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Formed by ex- engineers in 2017, has emerged out of stealth with a in raised capital to transform data centers of big companies into cloud-friendly systems.

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The startup today announced a , according to a press release. Investors in this round include and . Other stakeholders from the Series A () and B rounds () include and .

On first glance, Pensando just seems like a Cisco-born version of Amazon Web Services (AWS), which many startups use to secure back-end stability and scale rapidly. Pensando describes itself as a 鈥渆dge-accelerated platform that directly addresses the generational shift occurring as data pushes to the edge of cloud,鈥� and is targeting big companies.

As for AWS, Pensando claims, that its technology is more advanced, and delivers five to nine times the 鈥渋mprovement in productivity, performance, and scale when compared to current architectures with no risk of lock-in.鈥� (AWS and other cloud platforms generate billions in quarterly revenue. and sell similar services in the growing IaaS and PaaS spaces.)

The team isn鈥檛 new to creating startups that speak the language of big companies trying to transform and innovate. Pensando is led by , , , and .

As , the first four individuals have previously built four startups that have been acquired by Cisco. Pond is a former Cisco executive vice president.

, the company has scored customers and partners such as 聽 and (who are both investors) as well as , and .

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