Env0
Founded 2019 Β· 32 employees on LinkedIn Β· 7 known investors
env0 is an infrastructure-as-code (IaC) platform that standardizes deployment workflows across teams and departments, enabling consistent execution of plans, applies, validations, and post-deployment actions. The platform supports multiple IaC tools and helps organizations reduce bottlenecks, minimize errors, and maintain control as they scale.
Also known as env zero Β· env0 Β· envzero
Founders & leadership
Env0 was founded in 2019 by Omry Hay.
Investors Β· 7
Also in the syndicate Β· 2
Company profile
researched Aug 2026env0 (branded "env zero") provides a control plane for infrastructure as code that automates and governs cloud deployments. The platform connects to existing repositories in GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket and runs plans, applies, validations and post-deployment actions through reusable, version-controlled templates, Projects for grouping environments by team or lifecycle stage, and YAML-defined custom flows that add steps such as validation, scanning or integrations with Slack and Jira. It supports Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt, Pulumi and CloudFormation-related workflows, and can act as a remote state backend with state storage, locking and version history.
Governance capabilities include policy-as-code, role-based access control scoped at organization, project and environment level, SSO and user-group management, audit trails, approval workflows, and time-to-live settings that auto-destroy idle environments. Cost features cover pre-deploy cost estimation, budgets and alerts, and spend monitoring by team, project and environment. Additional modules include Cloud Compass for auditing IaC coverage, detecting "ClickOps" (manually created) assets and codifying them into Terraform or OpenTofu using GenAI-generated import blocks; drift detection, analysis and remediation; environment discovery for unmanaged resources; Cloud Analyst for AI-driven querying and visualization of infrastructure data; Code Optimizer (beta); and CloudQuery Insights.
The company positions the product as an "autonomous cloud control plane for the AI era," unifying declared and discovered infrastructure state into a single context layer that both engineers and AI agents can act on, including an agentic experience that connects coding agents to infrastructure and governance controls for autonomous agents.
Founding story
The company was founded in 2018 by Ohad Maislish (CEO) and Omry Hay (CTO), with the stated goal of driving the next phase of infrastructure-as-code adoption.
Business model
Software platform sold to engineering, platform and DevOps organizations, with a free tier ("full-featured IaC orchestration, free forever") alongside paid enterprise offerings featuring SSO, RBAC, audit logging and enterprise integrations; prospects are converted through self-service sign-up and scheduled demos.
Subscription software with a free tier and paid plans; enterprise deployments emphasize governance, cost control and integration features.
Traction
Publicly named customers and case-study subjects include Western Union, Automation Anywhere, PayPal, VMware, MGM Resorts International, Infura, Salt Security, WalkMe, Virgin, Pleo, ZipCo, Adaptavist (700+ environments), ActiveFence, SumerSports and Elevate. The company reported 450% growth in 2022 alongside new customer signings.
Latest developments
Recent announcements include a merger with CloudQuery to create a unified cloud intelligence platform, the launch of CloudQuery Insights, a free-forever tier for IaC orchestration, an agentic experience that points coding agents at infrastructure, environment tagging, Code Optimizer (beta), and a migration wizard for teams moving from HCP Terraform (Terraform Cloud).
βΈFull profile β market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Positioned as a dedicated IaC automation and governance platform and an alternative to HCP Terraform (Terraform Cloud), Atlantis and general-purpose CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins for infrastructure workflows, emphasizing avoidance of IaC tool vendor lock-in through multi-framework support.
Purpose-built for IaC workflows rather than adapted from generic CI/CD, with native state management, drift detection and remediation, policy-as-code, cost guardrails and multi-framework support (Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt, Pulumi); adds discovery and codification of unmanaged cloud resources and an agent-oriented context layer unifying declared and discovered state.
Technology
A cloud control plane layered on top of existing IaC tooling. It integrates with Git providers to trigger plan/apply on pull-request events, executes deployments via templates and workflows across Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt and Pulumi, manages remote state with locking and history, injects cloud credentials at deploy time without exposing secrets, and applies policy-as-code and RBAC. AI/GenAI components are used to codify unmanaged resources into IaC (Cloud Compass), query and visualize infrastructure data (Cloud Analyst), and support agent-driven infrastructure operations.
Go-to-market
Product-led motion combining a free tier and self-service environment creation with enterprise sales and technical demos; supported by extensive content marketing (Terraform/OpenTofu tutorials, comparison guides, drift-detection material), published customer case studies, migration tooling and wizards aimed at teams moving off HCP Terraform (Terraform Cloud), and conference talks such as PlatformCon and DevOpsCon.
Platform, DevOps, SRE and cloud infrastructure teams in mid-market and large enterprises that manage infrastructure as code across many teams, accounts and environments.
Geography
Israeli-founded company serving engineers worldwide, with remote-friendly hiring.
History
Founded in 2018 by CEO Ohad Maislish and CTO Omry Hay, the company raised a $17 million Series A led by Microsoft's venture fund, then extended that round in March 2023 with an additional $18.1 million to a $35.1 million total, bringing cumulative funding to $41.9 million. The product expanded from Terraform workflow automation into broader cloud governance, cost management and drift remediation, and in a 2026 announcement env0 and CloudQuery said they would merge to form a unified cloud intelligence platform. Steve Corndell is listed as Chief Executive Officer and Oved Lourie as Chief Technology Officer on the company's leadership page.
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Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed β not independently audited.
Competitors Β· 7
by search overlap
Companies competing with Env0 for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
Timeline Β· 9
launches, deals, and filingsenv0 and CloudQuery announced a merger to create what they describe as the industry's first unified cloud intelligence platform.
Company leadership page lists Steve Corndell as CEO and a member of the board of directors, and Oved Lourie as Chief Technology Officer.
Beta feature for improving and safeguarding infrastructure code directly inside Git repositories.
Capability allowing users to point coding agents at their infrastructure.
Product launch aimed at eliminating manual cloud investigation for platform teams.
env0 secured an additional $18.1 million to conclude its Series A at $35.1 million, bringing total funding to $41.9 million. Led by Venture Guides, with new investors StepStone Group and Knollwood Investment Advisory and existing investors boldstart ventures, Grove Ventures, Microsoft's M12 and Crescendo Venture Partners. Funds are earmarked for R&D on products that scale customer cloud operations.
$18.1M source β
env0 raised $17 million in Series A funding, led by Microsoft's venture fund, to develop its cloud-based infrastructure-as-code control plane.
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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
βΈResearch sources Β· 8
primary sources listed
- Env0env0.com Β· web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Env0 do?
- env0 is an infrastructure-as-code management and cloud governance platform for automating Terraform, OpenTofu and Terragrunt deployments.
- Who founded Env0?
- Env0 was founded by Omry Hay in 2019.
- Who are Env0's investors?
- Env0's investors include Crescendo Venture Partners, M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund), Mango Capital, Venture Guides Management, L.P., Zag Capital.