Solomon Hykes
Founder & CEO @ dotCloud
San Francisco, United States
Solomon Hykes is a seed investor at dotCloud in San Francisco focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Solomon Hykes is the Founder, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Architect of Docker and the creator of the Docker open source initiative. In his role at Docker, Solomon is focused on building a platform for developers and system administrators to build, ship, run and orchestrate distributed applications. A Forbes 30 under 30 and YCombinatoralumni, Solomon led dotCloud as Chief Executive Officer through five years of fundraising, business operations and product launches before focusing entirely on Docker. Prior to dotCloud, Solomon held engineering, IT infrastructure management and software development roles at CEIS and SmartJog.
- Total investments:
- 26
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Solomon Hykes invests in
Stages Solomon Hykes invests in
Countries Solomon Hykes invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $2.7M–$6.6M
- Series A
- $11M–$30M
- Series B
- $28M–$65M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 13 (50%)
- Artificial Intelligence 7 (27%)
- Information Technology 4 (15%)
- SaaS 3 (12%)
- Open Source 3 (12%)
Stage
- Seed 14 (54%)
- Series A 5 (19%)
- Series B 3 (12%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (8%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (4%)
Country
- United States 11 (42%)
- France 5 (19%)
- Singapore 2 (8%)
- Canada 1 (4%)
- Switzerland 1 (4%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Ollama
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Ollama is a software firm that develops local inference platform designed to run large language models. | $65M / Series B / Jul 09, 2026 | |
ZML
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ZML develops a production inference stack that decouples artificial intelligence workloads from specific proprietary hardware targets. The platform compiles open-source machine learning models directly into optimized code for multiple chip types without using traditional Python runtimes. | $20M / Seed / Jul 08, 2026 | |
Kernel
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Kernel is a developer platform that provides Crazy Fast Browser Infrastructure for AI agents to use the internet. | $6.6M / Seed / Sep 09, 2025 | |
Recall.ai
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Recall.ai is a software Development company. | $38M / Series B / Sep 04, 2025 | |
Plakar
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Plakar is an open-source backup and restore platform built for modern infrastructure, AI workflows, and high-compliance environments.Designed to replace legacy backup systems with something leaner, smarter, and more developer-friendly, Plakar lets teams protect, version, and instantly recover their data — across local systems, S3-compatibleobject storage, Kubernetes, and more.Plakar turns every backup into a self-contained, immutable unit that carries its own structure, metadata, and encryption. It supports end-to-end deduplication, instant recovery, and granular restores, making backup storage reusable for AI training, data audits, and reproducibility.Plakar is especially relevant for teams working in fast-moving or regulated industries — such as AI, finance, healthcare, and cybersecurity — where data integrity, traceability, and rollback capabilities are mission-critical.Founded in 2024 and based in Paris, Plakar is backed by Seedcamp, HelloWorld, IrregularExpression, Galion.exe, Kima Ventures, OPRTRS, Purple, Motier Ventures, Pareto, and several leading angels including executives from Datadog, Docker, Voodoo, Sqreen, and Logmatic.io. | $3M / Pre-Seed / May 01, 2025 | |
Yuma AI
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Yuma is an AI ticket assistant that integrates with people's help desk software and automates the drafting of responses. | $5M / Seed / Oct 30, 2024 | |
kapa.ai
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kapa.ai answers developer questions automatically from the technical resources to generate an LLM-powered chatbot. | $3.2M / Seed / Oct 03, 2024 | |
Konvu
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Konvu is a technology company building innovative security solutions that bridge the gap between security and developers. | $5M / Seed / Jul 17, 2024 | |
Depot
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Depot is a cloud-based Docker image development service that provides managed persistent cache and native multi-architecture compatibility. | $1.8M / Seed / Jul 24, 2023 | |
Gladia
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1 stop shop AI API hub for developers | $4.4M / Seed / Jun 19, 2023 | |
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Co-Investors
About dotCloud
DotCloud is a 2nd-generation platform-as-a-service, and is the commercial entity behind Docker.io. Docker is an open source engine that makes it possible to pack, ship, and run any application as a lightweight container.
dotCloud Contacts
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Ben Golub
CEO
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Eric Bardin
CFO
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Samuel Alba
Head of Platform
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Solomon Hykes
Founder & CEO
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FAQ
What does Solomon Hykes invest in?
Solomon Hykes invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Solomon Hykes's check size?
Solomon Hykes typically joins rounds of $2.7M–$6.6M at Seed, $11M–$30M at Series A and $28M–$65M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Solomon Hykes participates in.
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When did Solomon Hykes last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Solomon Hykes closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 26 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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