Michael Marineau

Founder

Co-founder of CoreOS. Former Site Reliability Engineer at Google. Fellow alumnus of Oregon State University's Open Source Lab, where he developed a friendship with co-founders Alex Polvi and Brandon Philips during their freshman year.

Overview

Companies
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Founder

Companies

1 company
CoreOS $48M
Acquired Founder

CoreOS developed Container Linux, a lightweight Linux-based operating system designed for massive server deployments, along with key container infrastructure tools including etcd, rkt, and the Tectonic Kubernetes platform. Founded through Y Combinator (S13), the company built open source infrastructure to enable Google-scale operations for any organization. CoreOS was a founding member of both the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and the Open Container Initiative (OCI). Acquired by Red Hat in January 2018 for $250 million.

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