CoreOS

Open source tools of modern distributed systems.

Y CombinatorSummer 2013AcquiredB2BInfrastructureOpen SourceDevOps

What they do

Problem

Organizations need secure, scalable, and resilient infrastructure to run and manage containerized distributed applications reliably.

Solution

CoreOS provides open source infrastructure components such as Container Linux and etcd to support container platforms like Kubernetes with secure OS updates and distributed configuration/storage.

Who it's for

Developers and enterprise IT/platform teams operating containerized applications and Kubernetes-based systems.

Founders

Alex Polvi

Founder/CEO

Company timeline

YC batchSummer 2013
StatusAcquired
Team size150 people
LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA

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