Participated · Seed · Mar 2023

Speedscale provides a Production Traffic Replication service that helps engineers build resilient Kubernetes applications by replaying production traffic. The platform notifies engineers what functionality has changed after each build and catches performance and regression issues before release. Speedscale has been deployed by a growing number of SaaS providers and Fortune 2000 companies, including Sephora, Vistaprint, and Zenni Optical. The company offers a free developer edition that records local API interactions and auto-generates load, K6 or Postman tests, and mock servers to accelerate microservice development. Paid pro and enterprise plans include flexible monthly replay and data limits, single sign-on, and sensitive data redaction. Speedscale raised $9M in pre-seed and seed funding and intends to use the proceeds to expand go-to-market operations and accelerate product development. Speedscale builds API test automation that replays real traffic to catch integration breakages before releases. The platform automates creation of staging environments, test suites and orchestration to help developers validate API and containerized changes. Founders Ken Ahrens, Matthew LeRay and Nate Lee are longtime developers and Georgia Tech alumni who formed the company roughly nine months before the article. Speedscale emerged from Y Combinator and is operating a closed alpha with select pilot partners. The team pitches the product as a way to maintain release velocity while preventing incidents in Kubernetes and API-driven architectures. Company leadership cites a large addressable market, referencing 11 million developers and a market they believe is in the billions.