Founded in 2003, Linode predated AWS as an early pioneer of modern Linux-based cloud infrastructure hosting. It built a massive enterprise base completely via developer documentation support and performant server configurations. Linode was acquired by Akamai Technologies in 2022 for $900 million to expand edge delivery networks.
Active Founders
CA
Christopher Aker
Founder
Christopher established Linode on top of early open source virtualization layers to provide engineers clean command-line virtual machines without massive contract overheads.
Linode
Founded2003
BatchW2004
Team Size300
StatusPublic
LocationPhiladelphia, PA, USA
CategoryData Infrastructure