DigitalOcean
Simplifying cloud computing.
Founded in 2011, DigitalOcean intentionally targeted individual developers and indie hackers who found traditional platforms like AWS overwhelmingly complex. Offering predictable flat pricing, clean documentation, and SSD-backed instances, it cultivated immense developer loyalty. DigitalOcean completed its public IPO on the NYSE in 2021.
Active Founders
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Ben Uretsky
Co-Founder
Ben Uretsky led DigitalOcean during its early growth phases, building an intuitive alternative infrastructure product stack for modern software teams.
DigitalOcean
Founded2011
BatchS2012
Team Size1,400
StatusPublic
LocationNew York, NY, USA
CategoryData Infrastructure