# Rafay Systems

> Rafay Systems is a Sunnyvale-based platform-engineering company that builds infrastructure orchestration and workflow automation software for Kubernetes, GPU workloads and AI/ML pipelines. Its cloud-based platform lets enterprises offer self-service compute to developers and data scientists while keeping platform teams in control of cost, security and compliance across AWS, Azure, GCP and on-prem environments.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** Sunnyvale, California, United States
- **Founders:** Haseeb Budhani (Co-founder & CEO), Hanumantha (Hemanth) Kavuluru (Co-founder & SVP of Engineering)
- **Team size:** ~160 employees
- **Products:** Rafay Platform 4.0, Kubernetes Operations Platform, GPU PaaS / AI Suite, Environment Manager, Paralus
- **Notable:** Raised $25M Series B led by ForgePoint Capital in 2021, Donated Paralus, a zero-trust Kubernetes access tool, to the CNCF Sandbox, Recognized in Gartner's research on cloud-native platforms

## Products & services

- **Rafay Platform 4.0** — Cloud-native automation and orchestration platform for Kubernetes clusters, AI/ML workloads and GPU resources across public clouds, private clouds and the edge.
- **Kubernetes Operations Platform** — Lifecycle management, governance, security and zero-trust access for Kubernetes clusters at enterprise scale.
- **GPU PaaS / AI Suite** — Self-service consumption of GPU compute and AI-Models-as-a-Service for internal data science and AI teams.
- **Environment Manager** — Templated, governed compute environments that platform teams can publish for developers to consume on demand.
- **Paralus** — Open-source zero-trust Kubernetes access manager donated by Rafay to the CNCF Sandbox.

## Achievements

- Raised $25M Series B led by ForgePoint Capital in 2021
- Donated Paralus, a zero-trust Kubernetes access tool, to the CNCF Sandbox
- Recognized in Gartner's research on cloud-native platforms
- Reported doubling of ARR and Kubernetes clusters under management in 2022
- Launched Platform 4.0 in November 2025 with expanded AI infrastructure capabilities

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — Released Rafay Platform 4.0, expanding AI and GPU PaaS capabilities.
- **2023-03** — Announced record business growth driven by demand for its Kubernetes operations platform.
- **2022** — Open-sourced Paralus and donated it to the CNCF.

## Links

- Website: https://rafay.co
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rafay-systems
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/rafaysystemsinc
- GitHub: https://github.com/RafaySystems
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rafaysystems
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rafaysystems

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Last updated: 2026-05-23