Formed by ex- engineers in 2017, has emerged out of stealth with a in raised capital to transform data centers of big companies into cloud-friendly systems.
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The startup today announced a , according to a press release. Investors in this round include and . Other stakeholders from the Series A () and B rounds () include and .
On first glance, Pensando just seems like a Cisco-born version of Amazon Web Services (AWS), which many startups use to secure back-end stability and scale rapidly. Pensando describes itself as a ���edge-accelerated platform that directly addresses the generational shift occurring as data pushes to the edge of cloud,��� and is targeting big companies.
As for AWS, Pensando claims, that its technology is more advanced, and delivers five to nine times the ���improvement in productivity, performance, and scale when compared to current architectures with no risk of lock-in.��� (AWS and other cloud platforms generate billions in quarterly revenue. and sell similar services in the growing IaaS and PaaS spaces.)
The team isn���t new to creating startups that speak the language of big companies trying to transform and innovate. Pensando is led by , , , and .
As , the first four individuals have previously built four startups that have been acquired by Cisco. Pond is a former Cisco executive vice president.
, the company has scored customers and partners such as �� and (who are both investors) as well as , and .
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