What Edera does

Edera, Inc. is a Seattle-based enterprise infrastructure security company founded in 2024 by Emily Long, Ariadne Conill, and Alex Zenla. The company's core product, Edera Protect, is a container-native Type-1 hypervisor (internally code-named Krata) built on a stripped-down version of Xen and substantially rewritten in memory-safe Rust. Each Kubernetes pod runs in its own hardware-isolated "zone" with a dedicated kernel, memory, and device namespace, eliminating the shared-kernel attack surface inherent in conventional container runtimes while maintaining throughput within 5% of native speeds and zone startup of 766ms. The platform integrates with existing Kubernetes clusters via a single line of YAML and extends to GPU infrastructure through hardware-enforced PCIe passthrough isolation (Edera for GPUs / Edera Protect AI). Surrounding components include the Styrolite container runtime, ocirender Rust OCI image library, Sprout bootloader, OpenPaX memory-safety project, and the Am-I-Isolated benchmark.

Edera serves enterprise platform engineering and security teams running large Kubernetes and AI infrastructures, with named reference customers including Nscale (AI/GPU cloud) and Elastic. Its go-to-market is enterprise field sales (demo-led, quote-based contracts) augmented by an active event presence across KubeCon, PlatformCon, Open Source Summit, RustConf, and QCon; a community-led open-source strategy seeding developer adoption; and a federal channel via Carahsoft and AWS GovCloud targeting FedRAMP/DoD-compliant agencies and contractors. Revenue derives primarily from annual subscription enterprise software licensing governed by a Software License Agreement (last updated August 2025), with additional revenue from authorized resellers and a no-fee evaluation/trial license for non-production use. The company has raised approximately $20M across a $5M seed (Sept 2024, led by 645 Ventures and Eniac Ventures) and a $15M Series A (Feb 2025, led by M12/Microsoft's venture fund with In-Q-Tel participation).

Name

Edera

Legal name

Edera, Inc.

Website

https://edera.dev

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Edera is a Seattle-based infrastructure security company founded in 2024 that builds a Rust-based Type-1 hypervisor (Edera Protect / Krata) delivering per-workload kernel isolation for Kubernetes and AI workloads. It sells annual enterprise subscriptions to platform engineering and security teams, with named customers including Nscale and Elastic and federal availability via Carahsoft and AWS GovCloud.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Container Runtime Security

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Container Platforms & Orchestration (Kubernetes) (HDABADAF)

Keywords

• Container runtime security
• Kubernetes workload isolation
• Hypervisor-based containers
• GPU workload isolation
• Secure container platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Enterprise software licensing: Recurring and term-limited software licensing under Edera's Software License Agreement, with fees specified per Order/Product Description, paid in USD with 30-day payment terms. Includes optional Maintenance & Support.
2. Evaluation / trial licensing: Short-term evaluation or trial licenses provided on an "as-is" basis with no indemnification, support, or warranties, restricted to internal evaluation only and not for production or commercial use.
3. Federal market sales via Carahsoft / AWS GovCloud: Channel-driven sales to U.S. federal agencies and contractors through Carahsoft partnership and availability on AWS GovCloud, addressing FedRAMP and DoD compliance requirements.
4. Authorized reseller channel: Customers may place orders through Edera-authorized resellers; reseller collects fees and handles applicable refunds, but is not authorized to modify the Agreement or make commitments on Edera's behalf.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion5 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Edera builds a hardened container runtime platform centered on Krata, a Type-1 hypervisor built on a stripped-down version of Xen and largely rewritten in memory-safe Rust. The platform runs each Kubernetes workload in its own isolated micro-VM (a "zone") with a dedicated kernel, delivering VM-grade isolation with performance within 5% of native speeds. The offering is productized as Edera Protect, Edera for Containers, Edera for GPUs, and Edera Protect AI.

Product overview

Edera's offering is a single unified platform built around its proprietary Hardened Runtime, with multiple branded products and modules sitting on top of a shared core. The core technology is Krata, a Type-1 hypervisor built on a stripped-down Xen and largely rewritten in memory-safe Rust, which delivers the foundational hardware-enforced workload isolation. On top of Krata sits Edera Protect (the GA platform, v1.0 available since April 2025), with Edera Protect AI as its AI-workload-focused variant. Two productized offerings sit on the platform: Edera for Containers (per-workload kernel isolation for Kubernetes) and Edera for GPUs (vendor-agnostic control plane with hardware-enforced PCIe passthrough isolation for GPU infrastructure). Supporting components include Styrolite (a Linux container runtime built from scratch), OpenPaX (Linux application memory safety), Sprout (an open-source Rust-based bootloader), the Am I Isolated benchmark, and the ocirender Rust library for fast OCI image assembly. The newest offering, EderaOn, is a single-node lab environment being rolled out starting June 2026.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Edera Protect: Container-native Type-1 hypervisor product for secure Kubernetes workloads and AI infrastructure.
• Edera Protect AI
• ocirender
• Sprout
• Styrolite
• Krata

Products and services

• Edera Protect Container-native Type-1 hypervisor platform that isolates every workload in its own lightweight zone with a private kernel and memory, preventing container escapes by design while maintaining near-native speed and full Kubernetes compatibility. For enterprise platform and security teams running large Kubernetes or AI infrastructures.
• Edera Protect AI AI-focused variant of Edera Protect that automates GPU configuration and enhances security for AI infrastructure. Designed to support AI training and inference workloads with hardware-enforced workload isolation.
• Edera for Containers Per-workload kernel isolation platform for Kubernetes that eliminates the shared-kernel problem by running each workload in its own Micro VM with a private Linux kernel. For enterprise platform and security teams running large Kubernetes infrastructures.
• Edera for GPUs Vendor-agnostic control plane for GPU infrastructure built on hardware-enforced PCIe passthrough isolation. Slices and shares GPU servers across tenants safely, contains GPU failures to a single workload boundary, and supports secure multi-tenant AI training and inference.
• EderaOn Single-node lab environment providing hands-on access to Edera's isolation technology for standing up a secure multi-tenant cluster and deploying AI agents with enforced blast-radius boundaries.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduces infrastructure attack surface by up to 95%
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability7 records

Feature12 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship technology partnership, core channel partner (federal), strategic alliance, core technology partner, core integration, strategic collaboration, security audit partner, ecosystem co-host, media co-host and minor co-host.

• Minimusflagship technology partnershipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 May 2026Announced May 18, 2026, Edera and Minimus partnered to deliver end-to-end container security for critical infrastructure, combining Minimus's hardened, minimal, continuously patched container images with Edera's hypervisor-backed runtime isolation that runs each workload in its own micro-VM. The combined two-layer defense targets financial services, federal agencies, and critical infrastructure operators, addressing both build-time attack surface reduction and runtime isolation, aligned with NIST guidelines and zero-trust budgets.
• Carahsoftcore channel partner (federal)Channel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 December 2025Partnered with Carahsoft in December 2025 to make Edera's hardened runtime available to U.S. federal agencies and contractors via AWS GovCloud, addressing FedRAMP and DoD compliance requirements for secure container workloads.
• NVIDIAstrategic allianceStrategic or Co-development PartnerReported as a "Strategic Alliance" in July 2025 with Edera building GPU security capabilities, including Edera's GPU solution using hardware-enforced PCIe passthrough isolation and the Edera Protect AI product that automates GPU configuration.
• CIQcore technology partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnounced May 11, 2025, Edera and CIQ partnered to advance Linux security with hardened tools (the source title references "Hardened Tools").
• Falco (CNCF)core integrationTechnology or IntegrationIntegration between Edera and Falco (CNCF runtime security project) for cloud-native runtime detection inside Edera-isolated zones, published November 12, 2025.
• Akamaistrategic collaborationStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic collaboration/endorsement with Akamai; Akamai VP of Product Marketing quoted on Edera's homepage supporting Edera's hardened runtime for preventing attacks at the architectural level.
• Trail of Bitssecurity audit partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConducted a four-week public audit of the Edera hardened runtime, finding zero critical findings.
• Dash0ecosystem co-hostGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-hosted the "Tulips and Taps" pre-KubeCon EU networking event at Amsterdam's Heineken Brewery in March 2026, and co-hosted happy hours at PlatformCon 2026.
• groundcoverecosystem co-hostGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-hosted the "Tulips and Taps" pre-KubeCon EU networking event at Amsterdam's Heineken Brewery in March 2026.
• Antithesisecosystem co-hostGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-hosted the "Tulips and Taps" pre-KubeCon EU networking event at Amsterdam's Heineken Brewery in March 2026.
• MoonLight Marketingecosystem co-hostGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-hosted the "Tulips and Taps" pre-KubeCon EU networking event at Amsterdam's Heineken Brewery in March 2026.
• The New Stackmedia co-hostGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-hosted the "Tulips and Taps" pre-KubeCon EU networking event at Amsterdam's Heineken Brewery in March 2026, and publishes Edera's technical research and commentary (e.g., Kubernetes user namespaces, container security, agentic AI articles).
• Validiaminor co-hostGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-hosted a Pre-DistrictCon networking event with Edera and MetaCTF ahead of cloud-native and developer conferences.
• MetaCTFminor co-hostGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-hosted a Pre-DistrictCon networking event with Edera and Validia ahead of cloud-native and developer conferences.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Kata Containers: Open-source project (under the Open Infrastructure Foundation) that runs containers inside lightweight VMs, providing the closest direct comparison to Edera's per-pod microVM approach. Both target the same shared-kernel problem in Kubernetes.
• Google gVisor: Google-developed application kernel for containers that intercepts system calls to provide a sandbox boundary, comparable to Edera as a container-isolation runtime positioned for multi-tenant Kubernetes.
• AWS Firecracker: AWS-developed microVM technology used for Lambda and other multi-tenant isolation workloads; directly comparable to Edera's Krata hypervisor as an alternative foundation for hardware-isolated containers.
• Aqua Security: Established cloud-native and container security platform covering build-time, runtime, and Kubernetes workload protection; overlaps with Edera's runtime isolation positioning for enterprise Kubernetes and AI workloads.
• Sysdig: Cloud-native security and monitoring company offering runtime threat detection and container security, competing for the same platform-engineering and security-team buyer Edera targets.
• SUSE NeuVector: SUSE-owned full-lifecycle container security platform, a direct competitor in Kubernetes workload security and runtime protection for enterprise and regulated environments.

Broad incumbents

• Snyk: Developer-security platform that has expanded into container and Kubernetes security, broadly overlapping with Edera's container security footprint but anchored in scanning and SCA rather than runtime isolation.
• Wiz: Cloud security platform that extends into container and Kubernetes posture management and runtime, competing for the same security-team budget as Edera with a much broader cloud-security portfolio.
• CrowdStrike: Endpoint and cloud security incumbent that has expanded into container and Kubernetes runtime protection, representing a large, well-funded competitor in the same security buyer conversation.
• Trend Micro: Incumbent security vendor with a container security offering, competing for the same regulated-industry and federal workload security budgets that Edera targets with its runtime isolation platform.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/edera-dev
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@edera-dev
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/edera-dev

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors11 records

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M&A

Investments

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