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Railway

548 Market St, San Francisco, CA, 94104, United States

Overview

Railway is a San Francisco–based cloud platform founded in 2020 by CEO Jake Cooper that enables developers to deploy applications with instant provisioning, built-in CI/CD, observability, and database management from a single code-centric workflow. The service emphasizes minimal setup so engineers can concentrate on writing code rather than managing infrastructure. Railway’s platform has attracted more than 2 million users and is adding nearly 200,000 developers each month; adoption now spans 31 % of the Fortune 500, with customers such as Intuit’s GoCo, TripAdvisor’s Cruise Critic, MGM Resorts, Profound and Happy Robot. The company plans to expand its global data-center footprint, grow its team, and build new tools aimed at both traditional developers and AI-native workloads. These initiatives will be funded by its recent Series B raise. No revenue figures were disclosed, but its rapid user growth and enterprise penetration signal strong market traction.

Total raised
$120M
Funding rounds
2
Latest round
Series B
Latest activity
Jan 2026

Industries

  • Developer Tools
  • Information Technology
  • Software
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Recent funding

  1. Series B

    Jan 2026

    $100M

  2. Series A

    May 2022

    $20M

Team

  • Jake Cooper

    Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Engineering Executive

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  • Angelo Saraceno

    Success Engineer

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  • Charith Amarasinghe

    Platform Engineer

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  • Christian Ohrgaard

    Head of Operations

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