OpenInfra Foundation

What OpenInfra Foundation does

OpenInfra Foundation is a US-based non-profit organization that operates as a project-focused sub-foundation within the Linux Foundation following its June 2025 merger. Founded in 2012 as the OpenStack Foundation and rebranded in October 2020, the foundation stewards a portfolio of open source infrastructure software projects: OpenStack (programmable cloud infrastructure for VMs, containers, and bare metal, now in its 33rd release), StarlingX (edge cloud computing for distributed, ultra-low latency workloads), Kata Containers (secure VM-backed containers), Zuul (CI/CD gating for multi-repo workflows, used by BMW, Volvo, and Workday), Airship (Kubernetes-based cloud lifecycle automation), and the Magma mobile core platform. The foundation reports 10,000+ contributors, 560+ supporting organizations, and a community spanning 180+ countries, with 55M+ cores and 300+ public cloud data centers running OpenStack worldwide.

The foundation is funded primarily through tiered corporate membership fees (Platinum, Gold, Silver, Associate) and event sponsorship, with Platinum members including Ant Group, Ericsson, Huawei, Rackspace, Viettel, and Wind River. It does not sell software licenses; all projects are distributed under open source licenses. Go-to-market is community-led: the foundation hosts the OpenInfra Summit, co-locates events with KubeCon + CloudNativeCon, operates regional hubs in Singapore (Asia) and Brussels (Europe), and engages developer communities through Project Teams Gatherings, OpenInfra Live webinars, and content marketing. Headquartered in Austin, Texas with 11-50 employees, the foundation serves telecommunications providers (Verizon, Vodafone, T-Systems, KDDI, Viettel), enterprises seeking VMware alternatives (GEICO), automotive and software firms using Zuul, and government/sovereign cloud initiatives across the EU, India, and Vietnam. Recent strategic emphasis is on AI workload enablement (via the Cyborg project), digital sovereignty positioning, and geographic expansion into China, India, and Southeast Asia.

Name

OpenInfra Foundation

Legal name

Open Infrastructure Foundation

Website

https://openinfra.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

OpenInfra Foundation is a non-profit sub-foundation within the Linux Foundation that stewards open source infrastructure software projects, including OpenStack, StarlingX, Kata Containers, Zuul, and Airship, funded by corporate membership fees and serving a global community of 10,000+ contributors across 180+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Open Source Cloud Infrastructure Software

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Open-Source & Developer Communities (BPAMABAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Developer & Open-Source Communities (MPACAJAK)

Keywords

• Open source cloud infrastructure
• Edge cloud computing
• Container runtime security
• Open source foundation governance
• CI/CD automation

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: The OpenInfra Foundation is funded through member organizations (Platinum, Gold, Silver, Associate members) who pay membership fees. Platinum members include Ant Group, Ericsson, Huawei, OKESTRO, Rackspace, Cachengo, Viettel, Wind River. Gold members include Bloomberg, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Cleura, Deutsche Telekom, Red Hat, Canonical, ZTE.
2. Event sponsorship: Revenue generated from event sponsorships for OpenInfra Summit, OpenInfra Days, and co-located events like KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + OpenInfra Summit + PyTorch Conference.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

OpenInfra Foundation develops and hosts open source infrastructure software projects — including OpenStack, StarlingX, Kata Containers, Zuul, Airship, OpenInfra Labs, and Cyborg — and provides vendor-neutral governance, community programs, certification, and global events (OpenInfra Summit) for organizations that deploy large-scale private, public, and edge cloud infrastructure.

Product overview

OpenInfra Foundation operates as a multi-project ecosystem hosting several core open source infrastructure software products. The flagship product is OpenStack, a programmable cloud infrastructure platform for VMs, containers, and bare metal now in its 33rd release. Supporting products include StarlingX (edge cloud computing infrastructure for distributed and centralized applications), Kata Containers (secure virtualized containers combining VM security with container flexibility), Zuul (CI/CD gating platform), and Airship (Kubernetes-based cloud infrastructure lifecycle management). OpenInfra Labs serves as the R&D arm. Projects like Cyborg provide specialized modules for AI accelerator management within the OpenStack ecosystem. The foundation also supports the Magma project for mobile network core solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• OpenStack An open source cloud operating system that controls large pools of compute, storage, and networking resources across a data center, used by telcos, enterprises, and research organizations to build private and public clouds.
• StarlingX An open source edge cloud platform that combines Kubernetes with OpenStack services for low-latency, high-performance edge and NFV workloads, targeted at telcos and 5G deployments.
• Kata Containers

Quantifiable outcome

• 55M+ cores running OpenStack in production worldwide
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 June 2026Co-locating KubeCon + CloudNativeCon with OpenInfra Summit and PyTorch Conference in Shanghai, September 2026. First convergence of these three global open source communities on a single stage to bridge cloud native infrastructure with AI stacks.
• PyTorch FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 June 2026Co-locating PyTorch Conference with KubeCon + CloudNativeCon and OpenInfra Summit in Shanghai, September 2026. Aims to address enterprise demand for integrating cloud native platforms with AI model workflows.
• ViettelcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 December 2025Vietnam's largest telecommunications and technology group joined as first Platinum Member in Vietnam. Expanding cloud infrastructure based on OpenStack with extensive private cloud clusters meeting national security standards.
• LF IndiaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 August 2025OpenInfra Foundation joined LF India sub-foundation ecosystem to support India's Digital Public Infrastructure mission and expand into AI, agriculture, and manufacturing verticals. India hosts over 17 million open source developers on GitHub.
• OpenInfra AsiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 June 2023Regional hub based in Singapore to promote and protect open source infrastructure across Asia. Launched June 2023.
• OpenInfra EuropecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 June 2023Regional hub based in Belgium to promote and protect open source infrastructure across Europe. Launched June 2023.
• Facebook (Meta)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 January 2021Facebook joined as Platinum Member and contributed the Magma project to the foundation. Magma is an open-source software platform for mobile network core solutions, enabling service providers to build cost-effective carrier-grade networks.
• Red HatcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlatinum/Gold member providing significant contributions to OpenStack and Kata Containers. Red Hat invests directly in the foundation and influences strategic direction. Red Hat is a leader at all levels ensuring sustainability and long-term health of the community.
• Ant GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlatinum member building trusted, open-source infrastructure for the AI era. Core contributor to OpenStack community.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Canonical: Canonical is a Gold member of OpenInfra and a major commercial distributor of OpenStack (Charmed OpenStack). It is a comparable open-source infrastructure company, though it operates as a commercial entity rather than a foundation.
• Red Hat: Red Hat is a Platinum/Gold member of OpenInfra and the leading commercial OpenStack distributor (Red Hat OpenStack Platform). It is a broad incumbent in enterprise open-source infrastructure, comparable as a major contributor and commercializer of OpenInfra's projects.
• Linux Foundation: Linux Foundation is now OpenInfra's parent organization post-merger and the largest open-source umbrella globally, hosting hundreds of projects across AI, cloud, networking, and blockchain. It is the broader incumbent OpenInfra now operates within.

Direct peers

• Eclipse Foundation: Eclipse Foundation hosts open-source working groups (e.g., Jakarta EE, Adoptium) and provides governance and IP frameworks for enterprise infrastructure software, closely mirroring OpenInfra's hosting model for production-grade infrastructure projects.
• PyTorch Foundation: PyTorch Foundation stewards the PyTorch AI framework under the Linux Foundation. It is a structurally similar newer open-source foundation and a co-located event partner with OpenInfra, signaling adjacent positioning in the AI infrastructure stack.
• Cloud Native Computing Foundation: CNCF stewards the Kubernetes ecosystem and other cloud-native projects under the Linux Foundation. It is the most direct comparable to OpenInfra as a sibling open-source infrastructure foundation, and now co-locates flagship events with OpenInfra.
• Apache Software Foundation: ASF is one of the largest open-source software foundations, providing vendor-neutral governance, IP management, and community infrastructure for hundreds of projects—a model directly comparable to OpenInfra's foundation stewardship approach.
• OpenJS Foundation: OpenJS Foundation hosts JavaScript-related projects (Node.js, jQuery) under the Linux Foundation, providing a directly comparable foundation model for stewarding open-source infrastructure projects with corporate member support.

Emerging players

• Mirantis: Mirantis is a commercial pure-play OpenStack and Kubernetes company offering managed cloud services. It is an emerging commercial player operating in OpenInfra's open-source infrastructure ecosystem with overlapping customer segments in telco and enterprise.

Others

• Free Software Foundation: FSF advocates for free software principles and licenses (GPL) underpinning many open-source foundations including OpenInfra's projects. It is an adjacent ecosystem participant focused on licensing philosophy rather than direct project stewardship.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/openinfradev
• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/OpenStackFoundation
• Facebookfacebook.com/openinfradev
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/openinfra-foundation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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