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    "founded": "2008 (as VMOps), 2013 (as Apache TLP)",
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    "target_markets": "Telecommunications, Managed Service Providers (MSPs), Financial Services, Large-scale Corporate IT",
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    "funding_stage": "Not publicly available",
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