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Announcing our investment in Cortex
Scale is thrilled to announce our lead investment in the Series C of Cortex. Cortex is an Internal Developer Portal...
Announcing our investment in QA Wolf
We are excited to announce that Scale is leading the $36M Series B of QA Wolf. When it comes to testing software,...
Announcing our investment in Permit.io
We are excited to announce that Scale has led the $8M Series A round at Permit.io, creator of the full-stack...
The most important announcement from re:Invent: S3 Express
Read any AWS reInvent recap from a major outlet and you’ll hear all about the AI news: new chips, new models, and...
Peeking under the hood with ChatGPT plugins
The way these plugins are designed is as open as I can possibly imagine, which means we can peek under the hood at how...
The Secret to Selling Software Is Not Selling Software
Scale partner Eric Anderson observes that for software startups, distribution is often more important than unique technology.
Web3 Weekend
With the spotlight on web3 and questions of decentralization vs. centralization, Scale's Eric Anderson discusses the...
Creator-User-Buyer Is a Mouthful. It’s Also a Major Trend in Enterprise Software.
If you want to see the future of software, watch what product teams are buying or building.
Is AWS Coming for Your Startup? Notes from re:Invent 2019
In a closed-door VC briefing, AWS provided a surprisingly direct description of how it decides whether to enter a new market.
Will Open Source Get More Open in 2020?
Recent moves from Cloudera, Yugabyte, and Chef show their interest in getting more open. Though it’s too soon to say...
KubeCon Keeps Getting Bigger and Better
A venture investor's perspective on a few of the hottest topics at 2019 KubeCon - MultiCloudCon
A Taxonomy for Open Source Software Companies: Governance and Commercialization
An analysis of the successful governance approaches and commercialization paths for starting a successful open source software company
Why Your Next Open Source Project May Only Be an Interface
We are likely to see more open interfaces and metaframeworks emerge, but they have their drawbacks
Making Sense of a Crazy Year in Open Source
Commentary on the ongoing open source licensing wars, and Chef’s refreshing return to classic open source