RAVEL (formerly StratusCore)

What RAVEL (formerly StratusCore) does

RAVEL (formerly StratusCore), founded in 2010 and headquartered in Seattle, provides intelligent workload orchestration software for cloud, hybrid, on-premise, and bare-metal environments. Originally focused on virtual workstation management for media and entertainment post-production, the company has repositioned around AI and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure and now serves four primary customer verticals: media and entertainment studios, AI research and innovation labs, neo-cloud and AI-native data center operators, and regulated enterprises deploying AI infrastructure with geographic and governance control.

The product portfolio centers on RAVEL Orchestrate, a cloud workstation orchestration platform offering automated VM image creation (Build Station), dynamic workstation scheduling, on-demand user assignment, and remote session management; and RAVEL Orchestrate AI, which extends orchestration to AI workloads via framework integrations (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face, ComfyUI, Stable Diffusion, WAN 2.1, NVIDIA Holoscan for Media, AMD ROCm) and a Policy Manager control plane that applies live telemetry, energy intelligence, cost models, and operational policies to drive workload placement decisions. The AMPHIX AI Infrastructure Platform, launched jointly with Strata Expanse, Available Infrastructure, DDN, and SourceCode in March 2026, extends orchestration across a validated nationwide network integrating land, power, physical infrastructure, secure connectivity, certified compute, and orchestration, validated through AI Centers of Excellence (COEs). The Boost Platform centralizes license management and telemetry for the partner channel.

Revenue derives from subscription software licenses for RAVEL Orchestrate and Orchestrate AI, the co-developed Supermicro x RAVEL Turnkey AI Workload Solution sold through resellers Cinesys, ECS, and Augur Tech as well as through the Supermicro e-store, partner reseller distribution, and enterprise services such as proof-of-concept programs and COE-based workforce training. Go-to-market is hybrid: enterprise field sales with dedicated schedulers for large organizations with complex AI and HPC needs; a channel-reseller model distributing the turnkey AI solution; product-led growth via a 14-day/40-hour self-serve free trial hosted on Azure with pre-installed Adobe software; and event-driven demand generation at NVIDIA GTC, NAB Show, Adobe MAX, and IBC. The company is privately held with no parent corporation, has disclosed only two small early funding rounds totaling approximately $528,000 (2013 and 2015) with no recent institutional rounds, and is led by co-founder and CEO Denise Muyco.

Name

RAVEL (formerly StratusCore)

Legal name

StratusCore, Inc

Website

https://ravelinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

RAVEL (formerly StratusCore) provides intelligent orchestration software for AI, HPC, and virtual workstation workloads across cloud, hybrid, and bare-metal environments. Its AMPHIX AI Infrastructure Platform unifies land, power, and certified compute for enterprises, neo clouds, and regulated industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Infrastructure Orchestration Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Other Computer Related Services (541519), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

AI Integration & Orchestration Platforms (Connectors, Workflow, iPaaS for AI) (HDAEANAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

IT Workflow Automation & Orchestration Platforms (HDAEALAF), Hybrid Cloud Platforms & Orchestration (HDABAMAA)

Keywords

• AI workload orchestration
• Cloud workstation management
• GPU infrastructure automation
• Virtual workstation platform
• AI infrastructure deployment

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses and Subscriptions: RAVEL sells software orchestration platform licenses for RAVEL Orchestrate and RAVEL Orchestrate AI. Software is offered as a subscription with centralized license management through the Boost Platform for partners and enterprise customers.
2. Turnkey AI Infrastructure Solutions: Joint turnkey AI workload solutions co-developed with hardware partners (Supermicro) combining certified hardware (CPUs, GPUs, workstations) with RAVEL Orchestrate AI software, sold as integrated platforms through channel partners and direct sales.
3. Partner Reseller and Distribution Revenue: Revenue generated through authorized resellers and channel partners (Cinesys, ECS, Augur Tech) who distribute RAVEL software and turnkey solutions to end customers.
4. Enterprise Professional Services and Enablement: Proof-of-concept programs, implementation support, training, and workforce development services through AI Centers of Excellence. COEs serve as regional AI training and innovation hubs building operator and engineer capabilities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

RAVEL develops intelligent orchestration software that automates and manages AI, HPC, and cloud workstation workloads across cloud, on-prem, hybrid, and bare-metal environments. Its flagship products include RAVEL Orchestrate for virtual workstation management, RAVEL Orchestrate AI for AI workload automation, and the AMPHIX AI Infrastructure Platform for validated end-to-end AI infrastructure deployment. The platform is sold primarily through direct enterprise sales, authorized channel resellers, and OEM partnerships with hardware vendors such as Supermicro.

Product overview

RAVEL (formerly StratusCore) offers an intelligent orchestration platform portfolio centered on RAVEL Orchestrate and RAVEL Orchestrate AI. RAVEL Orchestrate is the core cloud workstation orchestration platform for managing virtual workstations across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments with features for VM image management, dynamic scheduling, and remote session management. RAVEL Orchestrate AI extends this to AI workload automation and optimization with intelligent job scheduling, policy-driven resource management, and native integrations with major AI/ML frameworks. The Amphix AI Infrastructure Platform represents a broader initiative providing validated end-to-end AI infrastructure from land and power through to production workloads, featuring AI Centers of Excellence for validation. The Boost Platform provides centralized license management across the portfolio. The Supermicro x RAVEL Turnkey AI Workload Solution offers pre-configured AI infrastructure combining RAVEL software with Supermicro hardware.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• RAVEL Orchestrate: Production-Ready Workstations at Scale - Configure, instantly deploy and manage high-performance virtual workstation environments across global teams
• RAVEL Orchestrate AI
• Boost Platform
• AMPHIX

Products and services

• RAVEL Orchestrate Production-ready cloud workstation orchestration platform enabling instant configuration, deployment, and management of high-performance virtual workstation environments across global teams. Features Build Station for VM image management, dynamic workstation scheduler, on-demand user assignment, and remote session management. Integrates with Parsec and HP Anyware VDIs, and AWS/Azure cloud infrastructure. Targeted at enterprise IT teams and creative studios.
• RAVEL Orchestrate AI AI workload automation and optimization platform providing intelligent job scheduling, resource-aware execution, and seamless integration with AI frameworks including TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face, ComfyUI, LangChain, Stable Diffusion, Ollama, and KoboldCPP. Features Policy Manager for real-time infrastructure control, workload-aware scheduling, and GPU-as-a-Service delivery across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments. Targeted at AI/ML teams, research labs, and enterprise IT.
• AMPHIX AI Infrastructure Platform Validated nationwide AI deployment platform developed by RAVEL with Strata Expanse and Available Infrastructure. Brings together land, power, physical infrastructure, secure connectivity, certified compute, and intelligent orchestration enabling organizations to move from site-ready capacity to production AI. Designed for enterprises, regulated industries, and AI-native data centers.
• Supermicro x RAVEL Turnkey AI Workload Solution Pre-integrated, AI-optimized infrastructure solution combining Supermicro systems (AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO CPUs and NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs) with RAVEL Orchestrate AI. Delivers plug-and-play deployment and modular scalability from workstation to datacenter. Targeted at enterprises seeking turnkey AI compute infrastructure.
• Boost Platform Centralized license management and telemetry platform providing visibility into RAVEL software deployments, usage, and provisioning at scale. Features smart real-time analytics dashboards, secure access control over all environments, and zero-friction license distribution for partners and service providers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Pilot environments mirror full production architecture through AI Centers of Excellence validation — what works in the COE works in full production deployment
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration27 records

AI capability8 records

Feature17 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• Strata ExpansecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 March 2026RAVEL and Strata Expanse co-developed the AMPHIX AI Infrastructure Platform, with Strata Expanse providing land and power capacity designed for high-density AI deployments. Strata Expanse leads the Gray-Space-as-a-Service model combining natural gas, deep geothermal energy and cooling, hydrogen technology, energy storage, and solar generation. Together they launched the first AI Center of Excellence in Ironton, Ohio in December 2025, with plans for a 30-site national rollout. AMPHIX is RAVEL's flagship platform introduced publicly at NVIDIA GTC 2026.
• Available InfrastructurecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 March 2026Available Infrastructure enables connectivity between AMPHIX sites using its SanQtum zero trust network to deliver secure, low-latency networking across a national footprint. It is a foundational component of the AMPHIX AI Infrastructure Platform, providing the secure networking layer that connects distributed AI Centers of Excellence.
• DDNcoreTechnology or Integration · 9 March 2026DDN joined the AMPHIX platform as a certified technology partner. A validated architecture based on the DDN Enterprise AI HyperPOD architecture — built on Supermicro systems, accelerated by NVIDIA AI computing platforms, and optimized by RAVEL Orchestrate AI — is available for proof-of-concept deployments in AMPHIX Centers of Excellence. DDN and RAVEL partnership is described as foundational for enabling infrastructure that operates at full capacity in real-world environments.
• SourceCodesecondaryImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 9 March 2026SourceCode, a global provider of co-designed, custom, certified IT systems for next-generation intelligent infrastructure, joins as a strategic implementation partner for the AMPHIX platform, supporting deployment and expansion initiatives nationwide.
• SupermicrocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 July 2025RAVEL and Supermicro co-developed the Supermicro x RAVEL Turnkey AI Workload Solution — a pre-integrated, AI-optimized platform combining Supermicro's cutting-edge systems (AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO CPUs and NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition GPUs) with RAVEL Orchestrate AI. An early design of the solution won NAB 2025 Product of the Year in the AI/ML category. Supermicro's e-store offers direct purchase of Supermicro x RAVEL configured machines. Joint presence at NVIDIA GTC, NAB Show, Adobe MAX, and other industry events.
• COLONYcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 November 2024COLONY selected RAVEL Orchestrate as its workload management solution for the world's first fully immersion cooled data centers. COLONY's UTILITY COMPUTE HIVEs will use RAVEL for orchestration. In Q1 2025, the partnership will run an 'Immersion Challenge' pitting air-cooled against immersion servers to demonstrate infrastructure efficiencies. COLONY targets 50MW capacity by year-end 2025 and 100MW of additional distributed compute by end of 2026.
• NVIDIAcoreTechnology or Integration · 9 September 2024RAVEL joined the NVIDIA Holoscan for Media partner ecosystem, providing an 'easy button' for deploying NVIDIA Holoscan for Media on NVIDIA-accelerated infrastructure. RAVEL Orchestrate automates the deployment of Holoscan for Media and its software stack including Kubernetes to compatible NVIDIA-accelerated infrastructure (cloud or bare metal). Featured at IBC 2024 with live demonstrations by partner Monks.
• AMDcoreTechnology or IntegrationAMD provides GPU technology integrated into RAVEL Orchestrate GenAI through support for the AMD ROCm open software stack and AMD-optimized software across AMD GPUs including Radeon RX 7900 XTX, Radeon RX 7800 XT, Radeon PRO 7900W, AMD Instinct MI300A, and AMD Instinct MI300X. AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO processors power the Supermicro x RAVEL Turnkey AI Workload Solution.
• AWScoreTechnology or IntegrationRavel Orchestrate integrates with AWS cloud infrastructure, enabling organizations to provision, deploy, and manage virtual workstations and AI workloads on AWS. AWS serves as one of the primary cloud infrastructure platforms supported by RAVEL's orchestration layer. AWS S3 integration with network drive mounting is a native feature of Orchestrate AI.
• Microsoft AzurecoreTechnology or IntegrationRavel Orchestrate integrates with Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure, enabling organizations to provision, deploy, and manage virtual workstations and AI workloads on Azure. Azure is the hosting platform for RAVEL's free trial environment.
• IntelsecondaryTechnology or IntegrationIntel Xeon Processors were featured in the Adobe MAX 2025 demo alongside RAVEL Orchestrate AI and Supermicro hardware, demonstrating a creative production workflow with ComfyUI and Adobe Premiere Pro.
• VMwaresecondaryTechnology or IntegrationListed as a technology partner with which RAVEL's tools integrate to fit existing ecosystem and security tech stacks.
• HP AnywaresecondaryTechnology or IntegrationRavel Orchestrate integrates with HP Anyware VDIs, enabling customers to use HP Anyware as their VDI solution within the RAVEL orchestration platform. HP Anywhere VDI is pre-set up in RAVEL's free trial environment.
• ParsecsecondaryTechnology or IntegrationRavel Orchestrate integrates with Parsec VDIs, enabling customers to use Parsec as their VDI solution within the RAVEL orchestration platform.
• CinesyssecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCinesys is an authorized reseller partner showcasing the RAVEL Orchestrate platform at NAB 2025 as part of their media workflow showcase (Booth #SL10919, South Hall). Cinesys distributes RAVEL Orchestrate for post-production workflow management and turnkey AI solutions in the media and entertainment market.
• ECSsecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorECS is an authorized reseller partner for the Supermicro x RAVEL Turnkey AI Workload Solution, distributing the integrated AI platform to customers worldwide alongside Cinesys and Augur Tech.
• Augur TechsecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAugur Tech is an authorized reseller partner for the Supermicro x RAVEL Turnkey AI Workload Solution, distributing the integrated AI platform to customers worldwide alongside Cinesys and ECS.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights8 records

Direct peers

• HashiCorp (Nomad / Terraform): Workload orchestration and infrastructure automation platform (Nomad for scheduling; Terraform for provisioning). Direct overlap with RAVEL Orchestrate/Orchestrate AI as a cross-cloud, policy-driven orchestration layer for complex workloads.
• Run:ai (NVIDIA): GPU orchestration and scheduling platform for AI workloads, acquired by NVIDIA. Closely comparable to RAVEL Orchestrate AI for GPU-aware scheduling, multi-tenant access, and AI pipeline management, with strong NVIDIA integration.
• Rafay Systems: Kubernetes and AI/ML workload orchestration platform for enterprise infrastructure teams. Comparable to RAVEL Orchestrate AI in providing multi-cluster orchestration, policy controls, and developer self-service for AI pipelines.
• Spectro Cloud: Kubernetes management platform tailored for AI/ML and edge workloads with policy-driven cluster orchestration. Directly comparable to RAVEL Orchestrate AI's policy-driven, multi-environment orchestration approach.
• CAST AI: Cloud cost optimization and workload orchestration platform with automated Kubernetes scaling and AI workload placement. Comparable to RAVEL on cost/performance-aware scheduling across multi-cloud environments.
• Paperspace (DigitalOcean): Cloud workstation and GPU compute platform for creators and developers. Directly comparable to RAVEL Orchestrate's virtual workstation and remote-creation use cases in M&E and AI workflows.

Emerging players

• CoreWeave: GPU-first neocloud provider operating large-scale AI infrastructure. Comparable to the infrastructure layer RAVEL orchestrates through AMPHIX, with overlapping customer base of AI labs and enterprises.
• Crusoe Energy: AI-focused cloud provider building data centers powered by stranded/clean energy. Comparable to the Strata Expanse/AMPHIX energy-aligned infrastructure model that RAVEL orchestrates for AI workloads.
• WekaIO (Weka): High-performance data platform for AI/ML workloads, integrated with NVIDIA ecosystems and referenced alongside RAVEL in M&E storage contexts. Comparable as a stack-layer partner and competitor for AI data pipelines.
• Nebius: AI-focused neocloud providing full-stack GPU infrastructure and orchestration for AI workloads. Comparable to the infrastructure + orchestration stack that RAVEL/AMPHIX delivers to enterprises and AI labs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/RavelSoftware
• Facebookfacebook.com/ravelorchestrate
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ravelorchestrate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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