TLDR: Solo.io, the billion-dollar cloud-native application networking company, was awarded the ‘Most Likely to Succeed’ honor at the VB Transform 2025 Innovation Showcase. Concurrently, the company unveiled Kagent Studio, a groundbreaking framework designed to empower DevOps and platform engineers in building, securing, running, and managing AI agents within Kubernetes environments. This dual achievement underscores Solo.io’s leadership in platform engineering and its commitment to advancing AI-driven automation in cloud infrastructure.
Cambridge, MA – Solo.io, a leading provider of cloud-native application networking solutions, has been recognized with the prestigious ‘Most Likely to Succeed’ award at the VB Transform 2025 Innovation Showcase. This significant accolade coincides with the company’s announcement of Kagent Studio, an innovative framework poised to revolutionize how AI agents are developed and managed within Kubernetes.
Kagent Studio is introduced as the first cloud-native framework specifically engineered for DevOps and platform engineers. Its core purpose is to facilitate the seamless building, securing, running, and management of AI agents in Kubernetes environments. This new offering aims to enhance operational efficiency by enabling engineers to diagnose system problems with AI assistance directly within their code editors, integrating natively with existing toolchains.
Idit Levine, CEO and founder of Solo.io, expressed the significance of the award, stating, “Winning the ‘Most Likely to Succeed’ award was great validation for us and indicates the interest of enterprises in our offering.” Levine further emphasized Kagent Studio’s strategic importance, noting that the framework “connects context and communication across platforms and platform engineering subteams.” The company, founded in 2017, boasts a valuation of $1 billion, having secured $135 million in Series C funding in 2021.
Keith Babo, Chief Product Officer at Solo.io, highlighted the framework’s unique position in the market. “It’s the first framework of its kind that targets this audience that’s building and running on Kubernetes for agents,” Babo commented. He added, “We wanted to make sure that we could bring that directly into the tools that platform engineers are using on a day-to-day basis.”
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Solo.io strategically positions Kagent Studio as an indispensable engineering tool, drawing parallels to the critical role of Salesforce’s CRM for sales teams. This recognition at VB Transform 2025 validates the growing enterprise interest in Solo.io’s platform engineering solutions, particularly as businesses increasingly adopt AI-driven automation within their cloud infrastructure. Kagent Studio is currently in its preview phase, with interested organizations invited to sign up for access.
