# Ovais Tariq (slim)

> Ovais Tariq is co-founder and CEO. Tigris on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder and CEO.

Ovais Tariq is co-founder and CEO of Tigris Data, which he started in 2022 with former colleagues from Uber's storage team to build S3-compatible, globally distributed object storage.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ovaistariq/

## What Ovais builds

- [Tigris](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tigris.md), graded E, 44.7/100, in File storage & sharing. S3-compatible object storage that replicates objects towards where they're read, with no egress fees and one global endpoint (t3.storage.dev). Co-founder and CEO, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Himank Chaudhary](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/himank-chaudhary/), Co-founder and CTO
- [Yevgeniy Firsov](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/yevgeniy-firsov/), Co-founder and Chief Architect

## Backed by

- [Spark Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/spark-capital/)
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andreessen-horowitz/)
- [General Catalyst](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/general-catalyst/)
- [Basis Set Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/basis-set-ventures/)

## Questions

### Who is Ovais Tariq?

Ovais Tariq is co-founder and CEO of Tigris Data, which he started in 2022 with former colleagues from Uber's storage team to build S3-compatible, globally distributed object storage.

### What does Tigris Data make?

Anchor Terminal lists Tigris from Tigris Data.

### Who has invested in Tigris Data?

The sources our research read name Spark Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst and Basis Set Ventures.

### How are Ovais's tools graded?

Tigris is graded E, 44.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.tigrisdata.com/about/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ovaistariq/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/himankchaudhary/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/efirsov/
- https://www.tigrisdata.com/
- https://www.tigrisdata.com/docs/support/

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