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Nestybox

Enables Linux containers to act as super fast & efficient VMs

Y CombinatorSummer 2020AcquiredB2BInfrastructureDeveloper ToolsDevSecOps

What they do

Problem

Traditional virtual machines are costly and less flexible for running VM-like workloads compared to containers, limiting container use cases in enterprises.

Solution

Sysbox is a container runtime that integrates with Docker and Kubernetes to run Linux containers with VM-like isolation and capabilities at higher efficiency.

Who it's for

Software engineers and enterprise platform/DevOps teams running containerized infrastructure on Docker and Kubernetes.

Founders

Cesar Talledo
Founder

Entrepreneur & software engineer. Driven by a passion to improve efficiency & ease-of-use of computer systems. This passion led me to co-found Nestybox, a company that is pushing Linux containers beyond apps and into the realm of VMs. Expertise & experience in: - Linux containers - Server virtualization - Operating systems - Computer hardware 20+ years of engineering experience (VMware and Integrated Device Technologies). Graduate of UC Irvine and SCU. Born in Lima, Peru.

Rodny Molina
Founder (acquired)

Software Engineer with 20+ years of experience in distributed network systems, data-center infrastructure and cloud-native technologies (Linkedin, Ericsson, Juniper Networks, Lucent, Broadnet, etc). Co-founded Nestybox with the ultimate goal of maximizing compute utilization and portability while reducing infrastructure costs. B.S. Computer Science at University of Illinois. Changed countries almost as often as companies; spent a third of my live in each of these: Cuba (born), Spain, USA.

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