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High-performance CI runners

Offer managed GitHub Actions runners with optimized hardware. For teams frustrated by slow CI/CD pipelines.

Why now

Developers are actively seeking faster alternatives to GitHub's hosted runners.

Who for
Development teams using GitHub Actions
Business model
Usage-based runner hosting
Effort
A few weeks

Many development teams experience slow CI/CD pipelines due to resource-constrained GitHub runners. Faster alternatives can significantly accelerate development cycles.

Provide managed runners with optimized hardware configurations and caching. Charge based on usage and instance types.

Start with a simple runner image for common workflows, then add optimization profiles. Competing with GitHub's pricing while offering better performance is challenging.

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