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Buildkite
Buildkite Pty. Ltd.
FormerlyBuildbox
IndustryCI/CD
FoundedSeptember 3, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-09-03) in Melbourne, Australia
FounderKeith Pitt

Buildkite is a continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) platform used in DevOps. The company was founded in September 2013 and has raised $39 million in venture capital funding as of 2022. Companies using Buildkite include Wayfair, Shopify, Slack, Twilo, Canva, Pinterest, Envato, MYOB and Lyft.[1][2][3]

History

Buildkite was founded in September 2013 as Buildbox, with the product out of beta in November.[4] According to cofounder Lachlan Donald, Buildkite was profitable in the first month after launching.[5] Tim Lucas came on board as a co-founder.[6] The original name of the company, Buildbox, had to be changed due to another company registering the trademark first, reportedly by only two weeks.[7]

In 2021, Buildkite ran its own CI/CD conference, Unblock, for the first time.[8][9]

In 2022, Tim Lucas stepped down as co-CEO.[10] They also announced a new tool, Test Analytics.[11][12] [13]

In 2023, the company makes their first acquisition, PackageCloud, from a private equity firm.[14] PackageCloud allows companies to store and distribute software to clients.[15]

Financing

In 2020, Buildkite raised $28M AUD, led by OpenView, with General Catalyst. The company was valued at 200M (AUD) in that deal.[3][2] In November 2022, the company raised a Series B round of $21M ($32M AUD), with investors including One Ventures, Dominic Pym (angel) and AirTree.[16][17] [18][19][3][9] Total funding investment at the time of writing is $39MUSD.

Product

Buildkite was built with a hybrid model where build agents are self-hosted, yet supported by a managed, cloud-powered interface.[20][17][2] Buildkite permits up to 10,000 agents per account for customers.[17]

References

  1. ^ "Buildkite Announces Successful $32 Million Series B Funding Round | Startup News". 2022-11-17. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  2. ^ a b c Shu, Catherine (2020-08-18). "Melbourne-based CI/CD platform Buildkite gets $28 million AUD Series A led by OpenView". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  3. ^ a b c Waters, Cara (2020-08-18). "Software startup Buildkite scores $28 million investment". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  4. ^ "Good news everyone! Buildbox is now officially out of Beta". Buildkite. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  5. ^ Chan, Rosalie. "Profitable Australian DevOps startup Buildkite explains how its new $28 million in funding will let it spread the word about being 'the best-kept secret in the developer tool space'". Business Insider. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  6. ^ "'Quiet achiever' Buildkite raises $31m to expand operations". The West Australian. 2022-11-16. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  7. ^ "Startup Story: Buildkite". 2015-01-21. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  8. ^ "Announcing UnblockConf – Buildkite's first CI/CD conference". Buildkite. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  9. ^ a b Engineering, Wix (2021-10-24). "6 Challenges We Faced While Building a Super CI Pipeline: Part I". Wix Engineering. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  10. ^ "Bidding farewell to co-founder and co-CEO Tim Lucas". Buildkite. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  11. ^ "Test Analytics: Identify, track & fix problematic tests". Buildkite. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  12. ^ "Integrate tests with Buildkite Test Analytics". DEV Community. 2022-06-26. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  13. ^ Vizard, Mike (2022-06-30). "Buildkite Adds Analytics Tools to Identify Flaky App Tests". DevOps.com. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  14. ^ Bhartiya, Swapnil (2023-12-07). "Buildkite's CI/CD Platform Aims To Improve Developer Productivity And Happiness | Keith Pitt". TFiR | A video is worth a million words. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  15. ^ "Instacart IPO: The winners and losers". Fortune. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  16. ^ "We raised a $21m Series B! Now what do we do next?". Buildkite. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  17. ^ a b c Keary, Tim (2022-11-15). "How automation helps secure the CI/CD pipeline, Buildkite raises $21M". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  18. ^ "Q&A with Keith Pitt — the Aussie CEO shaking up software development". SME Business Daily Media. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
  19. ^ Palmer-Derrien, Stephanie (2020-08-19). "Software startup Buildkite rises from stealth mode with $28 million funding round". SmartCompany. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  20. ^ "Buildkite | Euphemia". Buildkite | Euphemia. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
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