AppHarbor
AppHarbor, based in San Francisco, is a B2B company specializing in infrastructure solutions, offering upgraded server capabilities and advanced CPU throttling to enhance application performance.
Company Overview
AppHarbor is a B2B company based in San Francisco, CA, that operates in the infrastructure sub-industry. AppHarbor provides services to businesses across the United States of America and Canada. The company is renowned for its technical innovations and infrastructure management solutions.
Y-Combinator Involvement
AppHarbor participated in the Winter 2011 batch of Y-Combinator, a prestigious startup accelerator. This involvement provided AppHarbor with significant exposure and resources to help develop and expand its B2B infrastructure solutions.
Technical Upgrades
AppHarbor has undertaken a comprehensive upgrade of its worker servers in the US and EU regions. The upgrades include the implementation of Windows Server 2012 R2, IIS 8.5, and .NET 4.5.2. With these upgrades, AppHarbor introduced WebSocket support and made CPU throttling changes to enhance process concurrency, consistency, and stability. Despite the scale of these upgrades, the company detected migration-related issues in less than 0.1% of running applications.
Founders and Team
AppHarbor's team consists of a single member currently based in San Francisco, CA. The lean team structure demonstrates a focused and efficient approach to infrastructure management and service delivery.