# Spectro Cloud

> Spectro Cloud is a San Jose-based enterprise software company that builds Palette, a Kubernetes management platform used to run, secure and scale containerized workloads, AI infrastructure and GPU clusters across cloud, data center, bare metal and edge environments. Founded in 2019 by Cisco/Cliqr veterans, it counts GE HealthCare, T-Mobile, Nokia and the U.S. Air Force and Navy among its customers and closed a $75M Series C in November 2024 led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** San Jose, California, United States
- **Founders:** Tenry Fu (Co-founder & CEO), Saad Malik (Co-founder & CTO), Gautam Joshi (Co-founder & VP of Engineering)
- **Team size:** ~260 employees
- **Products:** Palette, Palette VerteX, Palette Edge, PaletteAI, Palette Virtual Machine Orchestrator
- **Notable:** $75M Series C in November 2024 at a roughly $750M valuation., Triple-digit ARR growth for three consecutive years., Recognized in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Container Management as a Visionary.

## Products & services

- **Palette** — Flagship Kubernetes management platform for full-stack, declarative cluster lifecycle management across multi-cloud, data center, bare metal and edge.
- **Palette VerteX** — FedRAMP- and FIPS-aligned edition of Palette built for public sector, defense and heavily regulated industries.
- **Palette Edge** — Edge-native Kubernetes for tactical, retail, and industrial deployments - including bare metal and NVIDIA Jetson devices.
- **PaletteAI** — AI infrastructure management - GPU clusters, NVIDIA GPU Operator, validated AI factory designs and edge AI workloads.
- **Palette Virtual Machine Orchestrator** — Run and manage VMs alongside containers on Kubernetes - an alternative path to legacy virtualization.

## Achievements

- $75M Series C in November 2024 at a roughly $750M valuation.
- Triple-digit ARR growth for three consecutive years.
- Recognized in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Container Management as a Visionary.
- Powers Kubernetes for the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and other defense and intelligence customers.
- Authored 'Edge Kubernetes' and 'State of Production Kubernetes' industry reports widely cited in the CNCF ecosystem.

## Latest updates

- **2024-11** — Closed $75M Series C led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives.
- **2025** — Expanded PaletteAI ecosystem with new NVIDIA, validated AI factory designs and edge AI partners.
- **2025** — Released Palette 4.6 with new edge, VM and UX features.
- **2025** — Strengthened public-sector business with new AWS CDAO and defense awards.

## Links

- Website: https://spectrocloud.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spectro-cloud
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/spectrocloudinc
- GitHub: https://github.com/spectrocloud
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@spectrocloud
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/spectrocloud

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Last updated: 2026-05-23