solo.io

Solo.io, enables companies to take the next step in their cloud journey. Our platform enables Kubernetes, Zero-Trust, APIs and Microservices.

The Solo.io Story

Founded in 2017 in Cambridge, MA, Solo.io is the industry’s leading cloud-native application networking company. We connect, secure and observe the world’s Kubernetes applications and APIs. Our Gloo Platform is used by hundreds of companies worldwide, across more than a dozen industries. For most companies, the Gloo Platform is the next step in their cloud journey.

Solo.io’s customers are a mix of established Fortune 2000 global leaders, as well as new Cloud-native disruptors. Our customers are forward-looking companies that want to differentiate themselves through innovative digital experiences. They are market leaders in every industry and every geography.

All Solo.io products are based on open source technologies, such as Istio, Envoy, Kubernetes, Cilium, eBPF, GraphQL, WebAssembly, Linux and many others.

Solo.io has a world-class engineering team, with contributors to some of the industry’s largest and most widely used CNCF open source projects. They are Technology Leaders, Thought Leaders and Creators of the leading open-source, cloud-native Application Networking technologies (Istio, Envoy, Cilium, eBPF, GraphQL, Wasm, etc.) Solo.io holds leadership positions in the Istio Steering and Technical Oversight Committees, as well as being a significant contributor and innovator in both the Istio and Envoy communities.

Solo.io has been been recognized for a number of industry awards, including:

• Gartner Cool Vendor (2019)

• InfoWorld Technology of the Year (2022)

• CRN’s Top 10 Hottest Startups (2022)

• SDTimes Best in Show for Software Development – APIs (2022)

• Best Open Source Training for Cloud-native Apps (2022)

• GigaOm Service Mesh Market Leader & Outperformer (2022, 2021)

• Stratus Cloud Computing, Kubernetes (2022)

In 2021, Solo.io received $135M in Series C funding at $1B valuation, with investment from leading VC funds Altimeter Capital, Redpoint Ventures and True Ventures. In total, Solo.io has received $175M in venture funding. Solo.io operates as a remote-first company, with regional presence in North America, Europe and APAC.