Lukas Gentele, CEO of Loft Labs: $5 Million Raised to Build the Virtual Kubernetes Category

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Lukas Gentele, CEO of Loft Labs, a kubernetes management platform that’s raised over $5 Million in funding, about why the way we develop software on the most popular platform out there needs a revamp, and exactly how Loft Labs can promise some truly attention-grabbing ROI by streamlining everything about the kubernetes cluster environment. By spinning up and tearing down developer environments in mere minutes, instead of the hours that most of us have become used to over the years, Loft Labs are creating a unique sub-category in the saturated software development space.

We also spoke about Lukas’ career as he transitioned from the service sector to the startup economy, how cloud-native development environments enabled entirely new business models, why Loft Labs believe Kubernetes’ functionality needed to be overhauled, and how their high-speed, sensitive and highly flexible environments promise attention grabbing savings that will ultimately pay for themselves.

Topics Discussed:

• Transitioning from the service sector to the tech startup economy, and what Lukas learned along the way
• How Kubernetes emerged as the development environment of choice, but why it can still be clunky in practice
• How Loft Labs’ Kubernetes management platform reduces spin up and tear-down down from hours to mere minutes, delivering massive savings to their clients
• Why cost-saving companies like Loft Labs actually benefit from an economic downturn
• Why ease of use and instant integration is one of the most crucial components of Loft Labs’ success
• Why Lukas considers himself the chief enablement officer as CEO of Loft Labs, and why what excites him most is watching his team grow