Our journey
Our Mission
01 -- MISSION
Daytona is dedicated to accelerating AI innovation by providing a secure, lightning-fast runtime that eliminates execution barriers and empowers both developers and AI systems to focus on what truly matters — transforming intelligent code into real-world solutions.
Daytona's story begins in 2009, when our founders pioneered Codeanywhere—one of the first cloud development platforms designed to accelerate developer productivity. Though ahead of its time, Codeanywhere achieved remarkable success and sparked an entire market segment that influenced today's development landscape.
By 2022, we recognized a pivotal opportunity as remote development technologies matured and enterprises struggled with increasingly complex development environments. The industry needed a solution that could provide secure, scalable infrastructure for the next generation of software development—one increasingly driven by AI.
Daytona was founded in 2023 and evolved from our deep experience with developer workflows and infrastructure challenges. What began as a vision for a self-hosted development environment manager has transformed into something more fundamental: a secure, elastic runtime for AI-generated code execution and agent workflows.
Our journey reflects the technological evolution itself—from cloud-based development to AI-powered creation. Today, Daytona provides the critical infrastructure that enables developers and organizations to safely harness the power of AI in their development processes with complete isolation and programmatic control.
Backed by foundational customers and forward-thinking investors, we're building the infrastructure layer that will power the next generation of AI innovation.
02 -- TEAM
A fully remote team with deep experience in the space.
03 -- PRINCIPLES
Pivotal principles that define and drive our operation.
Speed and Agility
Agility is key in the fast-paced world of technology. We prioritize swift action and quick decision-making, ensuring we stay ahead of the curve. Our team is structured to respond rapidly and adaptively, enabling us to tackle challenges and seize opportunities as they arise.
Commitment to Execution
Execution is at the heart of everything we do. Our focus is on generating ideas and bringing them to life. We set high standards for execution, ensuring that every project, big or small, is carried out with precision and excellence.
Proactivity
Being proactive is not just encouraged – it's a core part of our ethos. We cultivate a forward-thinking mindset, where team members always look ahead, anticipate needs, and prepare for future challenges. This proactive approach drives our innovation and ensures we're always prepared for what's next.
04 -- INVESTORS
We are fortunate to work with some of the best investors in the world. You are already using their products.
Aaron Kimball (Benchling), Alan Sumina (Nanobit), Amir Shevat (Darkmode Ventures), Andrew Rollins (BrinkBrink), Ben Lang (Notion), Borja Burgos (Datadog), Brian Douglas (Open Sauced), Bukky Adebayo (Hashicorp), Damir Sabol (Photomath), David Apple (ScorePlay), Derek Kleinow (DK Ventures), Domagoj Vuksa (Human), Edi Sinovcic (SpaceShard), Ekene Eze (Abridged), Eugene Yan (Amazon), Feross Aboukhadijeh (Socket), Fredrik Björk (Grafbase), Grace Francisco (Pangea), Ian Livingstone, Ilya Lyamkin (Spotify), Izet Zdralovic & Jurica Cerovec (Microblink), Jacob Smith & Zac Smith (HOTI), Jason Berry (Positive Equity), Jernej Strasner (Sentry), Jesse Miller (Kong), Jon Natkins (dbt Labs), Jose Vargas (Adriatic VC), Kareem Kouddous (Koko), Luka Abrus (Five), Luka Sucic (Meta Change Capital), Marin Tvrdic & Nikola Pavesic (Infobip), Martin Morava (Devot), Merci Victoria Grace (Panobi), Michael Rybintsev (Fonoa), Nikolay Rodionov, Oliver de Albuquerque (Adept), Pierre-Louis Theron (Lumen), Sead Ahmetovic (WeAreDevelopers), Surabhi Gupta (Robinhood), Tomislav Car (Infinum Ventures), Traycho Ivanov (Pulsarix), Zach Holman.