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Loudcloud

Managed hosting and cloud services company, later renamed Opsware.

Acquired Founded 1999 Sunnyvale USA Developer Tools
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Acquired by Hewlett-Packard.

Founders

4
B
Ben Horowitz
Co-founder & CEO
 I
In Sik Rhee
Co-founder
 M
Marc Andreessen
Co-founder
 T
Tim Howes
Co-founder

Where its founders came from

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The companies and labs that produced Loudcloud’s founders.

Hewlett-Packard Netscape NCSA

The Loudcloud diaspora

7 companies

People who worked at or founded Loudcloud and went on to start their own companies.

Lineage of LoudcloudLoudcloudLoudcloudMarc AndreessenMarc AndreessenNetscapeNetscapeOpswareOpswareNingNingAndreessen HorowitzAndreessen HorowitzBen HorowitzBen HorowitzOpswareOpswareAndreessen HorowitzAndreessen HorowitzTim HowesTim HowesOpswareOpsware
The Loudcloud lineage graph — click any node to keep exploring.
B 2 founded
Opsware 2001 Andreessen Horowitz 2009
M 4 founded
Netscape 1994 Opsware 2001 Ning 2004 Andreessen Horowitz 2009
T 1 founded
Opsware 2001

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