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find ways of deleting annoying chores for the coders you already have
These automate long series of steps they usually have to do manually, thanks to integrations with GitHub, AWS, Slack and more
CTO.ai claims it can turn a days-long process like setting up a Kubernetes cluster into a 15-minute task even sales people can handle
The startup offers both a platform for engineering and sharing shortcuts, and a service where it can custom build shortcuts for big
profitability over the past two years
Why take funding when revenue was up 400% in 18 months? But after a chance meeting aboard a plane connected its high school dropout founder
tools that streamline software development is really expensive for companies, especially when they need their developers focused on building
In skate-punk attire with a snapback hat, the young man meeting me in a San Francisco Mission District cafe almost looked too chill to be a
His startup makes being a developer more accessible.After spending his 20s in software engineering groups in the Bay, Campbell started his
own company, Retsly, that bridged developers to real estate listings
dev tools inside companies with other priorities
Yet given these tools determine how much time expensive engineers waste on tasks below their skill level, their absence can drag down big
enterprises or keep startups from rising.CTO.ai shrinks the elephant
For example, the busywork of creating a Kubernetes cluster such as having to the create EC2 instances, provision on those instances and then
provision a master node gets slimmed down to just running a shortcut
that turn confusing code essays into simple fill-in-the-blank and multiple-choice questions.The CTO.ai platform offers a wide range of
pre-made shortcuts that clients can piggyback on, or they can make and publish their own through a flexible JavaScript environment for the
rest of their team or the whole community to use
Companies that need extra help can pay for its DevOps-as-a-Service and reliability offerings to get shortcuts made to solve their biggest
widely mocked advice on how to spot and capture them like trophy animals
Instead, he believes one developer can make five others 2X more efficient by building them shortcuts
Pallasite Ventures, Panache Ventures and Jonathan Bixby, CTO.ai wants to build deeper integrations with Slack so developers can run more
commands right from the messaging app
community outreach to drive adoption
It also sees virality through its shortcut author pages, which, like GitHub profiles, let developers show off their contributions and find
Google already has Cloud Composer, while GitHub launched Actions last year
Campbell says its defense comes through neutrally integrating with everyone, thereby turning potential competitors into partners.The funding
firepower could help CTO.ai build a lead
With every company embracing software, employers battling to keep developers happy and teams looking to get more of their staff working with
