Solo.io
Solo.io is the unified platform for secure, seamless cloud operations, built to power the next generation of intelligent AI agents through application networking.
Founding Story
Founder Idit Levine started Solo.io after realizing at EMC that connectivity was a major hurdle for enterprises moving to the cloud. She envisioned a platform that could bridge legacy infrastructure with modern cloud-native environments using technologies like Envoy and Istio.
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Leadership
Founders
Idit Levine
Founder and CEO. Former CTO of the Cloud Management Division at EMC and member of EMC's Office of the CTO. Expert in cluster management (Kubernetes, Mesos, Docker Swarm). Former professional basketball player in Israel.
Executive Team
Idit Levine
Founder and CEO
Former CTO at EMC Cloud Management Division.
Louis Ryan
Chief Technology Officer
Former Principal Engineer at Google; co-creator of Istio and gRPC.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Open core business model generating revenue through enterprise subscription licensing and professional services.
Pricing Tiers
Available for Gloo Gateway and Gloo Mesh via GitHub/CNCF.
Includes enterprise features, multi-cluster management, advanced security, and 24/7 support. Pricing is tied to infrastructure capacity.
Target Markets
- Enterprise Software
- Financial Services
- Telecommunications
- Health Care
- Retail
- Microservices connectivity
- Hybrid and multi-cloud networking
- API management
- Service mesh implementation
- AI agent security and governance
- T-Mobile
- Vonage
- Domino's Pizza
- Schneider Electric
History & Milestones
Winner of the DEVIES Award 2026 for infrastructure APIs.
Contributed agentgateway to the Linux Foundation; announced Agent Registry at KubeCon NA 2025.
Released Gloo AI Gateway to optimize AI deployment and governance.
Donated Gloo Gateway to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).
Raised $135M Series C funding at a $1B valuation, achieving Unicorn status.
