HashiCorp Raises $175M at $5.1B Valuation

I had the chance to work with Armon as a contractor at HashiCorp when I was in college. Armon was absolutely one of the most down-to-earth leaders I've ever seen. Even though he was technically brilliant and I was only an undergrad, he never made me feel like I was stupid or inexperienced, but rather patiently guided me towards the best solutions, so I was able to gain a lot of confidence and grow a lot along the way.

If you are an aspiring distributed systems engineer (as I was), I highly recommend applying to HashiCorp. They are solving some of the most fun challenges in distributed systems and they have a great engineering culture, not to mention that they are remote-friendly.

Re: HashiCorp Raises $175M at $5.1B Valuation

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Post by gz5 » Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 12:33 AM UTC

Their execution is impressive. Very impressive. And, execution is what often separates the leaders from the pack, rather than some "unique" aspects.

However, HashiCorp seems unique in a few regards:

1. A pioneer in monetizing OSS via SaaS services.

2. Many successes. Can't think of a recent startup in this space with so many successes - can you? Sentinel, Consul, Terraform etc.

3. Arguably at the start of the curve, e.g. service mesh automation is really difficult?

Re: HashiCorp Raises $175M at $5.1B Valuation

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Post by amelius » Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 12:33 AM UTC

eeZah7Ux wrote: post #4

rad_gruchalski wrote: post #3

Congratulations! Fantastic products, regardless of my past complaints about documentation :)

Fantastic?! Hascicorp?!

It seems this company has a similar mode of operation as e.g. Docker: put a thin layer around Linux, and sell it as if it's something new.

Re: HashiCorp Raises $175M at $5.1B Valuation

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 12:36 AM UTC

amelius wrote: post #8

eeZah7Ux wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fantastic?! Hascicorp?!

It seems this company has a similar mode of operation as e.g. Docker: put a thin layer around Linux, and sell it as if it's something new.

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Re: HashiCorp Raises $175M at $5.1B Valuation

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Post by boston_sre87 » Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 12:38 AM UTC

amelius wrote: post #8

eeZah7Ux wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fantastic?! Hascicorp?!

It seems this company has a similar mode of operation as e.g. Docker: put a thin layer around Linux, and sell it as if it's something new.

what part of vault, consul, terraform or any of their other tools makes any of them a thin wrapper around linux?