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Nimbus

DefunctYC W21

Seattle, US · Founded 2020 · 3 employees · 3 known investors

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Nimbus provides automated cost optimization for Datadog customers, reducing their observability expenses without requiring manual intervention from engineering teams.

Also known as Dendron

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareArtificial IntelligenceInfrastructureOperationsUnited States of AmericaAmerica / CanadaPartly Remote

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W21)

Nimbus was founded in 2020 by Kevin Lin.

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Kevin Linin𝕏FounderKevin Lin previously worked as a developer at Amazon and founded Dendron, a knowledge management platform. He is now building Nimbus, which addresses cloud cost optimization.

Investors · 3

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K
Atlas VenturereportedCambridge · $500K – $1M
GV (Google Ventures)reportedMountain View · $250K – $50M

Competitors · 4

by search overlap
Datadog11 shared keywordsDatadog is a cloud-based monitoring and security platform that provides observability, analytics, and protection for infrastructure, applications, and data across enterprises. The platform serves development, security, and operations teams managing cloud-native and hybrid environments.
StatusGator5 shared keywordsStatusGator monitors cloud services, hosted applications, and websites and aggregates their statuses into a single, customizable status page for IT and helpdesk teams. It alerts teams to outages and lets them communicate incidents to employees and clients to reduce support tickets, with integrations for tools like Slack, Microsoft Teams, and PagerDuty.
Qiita4 shared keywordsQiita provides platforms for engineers to record, share, and collaborate on technical knowledge and documentation. The company operates in the developer tools and knowledge-sharing space.
Nullstone4 shared keywordsNullstone provides a developer-focused platform for self-service cloud infrastructure management across multiple providers, eliminating the need for DevOps expertise. The platform automates deployment, environment configuration, and observability for container, serverless, and static applications.

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In the news

Nimbus Therapeutics raises $210 million in one of the larger fundraising rounds this yearstatnews.com · Sep 2023Nimbus tacks on $210M in funding as investors swat away IRA concerns | Fierce Biotechfiercebiotech.com · Sep 2023Nimbus raises $125M to advance rival to Bristol Myers’ new psoriasis drug | BioPharma Divebiopharmadive.com · Sep 2022Nimbus raises $105M for multifront TYK2 clinical trial program | Fierce Biotechfiercebiotech.com · Jul 2021

Frequently asked questions

What does Nimbus do?
Nimbus provides automated cost optimization for Datadog customers, reducing their observability expenses without requiring manual intervention from engineering teams.
Who founded Nimbus?
Nimbus was founded by Kevin Lin in 2020.
Who are Nimbus's investors?
Nimbus's investors include Y Combinator, Atlas Venture, GV (Google Ventures).
Where is Nimbus headquartered?
Nimbus is headquartered in Seattle, US.