- Ubicloud aims to provide an open source alternative to AWS by offering core cloud computing services on affordable bare-metal servers.
- The focus is currently on compute, PostgreSQL database service, networking capabilities, with plans to add block storage and Kubernetes-based container service.
- Co-founders have experience with Citus Data and Azure, and the company recently raised a $16 million seed round.
And OpenStack is a mature open source project, tried, true, used in all sorts of data centers large and small, supported by multiple vendors. I’d take it any day before 10 VC-funded guys’ project. I mean good for them for skinning that cat and if it gains a real community, I might bite.