aid: heptio
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/heptio.png
name: Heptio
description: 'Heptio was a Seattle-based cloud-native software company founded in 2016 by
  Craig McLuckie and Joe Beda, two of the original co-creators of Kubernetes, to help
  enterprises adopt and operate Kubernetes. It built a suite of widely used open-source
  Kubernetes tools including Ark (later renamed Velero) for backup and restore, Sonobuoy
  for conformance testing, Contour as an Envoy-based ingress controller, ksonnet, and
  Gimbal. Heptio was acquired by VMware in November 2018 and folded into the VMware Tanzu
  portfolio; the company brand was retired and most of its open-source projects were
  migrated from the github.com/heptio organization to github.com/vmware-tanzu. This
  profile is preserved as a historical/defunct-company record in the API Evangelist network.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/heptio/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- accel
- lightspeed-venture-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: defunct
x-acquired-by: vmware
x-acquired-date: '2018-11'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Open Source
- Kubernetes
- Cloud Native
- Containers
- DevOps
- Infrastructure
- Defunct
- Acquired
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/heptio-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/heptio
- type: Website
  url: http://www.heptio.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence