Lightbend,

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Akka, formerly known as Typesafe, is a company founded by

Martin Odersky Martin Odersky (born 5 September 1958) is a German computer scientist and professor of programming methods at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. He specializes in code analysis and programming languages. He spear ...

, the creator of the

Scala programming language Scala ( ) is a strongly statically typed high-level general-purpose programming language that supports both object-oriented programming and functional programming. Designed to be concise, many of Scala's design decisions are intended to addres ...

, Jonas Bonér, the creator of the

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middleware Middleware is a type of computer software program that provides services to software applications beyond those available from the operating system. It can be described as "software glue". Middleware makes it easier for software developers to imple ...

, and Paul Phillips in 2011. It provides a platform for building

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applications for the

JVM A Java virtual machine (JVM) is a virtual machine that enables a computer to run Java programs as well as programs written in other languages that are also compiled to Java bytecode. The JVM is detailed by a specification that formally descri ...

, consisting of the

Play Framework Play Framework is an open-source web application framework which follows the model–view–controller (MVC) architectural pattern. It is written in Scala and usable from other programming languages that are compiled to JVM bytecode, e.g. Java. ...

middleware and Scala programming language, with additional supporting products and development tools such as the Slick database library for Scala and the sbt build tool. Lightbend also provides training, consulting and commercial support on the platform. Lightbend is one of the main contributors of

Reactive Streams Reactive Streams is an initiative to provide a Technical standard, standard for asynchronous serial communication, asynchronous stream processing with Asynchronous I/O, non-blocking back pressure. __TOC__ Origin Reactive Streams started as an ...

.Reactive Streams Releases First Stable Version for JVM
/ref> In February 2016, the company was renamed from Typesafe to Lightbend and adopted a new logo.

Leadership

The company's CEO is Tyler Jewell and its CTO is Jonas Bonér.

Investors

Lightbend initially raised $3 million for Series A funding from

Greylock Partners Greylock Partners is one of the oldest venture capital firms, founded in 1965, with committed capital of over $3.5 billion under management. The firm focuses on early-stage companies in consumer and enterprise software. History Greylock wa ...

. Lightbend then raised another $14 million for Series B from

Shasta Ventures Shasta Ventures is an early-stage venture capital investment firm located in Silicon Valley that invests in enterprise and technology consumer startups. It is located on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park. Funds Shasta's second fund of US$250 milli ...

Juniper Networks Juniper Networks, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. The company develops and markets networking products, including Router (computing), routers, Network switch, switches, network management so ...

and Francois Stieger. Intel Capital is leading a new $20 million Series C round of funding along with new investor

Blue Cloud Ventures Blue Cloud Ventures is a New York-based venture capital fund specializing in software-as-a-service, infrastructure, and open source software companies. The fund focuses primarily on growth stage companies with annual revenue between $10 and $50 ...

and current backers

Bain Capital Ventures Bain Capital Ventures LLC is the venture capital division within Bain Capital, which has approximately $160 billion of assets under management worldwide. The firm's early-stage investments have included Attentive, Bloomreach, Billtrust, Docusign ...

, Polytech Ecosystem Ventures, and

. This brings funding to date to $42 million.

Products

Lightbend leads the following

open-source Open source is source code that is made freely available for possible modification and redistribution. Products include permission to use and view the source code, design documents, or content of the product. The open source model is a decentrali ...

source-available Source-available software is software released through a source code distribution model that includes arrangements where the source can be viewed, and in some cases modified, but without necessarily meeting the criteria to be called ''open-source ...

software projects: *

event-driven middleware It is also a core participant in the development of: *

Lightbend also offers Lightbend Subscription, which offers 24/7 developer support and a commercial product Lightbend Production Suite. Lightbend Production Suite includes service orchestration, Lightbend Monitoring, application resilience, and enhanced availability.

Conferences

Lightbend initiated the Scala Days conference which brings together developers from around the world to share their experiences and new ideas around creating applications with Scala. Since its inception, th
Scala Center
has taken over the responsibility for organizing Scala Days. Lightbend even initiate
Reactive Summit
as a conference around the principles for asynchronous stream processing with

which was later donated to th
Linux Foundation

Educational Resources

Lightbend offers an educational platform called Lightbend Academy, which includes online courses for subscription customers.

References

External links

*{{Official website, https://akka.io Software companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area Software companies established in 2011 Middleware Bain Capital companies 2011 establishments in California American companies established in 2011