Cloud Tech Startups for 2026
Managing and securing complex hybrid and multi-cloud networks remains a major operational hurdle for businesses running applications across public and private cloud systems, crn.com reported.
To help tame cloud complexity and control spending, CRN selected five infrastructure startups founded in 2020 or later for its Stellar Startups list, according to crn.com.
ClickHouse Cloud Scales Analytics
ClickHouse operates from Portola Valley, California, after its founding in 2021, crn.com reported.
The company builds a popular open-source columnar database designed for real-time analytics at high concurrency, according to crn.com.
ClickHouse Cloud serves over 4,000 customers, including Sony, Tesla, Lyft, Instacart, and Memorial Sloan Kettering, crn.com reported.
Komodor Automates Site Reliability
Komodor develops an autonomous AI site reliability engineering platform from its headquarters in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, crn.com reported.
Founded in 2020, the startup uses its Klaudia AI engine to maximize uptime and reduce cloud costs, according to crn.com.
Service providers use the platform for automated incident triage, remediation, and proactive failure prevention, crn.com reported.
Native Secures Multi-Cloud Controls
Native provides a cloud security control plane designed to enforce secure-by-design architecture across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and OCI, crn.com reported.
Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, the 2024 startup was co-founded by Amit Megiddo, who previously built GuardDuty at AWS, according to crn.com.
Native has raised $42 million from backers including General Catalyst, YL Ventures, and Ballistic Ventures, crn.com reported.
PointFive Targets Cloud Waste
PointFive develops a cloud and AI efficiency management platform founded in 2023 in New York, crn.com reported.
Its DeepWaste engine ships more than 500 weekly detections across AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Snowflake, Databricks, and AI workloads, according to crn.com.
The agentless system deploys in minutes and typically saves enterprise engineering teams 15 to 30 percent on cloud costs, crn.com reported.
Rootly Manages Incident Response
Rootly provides an AI-native incident response and on-call platform designed to help engineering teams resolve outages faster, crn.com reported.
Headquartered in San Francisco, the 2021 startup was founded by JJ Tang, according to crn.com.
The Rootly platform integrates with existing DevOps and ITSM tools to automate incident workflows, generate AI postmortems, and manage on-call schedules, crn.com reported.
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