What Arrested DevOps does

Arrested DevOps (ADO) is an independently operated podcast founded in 2013 that produces long-form audio content covering DevOps culture, practices, tools, and organizational transformation. The show is hosted by a rotating cast of practitioners — Matt Stratton (founder, currently Solution Architect at Turbot; previously DevOps Advocate at PagerDuty), Trevor Hess (Chef/Progress Software), Bridget Kromhout (DevOpsDays program lead), Jessica Kerr (Honeycomb), and Joe Laha — most of whom hold day jobs at major DevOps-adjacent technology vendors. Content is distributed free of charge across Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Android, Stitcher, PocketCasts, and standard RSS feeds, and the archive spans 23+ catalog pages (200+ episodes) dating from the first episode on December 5, 2013 through ongoing 2025 releases.

The technology stack is conventional podcast production and syndication: audio recording (frequently on-site at DevOpsDays conferences), hosted RSS distribution, and a static website (arresteddevops.com) hosting show notes and sponsor inventory. There is no proprietary software product, no SaaS platform, and no API or SDK offering. The business model is sponsorship-funded: the company sells host-read ad inventory and logo placements on the show website to DevOps tool vendors and cloud-native consultancies, including CircleCI, Container Solutions, MacStadium, PagerDuty, Chef, Redgate, Datadog, CodeShip, VictorOps, and Atomist. Core strategic sponsor relationships overlap with hosts' employers (PagerDuty, Chef), creating natural alignment between the show's editorial calendar and sponsor renewal cycles. The audience is global DevOps practitioners — SREs, platform engineers, and operations leaders — reached primarily through organic podcast discovery, cross-promotion with guest appearances, and the DevOpsDays conference circuit rather than paid acquisition.

Name

Arrested DevOps

Legal name

Arrested DevOps

Website

https://arresteddevops.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Arrested DevOps is an independently operated, sponsorship-funded podcast founded in 2013 that produces free long-form content on DevOps culture and tooling for a global audience of practitioners, distributed through major podcast platforms and the DevOpsDays conference network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Technology Podcast Media

NAICS

Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries (512), Other Sound Recording Industries (51229)

akta.pro primary industry

Cloud & DevOps Training (Cloud, Containers, CI/CD, SRE) (BPAEANAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

DevOps, SRE & Platform Engineering (EDAOAIAD), Cloud & DevOps (EDAAAPAE)

Keywords

• DevOps podcast media
• Technology podcast production
• Software industry education
• Developer community audio
• IT operations podcast

Headquarters

HQ city

Glen Ellyn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Sponsorships: The podcast generates revenue through sponsored episodes featuring companies in the DevOps ecosystem including CircleCI, Container Solutions, MacStadium, PagerDuty, Chef, Redgate, Datadog, CodeShip, VictorOps, Atomist, and others. Sponsors receive visibility through audio mentions and logo placements on the show website.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Arrested DevOps is a long-running DevOps podcast founded in 2013 that produces audio episodes featuring interviews and discussions with DevOps practitioners, thought leaders, and tool vendors on topics including CI/CD, Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, security, and organizational transformation. The show is distributed free of charge across major podcast platforms (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Android, Stitcher, PocketCasts, RSS) and generates revenue primarily through episode sponsorships from DevOps ecosystem vendors.

Product overview

Arrested DevOps is a DevOps-focused podcast that helps listeners achieve understanding, develop good practices, and operate their teams and organizations for maximum DevOps awesomeness. The podcast features interviews with industry experts, discussions on DevOps culture, practices, and tools, and covers topics including CI/CD, Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, security, and organizational transformation. Episodes are distributed across major podcast platforms including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Android, Stitcher, and PocketCasts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Arrested DevOps Podcast A free weekly DevOps podcast featuring interviews with industry practitioners and thought leaders covering CI/CD, Kubernetes, cloud-native technologies, security, MLOps, team topologies, and organizational DevOps transformation. Distributed globally via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Android, Stitcher, PocketCasts, and RSS.
• Podcast Sponsorship Program Sponsorship packages sold to DevOps ecosystem vendors (e.g., CircleCI, PagerDuty, Chef, Redgate, Datadog, MacStadium, Container Solutions, CodeShip) that provide audio mentions and logo placements on the show website in exchange for brand visibility to the DevOps practitioner audience.

Named customers10 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered regular and core.

• CircleCIregularGTM or Marketing PartnerCircleCI is a regular sponsor of Arrested DevOps, appearing on the show website and promoting the podcast to their customer base.
• Container SolutionsregularGTM or Marketing PartnerContainer Solutions appears as a sponsor on the show, promoting their Kubernetes and cloud-native consulting services to the ADO audience.
• MacStadiumregularGTM or Marketing PartnerMacStadium sponsors the podcast, advertising their Mac infrastructure services to the developer and DevOps audience.
• PagerDutycoreGTM or Marketing PartnerMatt Stratton, a co-host of ADO, previously served as DevOps Advocate at PagerDuty. PagerDuty is a long-time sponsor of the show.
• Chef (Progress Software)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerTrevor Hess, a co-host of ADO, works at Chef/Progress Software. Chef is a regular sponsor and multiple Chef engineers have appeared as guests on the show.
• RedgateregularGTM or Marketing PartnerRedgate sponsors the show and their engineers (Grant Fritchey, Jonathan Hickford) have appeared as guests discussing database DevOps topics.
• DatadogregularGTM or Marketing PartnerDatadog appears as a sponsor, advertising their monitoring and observability platform to the DevOps audience.
• CodeShipregularGTM or Marketing PartnerCodeShip sponsored the show for CI/CD platform promotion.
• DevOpsDayscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArrested DevOps has a deep partnership with the DevOpsDays global conference series. Hosts conduct on-site recordings and coverage of DevOpsDays events worldwide. Bridget Kromhout, an ADO host, leads the devopsdays organization globally.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• The Changelog: The Changelog is a long-running developer podcast covering open source, software infrastructure, and DevOps-adjacent topics. It competes for similar practitioner listeners and sponsors, with a broader software scope than ADO's DevOps focus.
• The Cloudcast: The Cloudcast is a long-running cloud computing and DevOps podcast hosted by Aaron Delp and Brian Gracely. It covers AWS, Kubernetes, platform engineering, and cloud-native topics — overlapping significantly with ADO's DevOps practitioner audience.
• Software Engineering Daily: Software Engineering Daily is a daily podcast covering software engineering, DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and developer tooling. It overlaps with ADO's audience and recruits from a similar guest pool of engineers and product leaders.
• Ship It! by Changelog: Ship It! is a DevOps and cloud-native podcast from the Changelog network covering Kubernetes, platform engineering, and deployment practices. It directly competes with Arrested DevOps for the same DevOps practitioner audience and overlapping sponsor pool.
• InfoQ Podcast: InfoQ produces multiple podcasts covering software architecture, DevOps, and engineering culture. It targets senior developers and architects with similar content depth as ADO and competes for sponsor mindshare among the same enterprise vendors.
• DevOps Cafe: DevOps Cafe is a long-running DevOps podcast hosted by Damon Edwards and John Willis, covering DevOps culture, tools, and transformation. It directly competes with ADO for the same senior DevOps practitioner audience.

Emerging players

• Coding Blocks: Coding Blocks is a podcast focused on software development best practices, design patterns, and tooling. It overlaps with ADO on the developer audience but skews more toward general software engineering than pure DevOps.

Broad incumbents

• DZone / DevOps.com: DevOps.com is an established DevOps-focused media property producing articles, podcasts, and events. It represents broader industry incumbent media competing for the same sponsor relationships and DevOps practitioner audience.
• Screaming in the Cloud: Screaming in the Cloud (Corey Quinn) is a high-profile cloud and DevOps-adjacent podcast with significant audience scale. It competes for cloud vendor sponsorships (e.g., AWS, Datadog) and overlapping practitioner listenership.
• TFiR (formerly The New Stack): TFiR / The New Stack is a developer and DevOps media property covering cloud-native, Kubernetes, and platform engineering. It competes with ADO for sponsorship dollars from the same vendor ecosystem and produces adjacent podcast and written content.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/arresteddevops
• Facebookfacebook.com/arresteddevops
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/arrested-devops

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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