Alauda

Founded in 2014 by the core founding team of Microsoft Azure cloud platform, Alauda is a leading enterprise in container services and enterprise-grade PaaS. The technical team possesses extensive experience in development, operation, and management of large-scale enterprise cloud platforms, with R&D centers in both Seattle and Beijing. In November 2017, Alauda secured a Series B funding of over 100 million RMB, strategically led by Tencent Cloud, with participation from Gaorong Capital and China Broadband Capital. As the first enterprise in the domestic container PaaS field to secure Series B funding, and the IT service enterprise with the highest valuation and largest financing amount to date, Alauda has established its leading position in this domain.

Alauda's core mission is to leverage revolutionary technology to help enterprises continuously innovate during their digital transformation. In 2017, Alauda launched Alauda EE, an enterprise-specific container PaaS platform supporting private deployment. Built on container technology, embracing DevOps principles, and designed for microservice applications, Alauda EE is a next-generation enterprise PaaS platform. It now serves numerous Fortune 500 clients in sectors such as finance, telecommunications, manufacturing, energy, aviation, and automotive, helping them achieve cloud-based infrastructure, modernized application architecture, and agile development processes.

As a core member of CNCF in China, Alauda was among the first to pass the "Kubernetes Conformance Certification Program" and received the official Kubernetes certification from CNCF, becoming a Certified Kubernetes Service Provider (KCSP). Additionally, Alauda is one of the first Linux Foundation/CNCF Authorized Training Partners (ATP) in China. Moving forward, Alauda will collaborate with CNCF to promote the adoption and industry implementation of Kubernetes across China, jointly fostering a global cloud-native ecosystem.