Tigera · Jul 2026
Tigera introduced Calico for VMs on Kubernetes, positioning it as an eBPF-powered networking and network-security platform for virtual machines and containers on a shared Kubernetes-native control plane.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 16, 2026
Overview
Tigera is a privately held cloud-native security company and the creator and maintainer of Project Calico. It provides Kubernetes networking, network security, observability, runtime protection, and security controls for AI agents and workloads across multicloud and hybrid environments.
Primary product
Calico platform, including Calico Open Source, Calico Cloud, Calico Enterprise, and newer AI-agent security product Tigera Lynx.
Founded
2016
Headquarters
San Jose, California, United States
Team size
51-200
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Cloud-native cybersecurity, Kubernetes networking, container security, and observability
Offices
San Jose, California, United States
Cork, Ireland
London, United Kingdom
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
San Francisco, California, United States
Business model
Open-core software
SaaS
Self-managed enterprise software
Commercial support and services
Funding
People & investors
Leadership
President & Chief Executive Officer
President
Chief Technology Officer
Senior Director of Product Management
Head of Sales
Matt Dupre
Director of Engineering
Shruti Dyundi
Director of Global Demand Generation
Laura Ferguson
Director, Corporate Marketing
Founders
Founder & former Chief Technology Officer; Project Calico founder and evangelist
Work & culture
Public signals suggest an engineering- and open-source-oriented organization with distributed international teams, strong emphasis on Kubernetes, security research, customer success, and an ownership mindset. Independent employer-review data surfaced by Exa reports an overall rating of 4.4/5, with work-life balance 4.3, compensation 4.2, culture 4.4, and career 4.4; these ratings are not company-verified.
Compensation
No reliable public salary bands or formal compensation policy were found. Exa-indexed employer-review data reports a 4.2/5 compensation rating. The company has advertised roles in the United States, Canada, Ireland, and other countries, but sponsorship availability is not publicly established.
Product & market
Pricing
Calico Open Source is free and open source. Calico Cloud is a managed SaaS product with free and paid tiers; Calico Enterprise is a self-managed commercial offering generally sold through a demo or enterprise quote. Public standard enterprise pricing was not found.
Differentiators
- —Creator and maintainer of widely adopted Project Calico
- —Combines Kubernetes networking, microsegmentation, security, observability, and runtime protection in one platform
- —Supports multiple data planes, including Linux, eBPF, and Windows
- —Kubernetes-native policy and security-as-code approach
- —Commercial offerings available as both managed SaaS and self-managed enterprise software
- —Tigera Lynx extends the platform to identity, sandboxing, policy enforcement, audit, and behavioral monitoring for Kubernetes-native AI agents
Technology
Kubernetes
Linux
eBPF
eBPF-based data planes
Python
Go
TypeScript
JavaScript
React
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Elasticsearch
ClickHouse
Grafana
Kibana
Prometheus
Argo CD
Helm
Terraform
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Customers
NVIDIA
Royal Bank of Canada
Bloomberg
Chipotle
GoDaddy
Upwork
AT&T
Discover
Merck
NBCUniversal
HanseMerkur
Allstate
Box
Siemens Healthineers
Playtech
Competitors
Isovalent / Cilium
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Cloud
Aqua Security
Sysdig
Wiz
NeuVector / SUSE
Aviatrix
Komodor
Tailscale
Backslash Security
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$10M-$20M annually; an Exa-indexed company profile estimates approximately $10.5M
Estimated monthly visits
103.1K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Latest news
Tigera · Jun 2026
Tigera announced general availability of Lynx, a Kubernetes-native control plane for discovering AI agents, assigning sandboxes, issuing cryptographic identities, enforcing action policies, auditing behavior, and detecting anomalies without agent code changes.
Tigera · Mar 2026
Tigera announced a distributed software load balancer and live VM migration capabilities intended to help enterprises consolidate infrastructure and move legacy workloads to Kubernetes.
Tigera · Feb 2025
Tigera announced Calico Ingress Gateway, based on upstream Envoy and Gateway API, plus Calico Dashboards for traffic visibility, policy management, and troubleshooting.
Tigera · May 2024
Tigera launched additional Runtime Threat Defense capabilities for Calico Enterprise and Calico Cloud, expanding detection, monitoring, analysis, and mitigation of threats in cloud-native environments.
Jobs and careers at Tigera
3 jobs at Tigera
ML Engineer
On-site
Engineering
Vancouver; British Columbia, Canada
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Senior QA Engineer
On-site
Engineering
Vancouver; British Columbia, Canada
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Principal Product Manager
On-site
Product Management
San Francisco Bay Area, United States; San Francisco, California, United States; San Jose, California, United States
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time