# Oxide Computer Company

> Oxide Computer Company builds the Oxide Cloud Computer, a rack-scale system that fuses purpose-built hardware with open-source software to give enterprises the elastic, API-driven experience of a public cloud inside their own data centers. Founded in 2019 by Joyent and Docker veterans, Oxide designs everything from the sheet metal, power distribution, and boot firmware up to the hypervisor and control plane, selling a single integrated rack rather than a pile of parts. It has raised over $577M, counts national labs and Fortune 1000 enterprises among customers, and is known for radical engineering transparency including a uniform company-wide salary.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** Emeryville, California, United States
- **Founders:** Steve Tuck (Co-founder & CEO), Bryan Cantrill (Co-founder & CTO), Jessie Frazelle (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~80-100 employees
- **Products:** Oxide Cloud Computer, Hubris, Helios, Oxide Control Plane / API
- **Notable:** Shipped what it calls the world's first commercial cloud computer, a fully integrated rack-scale system., Rewrote server boot firmware from scratch in Rust and open-sourced it (Hubris), bypassing legacy BIOS., Raised over $577M total, including a $200M Series C in February 2026.

## Products & services

- **Oxide Cloud Computer** — A rack-scale integrated system packing up to 64 compute sleds (each with a 64-core AMD EPYC CPU, ~1 TB DRAM, and NVMe flash), custom power distribution and networking, and a full open-source software stack that delivers a public-cloud-like experience on-premises.
- **Hubris** — An all-Rust, open-source, microkernel-based embedded operating system that runs on Oxide's service processors and microcontrollers, replacing traditional server firmware and BIOS.
- **Helios** — The illumos-based host operating system running on the AMD compute sleds, hosting the hypervisor and services.
- **Oxide Control Plane / API** — A software-defined control plane providing elastic virtual machines, virtual networking, block storage, and self-service provisioning through a single API and console.

## Achievements

- Shipped what it calls the world's first commercial cloud computer, a fully integrated rack-scale system.
- Rewrote server boot firmware from scratch in Rust and open-sourced it (Hubris), bypassing legacy BIOS.
- Raised over $577M total, including a $200M Series C in February 2026.
- Landed national laboratories (Idaho, Lawrence Livermore) and Fortune 1000 enterprises as customers.
- Pioneered a uniform company-wide salary model widely cited as a case study in compensation transparency.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Closed $200M Series C led by Thomas Tull's US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT), doubling total funding and pushing it past $577M.
- **2024-04** — Announced CoreSite colocation partnership at the Silicon Valley SV2 data center.
- **2024** — Unveiled and began shipping the commercial Oxide Cloud Computer; deployment at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
- **2023-10** — Raised $44M Series A led by Eclipse with Intel Capital; revealed Idaho National Laboratory as first named customer.

## Links

- Website: https://oxide.computer
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/oxidecomputer
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/oxidecomputer
- GitHub: https://github.com/oxidecomputer
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@oxidecomputer

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Last updated: 2026-07-11