CTO.ai

The firm's core offering is The Ops Platform, a serverless system that functions as a Developer Control Plane, enabling teams to automate and measure their cloud delivery processes. This platform is engineered to abstract the complexities of infrastructure, allowing developers to build, test, and release software more efficiently. It integrates with existing tools and cloud providers like AWS and GCP, providing a unified workflow that supports GitOps, ChatOps, and instant pull request previews. A key feature is the automatic capture of DORA metrics, which provides measurable insights into deployment frequency, lead time for changes, and overall process stability, helping teams identify and eliminate friction points in their development lifecycle. CTO.ai's business model includes both a self-service platform and a "DevOps as a Service" offering where their experts provide managed support for a company's cloud operations and CI/CD workflows.

The company's technology allows developers to create and share automated workflows or "shortcuts" via a command-line interface (CLI) or directly within Slack. These containerized workflows can be written as code using CTO.ai's SDKs, published to a private registry for team use, and triggered by various events across the software development lifecycle. This approach is designed to make DevOps more accessible, particularly for teams that lack the dedicated resources to build and manage a sophisticated internal developer platform from scratch. Since its inception, CTO.ai has secured $7.75 million in seed funding over two rounds, with notable investors including Tiger Global Management, Slack Fund, and Yaletown Partners, to expand its platform and team.