About
Lukas Gentele is Co-Founder and CEO of vCluster Labs, which develops software for cloud and AI infrastructure operators. The company offers three products: vMetal for bare metal provisioning and machine lifecycle management, vCluster for Kubernetes tenant clusters with virtual control planes, and vNode for runtime-level security in AI workloads. vCluster's technology is deployed across more than 100,000 GPUs in production environments and holds CNCF certification.
Experience
- vClusterCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- DevSpace TechnologiesCo-Founder & CEO2019 — 2021
- Berkeley SkyDeckSkyDeck Accelerator Program2019Berkeley, California, United States
- Institute for Enterprise Systems (InES)Research Assistant2013 — 2014
- University of MannheimResearch Assistant @ Chair of Artificial Intelligence2012 — 2013
- Web Management Systems (Self-Employed)Co-Founder & CEO2009 — 2012
Skills & more
Java1Artificial Intelligence (AI)2Natural Language Processing (NLP)1Vectorization1Enterprise ArchitectureSystems DesignInvestor RelationsFundraisingEntrepreneurshipGo-to-Market StrategyContainer OrchestrationOpen Source Platforms
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Cloud InfrastructureData Center ArchitectureProduct ManagementCloud-Computing IaaSContainerizationKubernetesWeb TechnologiesMicro ServicesGPU InfrastructureSystems ResearchMulti-Tenant ArchitectureAI Clusters- Speaker: KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2020 - Talk: "Sharing Clusters: Learnings From Building a Namespace On-Demand Platform" — The Linux Foundation
- Speaker: KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2021 - Talk: "Beyond Namespaces: Virtual Clusters are the Future of Multi-Tenancy" — The Linux Foundation
From Lukas's professional profile.
Colleagues at EMERGENT VENTURES
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Managing Partner at EMERGENT VENTURES
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Anupam Rastogi
Managing Partner at EMERGENT VENTURES
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VP of Tech & Platform, Glean at EMERGENT VENTURES
Indra Singhal
Operating Partner at EMERGENT VENTURES
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Head of Finance at EMERGENT VENTURES
Marc Manara
Head of Startups, OpenAI at EMERGENT VENTURES
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Niha Gottiparthy
Investor at EMERGENT VENTURES
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Lukas Gentele?
- Lukas Gentele is Co-Founder and CEO of vCluster Labs, which develops software for cloud and AI infrastructure operators. The company offers three products: vMetal for bare metal provisioning and machine lifecycle management, vCluster for Kubernetes tenant clusters with virtual control planes, and vNode for runtime-level security in AI workloads. vCluster's technology is deployed across more than 100,000 GPUs in production environments and holds CNCF certification.
- Where does Lukas Gentele work?
- Lukas Gentele is CEO, vCluster at EMERGENT VENTURES.
- Where did Lukas Gentele go to school?
- Lukas Gentele studied at University of Mannheim (Master of Science, Computer Science & Management of Enterprise Information Systems); University of Mannheim (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Information Systems).
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