Fondo · Feb 2026
Launch recap covering Distr's GitHub integration, multi-environment deployment support, white-label portal, OCI registry, telemetry, and OpenFeature-compatible licensing.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Glasskube is the company behind Distr, an open-source software distribution/control plane for self-managed, BYOC, on-prem, VPC, and air-gapped deployments. It was founded in 2023, is YC Summer 2024-backed, and operates from Vienna with a Chicago presence.
Primary product
Distr
Founded
2023
Headquarters
Vienna, Austria
Team size
1-10
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
Software distribution / DevOps tools
Offices
0 jobs at Glasskube
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Business model
Stage
pre-seed
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Pre-Seed · Aug 2024
Latest amount
$500K
Aug 2024 · Y Combinator
Investors
Small, founder-led startup with an open-source, hands-on, fast-paced culture focused on privacy, cybersecurity, and digital sovereignty. Public hiring copy emphasizes curiosity, initiative, and building directly in a small team.
Compensation
A public Vienna role listing showed roughly €50k-€75k for a founding AI engineer; no company-wide compensation policy is publicly disclosed.
Benefits
Pricing
Free-to-start with demo-led enterprise sales
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
≈$900K estimated ARR (third-party estimate)
Fondo · Feb 2026
Launch recap covering Distr's GitHub integration, multi-environment deployment support, white-label portal, OCI registry, telemetry, and OpenFeature-compatible licensing.
Glasskube blog · Oct 2025
Glasskube explains why it built HyprMCP Gateway for Distr's MCP server, citing authentication, analytics, and hosting problems and describing the open-source/hosted gateway.
Glasskube blog · Sep 2024
Announced GitOps/ArgoCD support, Renovate integration, Glasskube Hub, and private-package services.
brutkasten · Jun 2024
Reported Glasskube's Y Combinator acceptance and the associated $500,000 investment.
Glasskube blog · Apr 2024
Announced the beta release, focused on package configuration, dependency management, and a growing package catalog.