
StormForge, now part of CloudBolt, is a leader in Kubernetes visibility and rightsizing, offering intelligent, ML-powered solutions to maximize resource efficiency. Their product, Optimize Live, automatically rightsizes containers, saving 50-70% in cloud costs by increasing pod density and freeing up cluster capacity. It also ensures application performance by preventing CPU throttling and out-of-memory errors through horizontal pod autoscaling. StormForge aims to reduce developer toil by automating infrastructure sizing based on actual utilization data. The company was founded in 2015 and is backed by Insight Partners, with offices in Washington, DC and Cologne, Germany.

StormForge, now part of CloudBolt, is a leader in Kubernetes visibility and rightsizing, offering intelligent, ML-powered solutions to maximize resource efficiency. Their product, Optimize Live, automatically rightsizes containers, saving 50-70% in cloud costs by increasing pod density and freeing up cluster capacity. It also ensures application performance by preventing CPU throttling and out-of-memory errors through horizontal pod autoscaling. StormForge aims to reduce developer toil by automating infrastructure sizing based on actual utilization data. The company was founded in 2015 and is backed by Insight Partners, with offices in Washington, DC and Cologne, Germany.
Core product: ML-powered Kubernetes rightsizing (Optimize Live) that automates container sizing and autoscaling
Primary benefit: Reduces cloud costs (reported 50–70%) while maintaining application performance
Founded: 2015
Acquisition / status: Now part of CloudBolt
Notable investor: Insight Partners (led Feb 11, 2020 round)
Kubernetes resource optimization, autoscaling, and automated performance testing for cloud-native applications.
2015
Cloud infrastructure / DevOps / Kubernetes tooling
63000000.00
Transaction announced Feb 11, 2020 led by Insight Partners (Crunchbase/press materials).
“Insight Partners (lead investor in Feb 2020 round); Crunchbase also lists Foxconn Technology Group as an investor”