StackGen
Description: Building AI for Generative Infrastructure
Investors: Thomvest Ventures
Reference Link to Deck: https://www.businessinsider.com/pitch-deck-seed-round-generative-infrastrucutre-startup-stackgen-2024-9
Stage: Seed
📑 Transcript of Slides
Slide 1 – Cover
Title: Generative Infrastructure from Code 2024
Logo: StackGen
Background: Gradient blue/black with abstract connected nodes illustration.
Slide 2 – Context & Shift
Title: Software Engineering Undergoing Seismic Shift
Subtitle: Challenges Balancing Dev Velocity vs. Platform Eng Governance at Scale
Development (Velocity)
Increased Velocity of AI Generated Code: By 2025, 80% of product development lifecycle will incorporate gen AI “code generation”.
Cognitive Overload: 76% of orgs surveyed agreed that cognitive load to learn software architecture is so heavy that it’s a source of angst and low productivity.
Declarative → Cognitive Overload
Manual → Expensive Bottlenecks
Contextless → Security and Compliance Risks
Templates → Not Scalable
1:10 ratio between Dev and DevOps is a pinch point
Platform Engineering (Governance at Scale)
Driving demand: By 2026, 80% of software engineering orgs will establish platform teams.
Goals: improve developer productivity (42%), CI/CD pipelines, security, infrastructure-as-code (19%).
Slide 3 – Alignment
Title: Alignment Requires Disruptive Technology
Subtitle: Infrastructure from Code
Development & Platform Engineering progression:
Declarative → Generative
Contextless → Context-Aware
Templates → Standardization/Hyper-personalization
Manual → Streamlined
Tagline: Software engineering is more: Productive | Secure | Profitable | Scalable
Slide 4 – Mission
Title: Mission
Statement: Remove the burden of infrastructure as code by auto-generating it from the application code with golden standards applied.
Slide 5 – Vision
Left: Abstract dark theme with connected dots.
Quote: “Infrastructure from Code uses the application’s code to figure out what infrastructure is required to successfully run the app. And because it uses the application as the foundation, it is automatically least privileged, correctly provisioned resources, and minimum viable infrastructure.”
Vision statement: Enable any user to securely deploy applications to any clouds without delay — by being application-centric, cloud-agnostic, and developer-first.
Slide 6 – Milestones
Title: Company Milestones
Timeline:
Sept 2023: Founding engineering team in place
Jan 2024: Leadership team completed with VP of product & marketing
Mar 2024: Early access product and company launched
Apr 2024: First customer signed, Azure support announced
Jul 2024: Lambda support announced
Sept 2024: $12.3M round closed
Slide 7 – Team
Title: Founder & Leadership Team
Sachin Aggarwal – Co-founder & CEO
Serial entrepreneur & builder (DevOps, cybersecurity, exits to Tenable, Layered Insight)
Arshad Sayyad – Co-founder & CBO
Expert in scaling orgs (ex-Pres/Head, Fidelity Investments, Accenture alum)
Lauren Rother – VP Product
Founding Head of Product, Akita Software (sold to Postman)
HashiCorp, Mulesoft alum
Cesar Rodriguez – VP Engineering
Cloud-native engineering expert, built Terrascan (IaC static code analyzer)
Asif Awan – Co-founder & CPO
DevOps and cybersecurity expert, ex-CTO at Netsparker (sold to Qualys), Plustar (sold to Aruba Networks)
Danielle Cook – VP Marketing
Cloud native marketing leader, ex-Akamai, Chief Cloud evangelist
Kunal Dabir – VP Eng (India)
Seasoned engineering leader, ex-VMware, Mcafee, Thoughtworks
Slide 8 – Thank You
Simple slide: “Thank You”
Background: Dark with glowing abstract tech nodes.
🎨 Design & Framing Walkthrough
Slide 1 – Cover
Dark gradient tech motif immediately sets a futuristic, infrastructure/AI theme. Clean, enterprise-ready design. Positioning: bold “Generative Infrastructure from Code” as category-creation language.
Slide 2 – Context/Shift
Classic pain-point framing. Split between “Development” and “Platform Engineering” mirrors the industry’s Dev vs. DevOps tension. Data points (76%, 80% adoption by 2025/2026) lend credibility. Framing: market inevitability + urgent problem.
Slide 3 – Alignment
Visually cleaner. Uses binary “X → Y” progression to signal tech disruption. Conveys inevitability: manual → automated, contextless → context-aware. Good use of green tagline as forward-looking benefit frame.
Slide 4 – Mission
Minimalist black/green slide. One sentence mission: clarity, focus, confidence. Leans on burden-removal narrative (painkiller positioning).
Slide 5 – Vision
Split-slide with technical quote (validates depth) + visionary statement (future-proof narrative). Design balances credibility (quote, explanation) with aspiration (cloud-agnostic vision). Emphasis on security + speed.
Slide 6 – Milestones
Timeline visualization with clean linear design. Emphasizes rapid execution (Sept ‘23 → Sept ‘24: from founding team to $12.3M raise). Highlights derisking: talent assembled + product shipped + revenue traction + fundraising.
Slide 7 – Team
Portrait grid, black background. Heavy emphasis on founder credibility (multiple exits, senior leadership, marquee companies). Stacks “been there, done that” narrative with security/DevOps domain expertise. Signals executional confidence.
Slide 8 – Thank You
Dark, minimal closing slide. Abstract glowing node design ties back to cover slide. Keeps it clean and professional for Q&A handoff.