Speedscale

Accelerate development by simulating production conditions with real…

Y CombinatorSummer 2020ActiveB2BInfrastructureDeveloper ToolsDevSecOpsKubernetes

What they do

Problem

Engineering teams struggle to test software under realistic production conditions, leading to performance defects and slow, manual test cycles.

Solution

Speedscale replays sanitized real production traffic and simulates production-like conditions in Kubernetes to validate code and catch issues earlier.

Who it's for

Software engineers and DevOps/platform teams building and testing Kubernetes-based applications.

Founders

Ken Ahrens

Founder

Much of Ken’s career has been focused on helping companies develop and manage complex web applications. He previously ran North America teams for New Relic and CA/Broadcom. Previous startups included Pentaho (acquired by Hitachi), ITKO (acquired by CA/Broadcom) and ILC (acquired by General Dynamics). His first foray into programming started with a brand new language called Java at Georgia Tech and has grown into a lifetime interest.