Redwood City, Calif. – October 01, 2026 -- Spacelift, an infrastructure orchestration company, has been named a finalist in SiliconANGLE's 2026 TechForward Awards in the AI-Driven Cloud Infrastructure category.
Spacelift applies policy-as-code controls to AI-assisted infrastructure changes
The company extends the same governance used in traditional infrastructure-as-code pipelines to AI-driven provisioning, including policy-as-code enforcement through Open Policy Agent, role-based access control, approval gates, drift detection, and a complete audit history of system changes and operators. The platform covers Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi, CloudFormation, Ansible and Kubernetes.
CEO says speed requires accompanying audit controls
"AI changed how fast developers ask for infrastructure, and platform teams absorbed all of it," said Pawel Hytry, chief executive officer and co-founder of Spacelift. "Speed only helps if policy, approvals, and an audit trail arrive with it. That's what we've built for."
Judging panel evaluated renewal rates and expansion revenue
SiliconANGLE's TechForward Awards recognize technologies in AI innovation, security, cloud transformation, data platforms and blockchain. Dave Vellante, co-founder and co-CEO of SiliconANGLE Media, said finalists were selected based on customer renewal rates, expansion revenue, and direct user feedback evaluated by a panel of industry experts.
Spacelift has raised $82.3 million since its 2020 founding
Headquartered in Redwood City, California, Spacelift was founded in 2020 and has raised $82.3 million in venture funding to date. The company is a founder and major contributor to OpenTofu and founded IaCConf, a vendor-neutral conference focused on infrastructure as code.
Spacelift is also featured in the 2026–2027 SiliconANGLE TechForward Buyer's Guide as the AI-driven cloud infrastructure finalist.