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Namespace

Namespace is a developer infrastructure platform providing high-performance compute for coding, building, and testing across Mac, Windows, and Linux. It offers managed GitHub runners, remote Docker builders, and Devboxes designed for both human developers and AI coding agents, with a vertically integrated stack of custom hardware and scheduler. The platform serves over 1,000 companies, including platforms like Buildkite and Warp that build their hosted agent products on Namespace's infrastructure.

Traction 10/10
San Francisco, California, United States · HQ
Founded 2022223K+ followers
  • Developer Tools
  • Software Only
Updated 1 month ago

Funding

Raised to date

$65MRaised 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.

across 2 rounds

BCE+2

$42M · Series B

Announced Oct 2026

Disclosed cumulative: $65M

2/2

Founders

2 founders

Hugo Santos

Founder/CEO

Niklas Gehlen

Founding Engineer

Product

Problem

Software development teams face slow continuous integration (CI) build and test times, leading to developer bottlenecks and delayed releases. Existing CI solutions can be inefficient due to inadequate caching, limited scalability, and the overhead of managing build infrastructure. The rise of coding agents producing code at unprecedented scale further stresses these workflows, which are bursty, latency-sensitive, and require reproducibility and security.

Solution

Namespace provides a high-performance compute platform designed to accelerate developer workflows by optimizing CI/CD pipelines. The platform offers managed GitHub Runners, remote Docker builders, and Devboxes that integrate seamlessly with existing tools like GitHub Actions and Docker. By leveraging built-in Docker image caching and cache volumes, Namespace enables incremental builds and significantly reduces build and test times. The serverless architecture scales horizontally to handle high demand, ensuring consistent performance and minimizing infrastructure management overhead. Namespace designs and deploys its own server racks worldwide, including a fleet of Mac hardware, to deliver fast coding, build, and test environments across Mac, Windows, and Linux for both human developers and AI coding agents.

Target Audience

Namespace targets software development teams and organizations that want to accelerate their CI/CD pipelines, reduce build times, and improve developer productivity. This includes companies building with AI coding agents, as well as platforms like Buildkite and Warp that build their hosted agent products on Namespace's infrastructure.

Features

  • Managed GitHub Runners for faster CI/CD execution without workflow changes
  • Remote Docker builders compatible with Dockerfile and `docker build` commands
  • Built-in Docker image caching and cache volumes for incremental builds
  • Devboxes: fast, feature-rich dev environments for AI coding agents
  • Horizontal scaling to handle concurrent builds and high demand
  • End-to-end previews using container-based or Kubernetes-based instances
  • Out-of-the-box metrics, logs, and OOM detection for enhanced observability
  • Private container registry for secure image storage and management
  • Vertically integrated infrastructure stack: custom hardware, hypervisor, and scheduler
  • Mac environments at scale with all required iOS and macOS developer tooling
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