Akuity
Akuity sells enterprise tools for managing Kubernetes with GitOps. The company has raised $25M in Series A funding and employs 58 people.
The growth story
Akuity grew from 12 to 58 employees between 2022 and 2026, raising $25M along the way, most recently a Series A in May 2022.
About
Akuity provides a platform that helps enterprises operate Kubernetes clusters using GitOps, a method that applies version control principles to infrastructure management. Its tools aim to simplify deployment and improve reliability for teams running cloud-native applications.
The company was founded in 2021 by creators of Argo, a popular open-source GitOps project. While headcount growth data isn't available, the $25M Series A in 2022 suggests rapid early-stage scaling in the competitive Kubernetes tooling market.
Founders and leadership
Engineering dominates the organization with 23 employees, reflecting the technical nature of their Kubernetes-focused product. Leadership includes founders with deep expertise from creating the Argo project.
The Akuity org chart
Hong Wang (Founder and CEO) leads 21 mapped leaders with 10 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 22 (+16% YoY), Sales 10 (+67% YoY), Business Development 5 (0% YoY), Customer Success and Support 4 (+33% YoY), Marketing 4 (0% YoY), Entrepreneurship 3 (0% YoY).
Talent flow
The team draws heavily from infrastructure tooling companies, with multiple hires from CircleCI, Docker, and Salesforce. Alumni have moved to various tech roles, though no clear pattern emerges in their destinations.
Most common previous employers of Akuity staff: CircleCI (4), Docker (3), Salesforce (3), Intuit (3), Applatix, Inc. (acquired by Intuit) (3), Chronosphere (3). Former Akuity employees most often moved to Red Hat (1), honeycomb.io (1), Pocket Fish Pro (1), slice (1), ELAVATED (1), 7Sigma (1).
Alumni worth knowing
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 44% direct, 31% search, 7% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Akuity: Kubernetes (26), Linux (22), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (21), Python (Programming Language) (20), Leadership (20), Management (17), Git (17), Docker Products (16).
Where the team actually sits
Akuity people are concentrated in California, United States (5), San Francisco Bay Area (4), United States (4), Shanghai, China (3).
Search footprint
Akuity attracts about 383 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $1K a month if bought through ads. It gained 206 ranking keywords and lost 121 in the last period.
Frequently asked
Akuity has 58 employees as of September 2026.
Akuity has raised $25M in total, most recently a Series A round in May 2022.
Akuity was founded in 2021 by Hong Wang, Alexander Matyushentsev, Jesse Suen.
Hong Wang (Founder and CEO) sits at the top of Akuity's reporting structure, with 10 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Akuity staff are CircleCI (4 people), Docker (3 people), Salesforce (3 people).
Former Akuity employees most often move to Red Hat (1), honeycomb.io (1), Pocket Fish Pro (1).
Akuity attracts about 383 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $1K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Akuity staff are Kubernetes, Linux, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Python (Programming Language), Leadership.
Akuity staff are concentrated in California, United States (5), San Francisco Bay Area (4), United States (4).
Akuity has about 22 people in Engineering, up 16% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Akuity has about 10 people in Sales, up 67% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 53 current and 25 former Akuity profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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