DigitalOcean, founded in 2012, is a cloud computing platform headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado. The company focuses on simplicity, serving independent developers and small-to-medium-sized businesses with cloud infrastructure and related services. It serves more than 640,000 customers worldwide and employs over 1,000 people.
The company's core offerings include the Droplet virtual machine, its first product launched, alongside managed databases, Kubernetes, and the App Platform for application deployment. Its technical domains span cloud infrastructure, virtual machines, managed databases, Kubernetes, application platform, and AI inference services.
DigitalOcean has expanded into artificial intelligence with its Gradient™ AI Inference Cloud, designed for building and scaling AI-powered applications. The company operates within the cloud computing, software development, and AI applications sectors, with a stated mission to simplify cloud computing and AI for builders.
