aid: calista-technologies
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/calista-technologies.png
name: Calista Technologies
description: Calista Technologies was a desktop and GPU virtualization startup founded in 2006 in San
  Jose, California by Neal Margulis, backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Greylock, and Western
  Technology Investment. Its software improved the user experience of 3-D and multimedia delivery for
  virtualized desktop deployments and server-hosted applications running on Windows Server Terminal
  Services (Remote Desktop). Microsoft acquired the company in 2008 and folded its GPU-virtualization
  technology into RemoteFX. The company is defunct and publishes no live developer, documentation, or
  API surface; its former domain (calistatechnologies.com) is now a parked domain listed for sale.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/calista-technologies/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- lightspeed-venture-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: microsoft
x-acquired-year: 2008
x-founded: 2006
x-founders:
- Neal Margulis
x-investors:
- lightspeed-venture-partners
- greylock
- western-technology-investment
x-website-status: parked-for-sale
x-enrichment-note: Defunct company (acquired by Microsoft 2008); no live API/developer surface exists to
  enrich. Identity fields only.
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Virtualization
- Desktop Virtualization
- GPU
- Remote Desktop
- Enterprise Software
- Acquired
- Microsoft
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence