Accelerating Cloud Development: The LocalStack Story

In this episode of Founder Real Talk, host Glenn Solomon, Managing Partner at Notable Capital, sits down with LocalStack’s co-founders, Gerta Sheganaku and Waldemar Hummer, to discuss how LocalStack is revolutionizing the developer experience. LocalStack enables developers to emulate cloud environments on their local machines, drastically reducing testing times and costs while accelerating product development. Listen as Gerta and Waldemar share the journey behind LocalStack, from its humble beginnings as an open-source project to its growth into a full-fledged business with over 900 paying customers, including Fortune 100 companies. They dive into the unique challenges of cloud-based development, how LocalStack provides a faster alternative, and why speed in the development cycle—what they call “product velocity”—is crucial for innovation in tech. Glenn also explores why Notable Capital led LocalStack’s Series A funding and what makes LocalStack stand out in the crowded cloud development space. Key Topics Discussed: How LocalStack’s local cloud emulation tool saves time and cost for developers LocalStack’s journey from an open-source project to an enterprise-grade product Gerta and Waldemar’s backgrounds and what led them to build LocalStack The future of cloud development and how LocalStack plans to expand and innovate RESOURCES Learn more about Notable Capital: www.notablecap.com Learn more about LocalStack: www.localstack.cloud CONNECT Connect with Glenn Solomon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennsolomon/ Follow Glenn Solomon on X: https://x.com/glennsolomon Connect with Gerta Sheganaku on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerta-sheganaku/ Follow Gerta Sheganaku on X: https://x.com/Sheg_Ge Connect with Waldemar Hummer on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/whummer/ Follow Waldemar Hummer on X: https://x.com/w_hummer Produced by Notable Capital Music by Gus Culpo Follow Notable Capital: X: @notablecap LinkedIn: @Notable Capital Visit Our Website: https://www.notablecap.com/ Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/43j3cMkcKIgHuXu1tFHWpz?si=a326d0cd016f47c0 Subscribe on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/notable-perspectives/id1392649094