Ponder

Ponder is a technology company established by the developers of Modin, an open-source library designed to scale pandas operations on distributed systems such as Ray or Dask. The company specializes in optimizing Python data workflows to operate efficiently within cloud-native data warehouses such as Snowflake, BigQuery, and Redshift. Ponder’s technology translates Python workflows into SQL, enabling data scientists to run Pandas and NumPy at scales ranging from megabytes to terabytes without modifying their existing code. This approach not only maintains a pandas-native experience that is quick to prototype but also ensures scalability and reliability within a data warehouse environment. The underlying technology of Ponder is based on extensive academic research from UC Berkeley’s RISE Lab. Modin, developed by Ponder, has gained widespread adoption in various sectors, evidenced by over 8 million downloads and 8,000 GitHub stars, reflecting significant community engagement and validation.