STAKATERSTAKATERA conversation about joint GTM — and whether there's a shared opportunity worth building.
The Problem We're Solving
What OpenMetal delivers today
Bare Metal as a Service
Kubernetes-ready infrastructure
What customers still need to build
Self-service portal & catalog
12–14 monthsHard multi-tenancy
16–18 monthsUsage metering + billing API
10–12 monthsTotal: 2–4 years · €3M+ · before first tenant invoice
The Joint Solution
Tenants
Stakater — Cloud Orchestrator
Commercial Layer
Kubernetes
OpenMetal
Bare Metal Infrastructure
OpenMetal owns
✓ Bare metal & network
✓ Hardware SLA
✓ Data centre ops
Cloud Orchestrator owns
✓ Tenant portal & catalog
✓ Multi-tenancy & metering
✓ Billing & governance
The Joint Value
OpenMetal gains
Larger deals
Stickier customers
Differentiation
New segments
Your customers gain
90 days to first revenue
Full stack, one conversation
No vendor lock-in
Proven reference architecture
Stakater gains
Qualified distribution
Validated on bare metal
North American reach
Neocloud reference customers
Go-to-Market
→ Referral fee on closed deals
→ Co-branded solution page
→ No sales training needed
→ Revenue share on SCO licenses
→ Joint sales playbook
→ Shared pipeline visibility
→ OEM / resell agreement
→ OpenMetal-branded portal
→ Deepest differentiation
What We'd Like to Understand
How many customers are running Kubernetes on OpenMetal today?
What's the most common request you can't fulfil today?
Are you seeing interest from neoclouds or MSPs who want to build a cloud business?
What would need to be true for a bundled "OpenMetal Cloud Platform" to make commercial sense?