DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean provides developer-focused cloud infrastructure and AI products, including virtual machines, managed databases, Kubernetes and an AI inference cloud, for developers and small-to-medium-sized businesses.
DigitalOcean is a developer-focused cloud computing platform founded in 2012 and headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado. The company provides cloud infrastructure and AI products aimed at developers and small-to-medium-sized businesses, with a stated mission of simplifying cloud computing and AI so that builders can spend more time creating software. It serves more than 640,000 customers worldwide and employs over 1,000 people.
Its product line began with Droplet, a virtual machine that can be spun up in minutes, and has since expanded to cover a wider range of infrastructure and application needs. The platform now includes Managed Databases, a fully managed database service; Kubernetes, a managed container orchestration service; and App Platform, for modern application deployment. Most recently, the company launched Gradient AI Inference Cloud for building and scaling AI-powered applications, reflecting its move towards what it describes as an "agentic cloud".
Technical work at DigitalOcean spans cloud computing, virtual machines, managed databases, Kubernetes, application deployment platforms and AI inference. The company's stated orientation is a singular focus on simplicity, a thread running back to its founding aim of reducing the complexity that distracted developers from creating software. It serves a broad community, from students learning to code through to rapidly scaling businesses.