BettrData, Baseten and StepSecurity are among the 10 hottest DevOps startups so far this year.
A data operations workflow automation platform. Artificial intelligence model management application programming interface. How to enhance security in continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines.
BettrData, Baseten and StepSecurity are among the vendors named to CRN’s “10 Hottest DevOps Startups for 2024” list for their technology advancing dev-ops practices in the era of generative AI and an unprecedented volume of cybersecurity attacks.
These companies impressed CRN with the services they offer and the venture capital funding they have accumulated in 2024. The list only includes U.S.-based startups founded within the last five years.
Harness, for example, secured a staggering $150 million in funding in May, but the vendor was founded in 2017.
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DevOps Startups 2024
Using data from Crunchbase, CRN took a closer look at some of the early standout DevOps startups for 2024. The companies listed also show that innovation in DevOps and software delivery isn’t just happening at the biggest tech companies.
Other articles in CRN’s “2024 (So Far)” series include the 10 best-funded AI startups, the 10 hottest data science and machine learning tools, and the 10 hottest new products and tools from Amazon Web Services.
Read on to learn more about the hottest DevOps startups in 2024 so far.
Betting Data
main office: Golden, Colorado
CEO: Aaron Dix
BettrData provides a data operations workflow automation platform that streamlines data operations management and processes, improving speed, efficiency and compliance.
The Golden, Colorado-based startup’s platform has generated interest from investors, and in April the company disclosed that it had raised a $2.2 million seed round of funding with participation from Range Ventures, SaaS Ventures and Greater Colorado Venture Fund, according to BettrData.
BettrData’s low-code, no-code tools and services help developers transform and enrich data, synchronize data in real-time, and meet various security standards such as Service Organization Control Type 2 (SOC 2) and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
CEO Aaron Dix founded BettrData in 2020, according to his LinkedIn account. His bio states he worked at Gloo, a software platform for churches, for about three years, leaving the company in 2022 as director of data engineering.
Tiny Bird
main office: new york
CEO: Jorge Gomez Sancha
In June, Tinybird raised a $30 million Series B funding round to improve the brand of its real-time data analytics platform, with participation from Balderton Capital, CRV, Singular and Crane.
The New York-based startup is positioning its platform as a way to integrate streams, files, tables and more without custom scripts or additional tools, and the developer experience is aimed at building data products faster using SQL and Git.
Developers can build multi-tenant web applications that query the Tinybird application programming interface (API) directly from a browser, as well as Tinybird Charts for building in-product dashboards and visualizations.
CEO Jorge Gomez Sancha co-founded Tinybird in 2019. His background includes more than two years at location intelligence company Carto, where he left the company with the title of Chief Development Officer.
Chronosphere
main office: new york
CEO: Martin Mao
Chronosphere kicked off this year with a $115 million Series C funding round and continues to refine its platform for data observability, developers, and DevOps.
According to Chronosphere, the New York-based startup’s recent advancements include a public API for Trace Datasets, allowing users to create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) datasets programmatically.
Users now also have access to auto-tallying delta counters, dual Y-axis support in dashboards, and a telemetry pipeline for log management processes.
CEO Martin Mao Mao co-founded Chronosphere in 2019. He previously worked at Uber for about four years, where he left with the title of engineering manager, according to his LinkedIn account.
Chronosphere also has a channel partner program with pricing incentives, marketing incentives, and more.
Unzip the script
main office: San Jose, California
CEO: Abhishek Saxena
UnSkript aims to be a companion to platform and DevOps teams, solving recurring problems and finding issues that arise from known patterns.
In January, the startup’s technology helped raise $3.7 million. UnSkript says its technology uses generative AI and adaptive health checks to diagnose and fix problems in Kubernetes clusters.
CEO Abhishek Saxena co-founded UnSkript in 2021, according to his LinkedIn account. He was co-founder of Orkus and served as chief technology officer of the AI-based identity and access management (IAM) tool until the company was sold to SailPoint.
He also worked off and on at Cisco Systems for about 10 years, leaving the networking giant as director of engineering in 2016.
Base Ten
main office: San Francisco
CEO: Tuhin Srivastava
Baseten’s model management API enables developers to build customized continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) tools for AI-related projects.
Ultimately, the San Francisco-based startup’s goal is to reduce the time it takes for users to scale AI inference into production, promising model throughput of up to 1,500 tokens per second and faster time to first token. Baseten is also the company behind Truss, an open-source framework for writing model server code in Python.
In March, Baseten raised $40 million in Series B funding with participation from IVP, Spark, Greylock, South Park Commons, Lachy Groom and Base Case.
CEO Tuhin Srivastava co-founded Baseten in 2019, according to his LinkedIn account.
Cube
main office: San Francisco
CEO: Artyom Kaydunov
A code-first, developer-centric approach to data is one of the selling points of Cube, a startup that offers tools to help with CI/CD, isolated environments, version control, and code review for data management.
In June, Cube raised $25 million in a funding round with participation from Databricks Ventures, Decibel, Bain Capital Ventures, Eniac Ventures and 645 Ventures.
Since announcing the new capital, Cube has introduced an integration with the Klipfolio PowerMetrics metrics platform and announced a preview of semantic cataloging and AI assistance for natural language queries.
With this new funding, Cube has committed to further advancements in data modeling, low-code tooling, interoperability, performance, and AI-enabled data intelligence.
Cube also has a partner program for consultants and other partner model types.
Better Stack
main office: San Francisco
CEO: Juraj Masar
Incident management, incident silencing, and log management are just some of the features that Better Stack offers.
The San Francisco-based startup says its tools help developers visualize their entire stack, aggregate logs into structured data, and use SQL to query it all like a single database.
In January, Better Stack raised a $10 million funding round with participation from Kaya, Box CEO Aaron Levie, and former UiPath managing director Kulpreet Singh.
CEO Juraj Masar co-founded Better Stack in 2021, according to his LinkedIn account. His bio states he worked at Represent.com for more than three years, leaving the company in 2017 with the title of vice president of engineering.
Loft Lab
main office: San Francisco
CEO: Lucas Gentele
vCluster virtual Kubernetes clusters and DevPod environment creation and management tools allow Loft Labs to insulate itself from the noisy world of development tools, enabling faster, more cost-effective resources.
Startup Loft Labs said it raised $24 million in Series A funding in April led by Khosla Ventures. At the same time, the company rolled out a beta version of a new vCluster release with a new command line interface (CLI), default backing store for small instances, and integrated Helm charts.
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In May, the startup updated DevPod with a number of enhancements, including an improved user interface (UI), the ability to bulk stop and delete workspaces, and improved sorting.
CEO Lucas Gentele co-founded Loft Labs in 2020, according to his LinkedIn account. He previously co-founded and led Kubernetes and cloud computing consulting firm Covexo as CEO.
Psychode
main office: new york
CEO: Lior Levi
AI-driven detection of critical code changes, an Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) marketplace, and the acquisition of a Static Application Security Testing (SAST) tool provider are just some of the ways Cycode has taken the DevOps security market by storm.
The New York-based startup aims to provide developers with a complete ASPM product that consolidates and replaces testing tools, providing vulnerability visibility and remediation capabilities.
AI-driven Material code change detection flags new features, architectural changes, and other actions with detailed contextual descriptions, including security impact.
The marketplace offers connectors and integrations that complement your security workflow.
With the Bearer acquisition now complete, Cycode’s platform should see further advancements in data leak prevention and API detection.
CEO Lior Levy co-founded Psycode in 2019, according to his LinkedIn account. His resume states that he spent over a year at Symantec before leaving the company with the title of security architect. He also served as a senior software developer for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
Cycode offers partner programs for a variety of partner types, including CRN 2024 Solution Provider 500 members Optiv and Evotek.
Step Security
main office: Seattle
CEO: Varun Sharma
Inspired by the lack of security in CI/CD pipelines discovered after the SolarWinds and Codecov breaches, StepSecurity promises users a platform that will enhance security when leveraging GitHub Actions.
StepSecurity says the startup has methods to implement network egress controls, detect risks and misconfigurations, replace actions without forking, and enable automated pull requests.
To continue its efforts, StepSecurity secured a $3 million seed round of funding in May. Participants in the round included Runtime Ventures, Inner Loop Capital, SaaS Ventures, DeVC, Sekhar Sarukkai, co-founder and former chief scientist at Skyhigh Security, Lucas Moody, chief information security officer at Alteryx, and Deepen Desai, chief security officer at Zscaler.
In June, StepSecurity revealed that its supply chain attack prevention service, Harden-Runner, had more than 3,500 repositories on GitHub, and had gained about 500 more in less than two months.
CEO Varun Sharma founded the startup in 2021, according to his LinkedIn account. He previously worked at Microsoft for over 14 years, leaving the company with the title of Principal Security Software Engineering Manager.
