Giant Swarm

Giant Swarm is a Cologne, Germany-based technology company specializing in curated platform engineering solutions for enterprise organizations. With over 10 years of production experience and more than 150 production clusters under management, the company delivers battle-tested Kubernetes infrastructure, observability, security, networking, AI capabilities, and application management as a comprehensive platform stack. Giant Swarm is notably one of the first globally certified CNCF AI-conformance platforms, positioning them at the forefront of cloud-native innovation. The company empowers platform teams to build internal developer platforms that accelerate innovation and business growth. Their approach eliminates what they term the 'Platform Engineering Assembly Tax'—the significant time, cost, and complexity typically required to integrate and operate cloud-native technologies. Giant Swarm offers two delivery models: a fully-managed 24/7 service where they handle all operations, or an expert-supported model where organizations maintain full control with guidance and training from Giant Swarm specialists. Giant Swarm serves leading organizations across various industries including retail (adidas), manufacturing (Vaillant), and telecommunications (Vodafone). Their 100% open-source approach ensures zero vendor lock-in, with all infrastructure running self-hosted in the customer's environment to maintain complete data sovereignty. The company claims to have generated over €2.5M in customer savings through their optimized platform solutions.