Apoxy was founded by Matt Ward, Dmitry Ilyevsky in 2023.

Who are Apoxy's investors?

Apoxy's investors include Y Combinator, Character.

Where is Apoxy headquartered?

Apoxy is headquartered in San Francisco, US.

Apoxy

YC S23

San Francisco, US · Founded 2023 · 2 employees · 2 known investors

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Apoxy provides a hosted data plane for managing both ingress and egress traffic without sidecars, built on Envoy and the CNCF Gateway API for Kubernetes. It enables routing, load-balancing, authentication, and observability with support for serverless functions and edge deployment.

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Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S23)

Apoxy was founded in 2023 by Matt Ward and Dmitry Ilyevsky.

Matt Ward Co-Founder / CEOHe previously worked on YouTube's video player and APIs, and later on video APIs at Mux, with earlier experience in video engineering at CollegeHumor.

Dmitry Ilyevsky Co-FounderHe spent over 15 years in systems and networking roles at Google, Motorola, Cruise, Mux, and Render, focusing on compute infrastructure and networking systems.

Investors · 2

Y Combinatorlisted by Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K

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CharacterreportedMilwaukee · $2M

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Frequently asked questions

What does Apoxy do?: Apoxy provides a hosted data plane for managing both ingress and egress traffic without sidecars, built on Envoy and the CNCF Gateway API for Kubernetes. It enables routing, load-balancing, authentication, and observability with support for serverless functions and edge deployment.
Who founded Apoxy?: Apoxy was founded by Matt Ward, Dmitry Ilyevsky in 2023.
Who are Apoxy's investors?: Apoxy's investors include Y Combinator, Character.
Where is Apoxy headquartered?: Apoxy is headquartered in San Francisco, US.