Solo.io is an API infrastructure company focused on application networking for cloud-native environments. The company’s products help organizations manage API traffic, implement service mesh, and secure communication between microservices.
Solo.io’s main products include Gloo Gateway (built on Envoy proxy, providing API gateway functionality for Kubernetes), Gloo Mesh (a commercial Istio distribution with multi-cluster management), and Gloo Network (a CNI-based networking solution). All products are built around the Envoy proxy ecosystem.
The company positioned itself as the go-to vendor for organizations that want to adopt Istio and Envoy but need commercial support, simplified management, and enterprise features. Gloo Mesh adds a management plane on top of Istio that makes multi-cluster and multi-tenant service mesh deployments more manageable.
Founded in 2017 by Idit Levine, Solo.io has raised over $130 million in funding from investors including Altimeter Capital and True Ventures. The company is a significant contributor to the Envoy and Istio open-source projects and employs several maintainers of both projects. Solo.io also created the WebAssembly Hub for sharing Envoy and Istio extensions.
