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Founded in 2014 by former Microsoft Azure core engineers. Independently owned and operated. Headquartered in Singapore. Serving 500+ enterprises on four continents.
Enterprise infrastructure is at an inflection point. AI is redefining what platforms must do, while vendor consolidation is narrowing who enterprises can turn to.
Alauda was founded by Yue Zuo (CEO) and Kai Chen (CTO), both former Microsoft Azure founding engineers and Principal Engineering Managers who built core Azure infrastructure from the ground up. They left to build an independent platform that would outlast any single company's roadmap.
Over ten years, Alauda earned the trust of institutions where failure is not an option: 500+ enterprise customers, over 2 million vCores in production, serving the world's largest banks, state-owned enterprises, and government systems.
Deep expertise in OS kernels, virtualization, and networking. Former founding engineer and Principal Engineering Manager at Microsoft Azure, leading the Windows Container team.
15+ years of experience with hyperscale, enterprise-grade computing platform development. Former founding engineer and Principal Engineering Manager at Microsoft Azure, leading core infrastructure.
Infrastructure belongs to the customer. We build platforms that run anywhere — on-prem, air-gapped, or in any cloud.
For over a decade, our entire engineering organization has been focused on one thing: production-grade cloud-native and AI infrastructure. No pivots, no distractions — just sustained, compounding expertise. 99.99% availability with zero-downtime failover.
We are in the trenches with our customers. Our founders led the first bank deployments, and that culture persists.
We amplify open source; we don't fork it. Built on open technologies — Kubernetes, vLLM — maintaining full upstream compatibility.
Yue Zuo and Kai Chen leave Microsoft Azure to build an independent enterprise platform.
First production deployment in a major Chinese bank.
Alauda Container Platform reaches 500+ enterprise customers.
Major banks across Southeast Asia and Africa become lighthouse global customers.
Alauda AI launches with sovereign inference and model management.
International contract value grows 20x. Customers on four continents.
Autonomous operations platform completes the cloud-native and AI infrastructure stack.
Talk to our team about how Alauda delivers sovereign infrastructure for your enterprise.
Sovereign, cloud-native and AI enterprise infrastructure. Headquartered in Singapore.
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