]), cross-language (supports Python, R, C/C++, Rust, Go, and more), and ensures package compatibility and environment correctness. Without a package and environment manager like Conda, the chain of dependencies can become unmanageable; packages may depend on incompatible versions of other packages, and obtaining different versions of those other packages may break other dependencies and push the problem downstream. In other words, chaos ensues.


Anaconda was built to cut through—and prevent—the chaos associated with package and environment management. Our paid plans offer additional capabilities and allow open-source software to be safely and securely utilized, even in the most stringent and regulated industries.