Iron provides managed, cloud‑native services that simplify background processing, messaging, and serverless compute for modern applications. Its IronWorker platform runs container‑based jobs with autoscaling and GPU support, IronMQ delivers a high‑throughput, globally replicated message queue with automatic failover, and IronFunctions offers an open‑source serverless functions layer that can be deployed on any cloud or on‑premise Kubernetes/Docker Swarm cluster. Together, these tools give development and DevOps teams a consistent API to build, scale, and monitor asynchronous workflows without managing underlying infrastructure.
Funding
$3.5M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Modern applications often require reliable background processing, scalable messaging, and serverless compute, but building and maintaining the underlying infrastructure is complex, time‑consuming, and prone to downtime across multiple cloud environments.
Solution
Iron delivers a suite of managed, cloud‑native services that abstract away the operational burden of distributed workloads. IronWorker runs container‑based jobs with autoscaling and GPU support, allowing developers to offload compute‑intensive tasks. IronMQ offers a high‑throughput, globally replicated message queue with automated failover and flexible deployment options (shared, dedicated, on‑premise). IronFunctions provides an open‑source, serverless platform that can be run on any cloud or on‑premise Kubernetes/Docker Swarm cluster, enabling real‑time function execution without managing servers. Together, these tools give teams a consistent API surface to build, scale, and monitor asynchronous workflows while focusing on application logic.
Target Audience
Primary customers are software development teams and DevOps engineers building microservices, data pipelines, or AI workloads that need reliable background processing, messaging, or serverless compute, especially in enterprises requiring high availability and compliance.
Features
- Container‑based job execution with automatic scaling, GPU access, and built‑in retry handling (IronWorker)
- Lightning‑fast, persistent message queue written in Go, supporting REST APIs, best‑effort one‑time delivery, and automatic cross‑zone failover (IronMQ)
- Flexible deployment models for the queue: shared SaaS, dedicated hardware, or on‑premise installations for compliance‑sensitive environments
- Open‑source serverless functions platform that runs on private, public, or hybrid clouds, with native integration to Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, and Mesosphere (IronFunctions)
- Unified RESTful APIs and SDKs across services for consistent developer experience and easy integration into existing codebases
- 24/7 engineering support and optional hosted Functions offering for enterprise customers