What 99cloud does

99cloud (浙江九州未来信息科技有限公司) is a privately held Chinese open-source cloud infrastructure provider founded in 2012 and headquartered in Huzhou, Zhejiang, with 300+ employees across six regional offices and seven wholly-owned subsidiaries. The company builds and sells the Animbus product family — a full-stack enterprise cloud platform comprising Animbus Cloud (OpenStack Train + Kubernetes-based IaaS with heterogeneous compute and cloud-edge coordination), Animbus Storage (Ceph-based distributed block and object storage), Animbus NetC (proprietary SDN controller), Animbus CMP (multi-cloud and hybrid management), Animbus AutoOps (cloud operations automation), and Animbus SD-WAN — alongside the AI-Stud.io large-model training and inference platform integrated with NVIDIA AI Enterprise and token-priced GPU compute services. Underlying technology draws on open-source foundations (OpenStack, Kubernetes, Ceph, StarlingX, Kolla), with proprietary extensions and domestic-chip compatibility certifications across Phytium, Hygon, and Huawei TaiShan.

The company generates revenue through enterprise software licensing (Animbus suite), professional services (deployment, after-sales maintenance, value-added consulting), and certification training (authorized COA and CKA courses) sold through 99cloud Academy. A newer usage-based revenue stream comes from AI-Stud.io inference services billed at 0.005 yuan per 100,000 tokens. Customers are predominantly Chinese state-owned telecom operators — China Unicom, China Mobile (including Hangzhou Research Institute and Smart Home Operations Center), Shanghai Telecom — plus power/utilities (China Southern Power Grid) and a growing footprint in financial services, smart venues, and AI computing centers. GTM is direct enterprise field sales augmented by an ecosystem of 100+ strategic partners, with distribution also through the 99cloud Academy certification channel and a website-led self-service/PLG motion for mid-market and developer buyers.

Name

99cloud

Legal name

浙江九州未来信息科技有限公司

Website

https://99cloud.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

99cloud is a Chinese OpenStack and Kubernetes-based enterprise cloud infrastructure vendor selling the Animbus platform suite (Cloud, Storage, NetC, CMP, AutoOps, SD-WAN) plus AI-Stud.io GPU services primarily to state-owned telecom operators, financial institutions, and large enterprises across China and Asia-Pacific.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cloud Infrastructure Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Hybrid Cloud Migration, Modernization & Integration (HDABAMAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

AI Compute Cloud & GPU-as-a-Service (HDAAAAAK), Cloud Data Platforms & Analytics Migration (BPAEACAI), Cloud Computing & Infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP, Virtualization) (EDABAFAB)

Keywords

• OpenStack cloud services
• Hybrid cloud management
• Edge computing platforms
• Enterprise cloud infrastructure
• GPU computing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Shanghai

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Products: Sale and licensing of proprietary cloud management software products including Animbus Cloud, Animbus Storage, Animbus NetC, Animbus CMP, and Animbus AutoOps. Products are sold as enterprise licenses with implementation and support services.
2. Certification Training: Official authorized COA (Certified OpenStack Administrator) and CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator) training courses with examination services. Training courses run 3-4 days with real cloud environments.
3. Professional Services: Deployment and delivery services, after-sales maintenance services, and value-added services including cloud platform architecture consulting, POC deployment, and project management services.
4. GPU Computing Power Services: GPU computing power rental services for AI model training and inference, including the AI-Studio platform offering large model inference services with token-based pricing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

99cloud sells and supports the Animbus suite of enterprise cloud infrastructure software — Animbus Cloud (full-stack OpenStack/Kubernetes platform), Animbus Storage (Ceph-based distributed storage), Animbus NetC (SDN controller), Animbus CMP (hybrid cloud management), and Animbus AutoOps (cloud operations automation) — together with the AI-Stud.io large model training and inference platform, usage-based GPU computing services, and professional deployment, training, and maintenance services. The products target telecom operators, financial institutions, government, and large enterprises for cloud-native transformation, edge computing, and AI infrastructure.

Product overview

99cloud (浙江九州未来信息科技有限公司) operates a multi-product portfolio spanning cloud computing infrastructure, AI intelligence, and edge computing solutions. The core product line is the Animbus series: Animbus Cloud (full-stack cloud platform), Animbus Storage (distributed block/object storage), Animbus NetC (SDN controller), Animbus CMP (hybrid cloud management), and Animbus AutoOps (cloud operations automation). The Animbus SD-WAN product extends network capabilities. Beyond the Animbus series, 99cloud offers AI-Stud.io, a next-generation large model training and inference platform integrated with NVIDIA AI Enterprise, along with GPU computing power services. Solution offerings include MEC vehicle-road collaboration (openv2x.org), intelligent venues, smart campuses, hybrid cloud, AI computing centers, and metaverse solutions. Supporting services include deployment implementation, after-sales maintenance, value-added services, and professional training (九州未来学院 with COA and CKA certification courses).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Animbus Cloud: 基于原生OpenStack和K8S的全栈云平台，提供异构算力统一调度、云边协同、云网合一等能力，支持容器、虚拟机、裸机、GPU等资源管理。
• Animbus Storage
• Animbus NetC
• Animbus CMP
• Animbus AutoOps
• 智算中心

Products and services

• Animbus Cloud Full-stack cloud platform built on OpenStack Train and Kubernetes 1.23/1.25 with unified scheduling of heterogeneous computing (containers, VMs, bare metal, GPU), cloud-edge coordination, and cloud-network convergence for enterprise IaaS.
• Animbus Storage Ceph-based distributed block and object storage platform supporting X86 and ARM architectures, domestic chips and systems, with S3 and Swift API interfaces for OpenStack, Kubernetes, and video/backup archival workloads.
• Animbus NetC SDN controller with independent intellectual property rights for next-generation cloud data center networks, providing open northbound APIs and Netconf southbound protocol for full lifecycle management of Underlay and Overlay networks.
• Animbus CMP Hybrid cloud management platform providing unified management of multiple public clouds (Alibaba, Tencent, Huawei, AWS, China Unicom Cloud), private clouds, VMware, OpenStack, Kubernetes, OpenShift, and PowerVM at scale of tens of thousands of physical servers and hundreds of thousands of VMs.
• Animbus AutoOps Cloud infrastructure operations digitalization platform with rapid fault localization, ready-to-use operations scenarios, and knowledge sharing, using Jianmu pipeline orchestration to enable single-person operations of hundreds of cloud environments.
• Animbus SD-WAN Software-defined Wide Area Network solution comprising FlexVNF (distributed virtual network service device), Controller, Director (VNFM), and Analytics (VAN) components, providing high-reliability, multi-tenant, cross-domain enterprise WAN connectivity.
• AI-Stud.io Self-service large model training and inference platform deeply integrated with NVIDIA AI Enterprise, offering 12x large model inference performance, 11% fine-tuning efficiency gains, knowledge base enhancement, and private deployment of resource-exclusive inference services.
• AI-Stud.io Large Model All-in-One Machine (大模型一体机) Integrated software + hardware + service AI appliance delivering 12x inference performance over open-source frameworks via deep NVIDIA AI Enterprise integration.
• GPU Computing Power Service (GPU算力服务) On-demand GPU computing power rental service for AI model training and inference, with token-based pricing (5 mao per 1,000,000 tokens for inference) and online experience access.
• MEC Vehicle-Road Collaboration (MEC 车路协同) V2X standard interface-based infrastructure platform for multi-access edge computing and vehicle-road collaboration, available as open-source project OpenV2X.
• Intelligent Venue Solution (智慧场馆解决方案) Comprehensive intelligent venue solution integrating IoT, edge computing, communication, AI, BIM, and GIS for data visualization, process intelligence, operational unification, and application standardization.
• Smart Campus Solution (智慧园区解决方案) Smart campus solution built on IoT, cloud computing, and edge computing, delivering intuitive visualization, intelligent analysis, comprehensive linkage, and collaborative management for campus facilities.
• Hybrid Cloud Solution (混合云解决方案) Multi-cloud architecture solution offering flexible, agile, highly available, and cost-effective multi-cloud management for enterprise digital business.
• AI Computing Center Solution (智算中心解决方案) Comprehensive AI computing center solution comprising GPU computing infrastructure, AI computing scheduling platform, AI training and inference platform, digital collaboration industry platform, and computing center operations platform.
• Metaverse Solution (元宇宙解决方案) Metaverse solution combining extended reality, digital twin, and blockchain technologies, with digital humans, digital pets, and metaverse live streaming capabilities built on AIGC computing power convergence.
• Deployment and Delivery Services (部署交付服务) Professional enterprise cloud platform deployment and implementation services including on-site implementation, platform POC verification, cloud architecture consulting and design, and industry cloud project management.
• After-sales Maintenance Services (售后运维服务) After-sales technical support and maintenance services with timely response, professional technical expertise, multi-channel support (400 phone, WeChat, knowledge base), and standardized processes.
• Value-added Services (增值服务) Value-added services including performance testing, major event guarantee services, platform upgrade and expansion/shrinkage solutions, migration solutions (P2V, V2V), technical training, security reinforcement, and DevOps consulting.
• 99cloud Academy Training (九州未来云学院) Training academy providing open-source practice rooms and laboratories for OpenStack, Kubernetes, and related technologies, including COA and CKA certification training courses.
• COA Certification Training (COA 认证培训) Official authorized Certified OpenStack Administrator training — 3-day course with hands-on practice in real cloud environments, covering OpenStack components, Keystone, Dashboard, Nova, Swift, Glance, Neutron, Cinder, and Heat.
• CKA Certification Training (CKA 认证培训) Official authorized Certified Kubernetes Administrator training — 4-day course with hands-on practice in real cloud environments, covering K8S development, architecture, deployment, storage, security, scheduling, services, logging, monitoring, and high availability.

Quantifiable outcome

• 12x inference performance improvement vs open-source frameworks
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration26 records

AI capability14 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• StarlingXcoreTechnology or Integration · 12 November 202599Cloud is a key contributor to the StarlingX open-source distributed cloud platform for IoT, 5G, O-RAN and edge computing. StarlingX version 11.0 combines Linux, Ceph, OpenStack, and Kubernetes to provide full-featured cloud software stack for edge clouds.
• OpenCloudOS CommunitycoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2023Received OpenCloudOS Community Outstanding Contribution Enterprise recognition for contributions to the open source operating system community.
• OpenInfra FoundationcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2023Received OpenInfra Community Leadership Award. 99Cloud maintains top contributions to OpenStack, StarlingX, and other OpenInfra projects.
• China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Appointed as Vice Chairman Unit of Edge Cloud Technical Committee under National IT Standardization Committee Cloud Computing Working Group. First batch member of CAICT Trusted Edge Computing Promotion Plan.
• EdgeGallerycoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2020Participated in preparing and initiating the open source edge MEC community EdgeGallery, serving as Vice Chairman of TSC Technical Committee.
• China TelecomflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Received 2020 Annual Excellent Ecosystem Partner and 2021 Smart Logistics Ecosystem Partner honors from China Telecom.
• NVIDIAcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2020Deep integration with NVIDIA AI Enterprise platform. Large model all-in-one machine built on NVIDIA technology achieving 12x inference performance improvement.
• China UnicomflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Received MEC Edge Cloud Gold Partner Pioneer honor from China Unicom in 2018 and 2019 for edge computing collaboration.
• Alibaba CloudflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Strategic cooperation agreement signed in 2016 to jointly develop enterprise-class hybrid cloud platform. Alibaba Cloud and 99Cloud collaborated on hybrid cloud solutions for enterprise customers.
• OpenStack FoundationcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 201699Cloud achieved Gold membership status in OpenStack Foundation in 2016, maintaining active contributions to the OpenStack open source community.
• IntelcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2014Jointly released CIB OpenStack hyper-converged appliance with Intel in 2014. Intel and 99Cloud collaborated on cloud infrastructure solutions.
• IDCminorOthersIDC market research reports recognize 99Cloud as #2 in China edge cloud solutions market in 2022 and 2023.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Mirantis: US-headquartered OpenStack pure-play offering enterprise cloud platform, Kubernetes, and related services. Mirantis competes directly with 99cloud's Animbus Cloud offering for global OpenStack-based private/hybrid cloud deployments and is the most analogous international peer.
• EasyStack: Beijing-based OpenStack and cloud-native vendor offering enterprise private cloud platforms. EasyStack is the most direct domestic competitor to 99cloud in Chinese OpenStack deployments across financial services, government, and telecom customers.
• ZStack: Shanghai-headquartered OpenStack and cloud-native IaaS provider. ZStack competes head-to-head with 99cloud's Animbus Cloud in the Chinese private cloud and hybrid cloud market with similar product positioning.
• QingCloud: Beijing-based public and private cloud provider offering enterprise cloud platform and hybrid cloud solutions in China. Overlaps with 99cloud's hybrid cloud management and AI compute ambitions in the Chinese enterprise market.

Emerging players

• Canonical: Ubuntu and OpenStack distributor offering Charmed OpenStack distribution and managed cloud services. Comparable to 99cloud in open-source distribution model and enterprise private cloud stack, with overlapping training/certification ecosystem (CKCA).

Broad incumbents

• SUSE: Enterprise Linux and cloud infrastructure vendor offering SUSE Cloud (formerly Cloud Foundry/OpenStack) and Rancher Kubernetes platform. SUSE is a comparable open-source infrastructure incumbent with broader portfolio reach than 99cloud.
• Nutanix: Hyperconverged infrastructure and hybrid multicloud platform serving enterprise data centers globally. Nutanix's hybrid cloud management capabilities overlap with 99cloud's Animbus CMP and targets similar enterprise buyer personas.
• VMware (Broadcom): Dominant virtualization and hybrid cloud platform (vSphere, vRealize, VMware Cloud) now owned by Broadcom. As a managed target inside 99cloud's Animbus CMP and a competitor for enterprise virtualization workloads, VMware/Broadcom is the most consequential incumbent in 99cloud's TAM.
• Huawei Cloud: One of China's three largest hyperscalers offering IaaS, PaaS, AI compute (ModelArts), and hybrid cloud (Stack) products. Competes directly with 99cloud across cloud infrastructure, edge computing, and AI compute in Chinese enterprise and government segments.
• Alibaba Cloud: China's largest hyperscaler with the Apsara Stack private cloud, hybrid cloud (Apsara UniCloud), and PAI AI platform. Alibaba Cloud is both a partner (per 99cloud's 2016 strategic agreement) and a broad incumbent competitor across 99cloud's product portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/99cloud

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments

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