# Mirantis

> Mirantis is a Campbell, California software company that helps large enterprises and cloud providers build and run their own infrastructure on open standards instead of renting it from hyperscalers. It started in 1999 as an engineering shop, bet the company on OpenStack, absorbed Docker Enterprise, and now sells k0rdent AI - a control plane for turning racks of GPUs into working AI factories. In August 2026 it was acquired by AI data-center operator IREN for $625 million.

- **Founded:** 1999
- **Headquarters:** Campbell, California, United States
- **Founders:** Alex Freedland (Co-Founder & CEO), Boris Renski (Co-Founder), Adrian Ionel (Co-Founder & former CEO)
- **Team size:** ~620 employees
- **Products:** Mirantis k0rdent AI, k0rdent, Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (MKE), Lens, k0s
- **Notable:** Founding member of the OpenStack Foundation (2012) and ranked 3rd all-time by both commits and lines of code contributed to OpenStack., Acquired Docker Enterprise in 2019, taking over the enterprise business of one of tech's most recognized brands., PayPal ran 200,000+ containers and 700+ applications on Mirantis software with a 50% productivity gain.

## Products & services

- **Mirantis k0rdent AI** — A control plane that automates deployment and lifecycle management of AI/ML infrastructure - GPUs, Kubernetes, NVIDIA Run:ai and inference services - so teams can stand up production AI platforms in minutes. Adds a Model Registry and Inference Mesh to host, govern, route and meter models.
- **k0rdent** — Open-source (Apache 2.0) distributed container management environment - a single pane of glass for managing Kubernetes clusters across cloud, on-prem and edge, and for building internal developer platforms.
- **Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (MKE)** — Enterprise Kubernetes platform, originally acquired as Docker Enterprise in 2019 and rebranded. Includes secure container runtime and registry (Harbor).
- **Lens** — The widely used Kubernetes IDE for managing, developing, debugging and monitoring clusters, with a Pro and Enterprise tier (SSO, SCIM, air-gapped mode).
- **k0s** — A certified, single-binary, open-source Kubernetes distribution that runs on anything from edge devices to servers.
- **Mirantis OpenStack for Kubernetes (MOSK)** — Containerized OpenStack for private cloud and infrastructure-as-a-service, positioned as a VMware replacement.
- **Mirantis Container Runtime (MCR)** — A hardened, FIPS 140-2 validated container runtime for regulated and secure environments.

## Achievements

- Founding member of the OpenStack Foundation (2012) and ranked 3rd all-time by both commits and lines of code contributed to OpenStack.
- Acquired Docker Enterprise in 2019, taking over the enterprise business of one of tech's most recognized brands.
- PayPal ran 200,000+ containers and 700+ applications on Mirantis software with a 50% productivity gain.
- Powers Reliance Jio's infrastructure serving ~400 million subscribers on 4,000 bare-metal nodes.
- Open-sourced k0rdent in 2025 under Apache 2.0, joining k0s and Lens in its open-source portfolio.
- Acquired by IREN for $625 million in 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — IREN completed its acquisition of Mirantis for $625 million, adding Mirantis' software layer to its AI cloud and data-center platform.
- **2026-05** — IREN announced an agreement to acquire Mirantis; Mirantis publicly reaffirmed its open-source commitments.
- **2026-04** — Mirantis automated AI factory deployments with k0rdent AI and NVIDIA Run:ai, promising production AI platforms 'in minutes, not weeks.'
- **2025-02** — Mirantis open-sourced k0rdent, a distributed container management platform for cloud, on-prem and edge.

## Links

- Website: https://www.mirantis.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mirantis
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/MirantisIT
- GitHub: https://github.com/Mirantis
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Mirantis
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MirantisUS/

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Last updated: 2026-08-19