Company
Date Published
Author
Ivan Burazin
Word count
946
Language
English
Hacker News points
1

Summary

The developer environment management company, Daytona, has secured an additional $5M in funding led by Upfront Ventures, bringing its total funding to $7M. This fresh capital will help the company democratize access to its tool, which was initially designed for large enterprises, and address the "works on my machine" problem affecting a significant portion of developers worldwide. By open-sourcing key components under the Apache 2.0 license, Daytona aims to enable every developer to solve this issue, regardless of their size or work environment. The company's ARR nearly doubled within six months after its last funding round and has already amassed over 2000 GitHub stars in a short period, demonstrating strong support from the developer community. With this new funding, Daytona plans to tackle the "works on my machine" issue and make software development more accessible and efficient for all developers.