Official homepage says KubeSail stopped operating its hosted services after a six-year run (2019–2025).
SourcePublic company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
KubeSail is a small Y Combinator-backed self-hosting platform and hardware company that helps people and teams run apps at home or in offices; the company said it stopped operating its hosted services in 2025.
Primary product
KubeSail Platform for self-hosted apps and PiBox home-hosting hardware
Founded
2018
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10 employees
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Self-hosting / Kubernetes hosting software
Offices
0 jobs at KubeSail
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Business model
Stage
pre-seed
Total raised
$150K
Latest round
Pre Seed · Aug 2019
Latest amount
$150K
Aug 2019 · Y Combinator
Investors
Open-source, privacy- and self-hosting-oriented, DIY hardware friendly, and community-supported through docs, Discord, and Twitter.
Pricing
Freemium monthly subscription with paid Standard and Business tiers; hardware sales for PiBox; custom/enterprise contracts.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Estimated revenue
$750K-$1M ARR
Estimated monthly visits
7.8K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
TeelSys · Nov 2025
Independent post reporting that PiBox and KubeSail ended operations in September 2025 and that the websites appeared gone.
KubeSail · Jan 2025
Official shutdown notice saying KubeSail stopped operating its hosted services after a six-year run and is leaving the open-source code available.
LinuxGizmos · Oct 2021
Coverage of KubeSail's PiBox Kickstarter launch, including pricing, hardware details, and the self-hosting focus of the product.
KubeSail · May 2021
Announcement of the KubeSail Platform for self-hosted software, including Stripe billing and multiple deployment modes such as managed clusters, BYO Kubernetes, and PiBox.
TechCrunch · Aug 2019
TechCrunch covered KubeSail among the Y Combinator Summer 2019 Demo Day startups.