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HashiCorp sells software that helps big companies set up and run their apps across many computers and cloud services automatically.
HashiCorp makes tools that help companies run their software across lots of computers and cloud services without everything falling apart. Its customers are mostly big businesses and tech teams — the people who have to keep thousands of apps running smoothly. The company sells subscriptions, not one-time boxes of software. Think of it as the plumbing and blueprints for a giant building: most people never see it, but without it, nothing works. The main product, Terraform, lets teams describe the computer setup they want in a simple file, and the software goes and builds it automatically. Vault handles secrets like passwords and keys, and Consul helps different parts of an app find and talk to each other.
Here is how the money works. Customers pay HashiCorp every year to use these tools, and that recurring subscription revenue is the bulk of the business — roughly nine out of every ten dollars. The rest comes from support and services. Because the tools are deeply woven into how a company operates, switching away is painful, so customers tend to stay and spend more over time. HashiCorp was founded in 2012 by Mitchell Hashimoto and Armon Dadgar, who started it because managing modern cloud infrastructure by hand was a nightmare.
The big recent story is that HashiCorp agreed to be bought by IBM in a deal valued at about $6.4 billion, announced in April 2024. That matters because it puts a once-independent toolmaker inside one of the oldest tech giants, which wants HashiCorp's software to round out its own cloud and artificial intelligence offerings. Until the deal closes, HashiCorp keeps operating on its own, selling subscriptions and growing its customer base. The company does not pay a dividend; it plows cash back into building new products and growing.
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