Upbound

Upbound is a pioneering cloud-native enterprise software company and the original creator of Crossplane, the widely adopted open-source framework for building cloud-native control planes. The platform empowers platform engineering and DevOps teams to build highly customized Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) that sit above multiple cloud providers. Under the hood, Upbound shifts the paradigm away from traditional, drift-prone Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools by leveraging the Kubernetes API to offer "Control Planes as Code." This approach provides continuous reconciliation, meaning the system actively monitors and auto-corrects infrastructure to match its desired state. Their primary target audience includes large-scale enterprises and high-growth tech companies looking to manage complex, multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) without suffering from vendor lock-in. What sets Upbound apart is its commercial offering, Upbound Platform, which scales the power of open-source Crossplane with enterprise-grade security, managed control planes, real-time observability, and dedicated support, allowing developers to self-serve infrastructure safely and efficiently.