Chalk is building an AI data platform that provides real-time context and compute infrastructure for agents and machine learning models. The platform is designed to be deployed within a customer's own cloud environment, combining Rust-speed performance with Python-native tools. The company's work spans technical domains including systems engineering, query planning and optimization, distributed analytical data processing, and data infrastructure.
The company focuses on several industry verticals, including finance, fraud prevention, identity verification, and clean energy. Its geographic presence includes San Francisco and New York.
Chalk's founding team brings over 35 years of combined experience from companies such as Google, Stripe, Affirm, and Palantir. The company states it hires for exceptional software craftsmanship and aims to build one of the world's leading software companies.
