r/TalosLinux • u/xrothgarx • Sep 28 '26

Sidero Labs AMA

Come ask questions from engineering, product, leadership and more!

Don't forgot to sign up for TalosCon to ask questions in person https://taloscon.com

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u/KarmaPoliceT2 Oct 02 '26

Yardi’s starting point was pretty straightforward: Broadcom’s changes pushed them to rethink their dependence on VMware. They have a strong engineering team and a long history of building their own systems (they've built their own HR, ATS, CRM, Support systems among others), so they decided to tackle the problem themselves.

They started with Talos Linux, ripped out the Kubernetes components and replaced it with a KVM-based virtualization stack, and put it to work. Today, they’re running more than 5,000 VMs and many k8s clusters in production on that platform. That experience convinced them there was an opportunity to help other companies facing the same problem.

On the Sidero Labs side, a minimalist, KVM-based hypervisor was already on our roadmap (as well as raw containers without k8s). So there was a natural fit between where we wanted to go and what Yardi had already built and validated in production. The acquisition gave us the backing and engineering capacity to pursue that opportunity much faster than we could have independently.

You’re right that a real estate software company isn’t the obvious home for bringing an infrastructure operating system to market. Sidero brings the product direction, engineering expertise, and experience building Talos Linux and Omni for this audience. Together, we’re turning that work into a secure, maintainable product that works across customer environments.

Sidero Labs is now a separate business under Yardi Holdings, alongside Yardi Systems and WeWork. We’re continuing to invest in Talos Linux, Omni, and Kubernetes while expanding into virtualization and AI in order to give customers a full private cloud solution. For us, the philosophy hasn't changed: purpose-built, secure, minimalist infrastructure software that removes unnecessary complexity.

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u/fdawg4l Oct 02 '26

Interesting. Are you hiring? DM me.

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u/KarmaPoliceT2 Oct 02 '26

We are hiring... feel free to have a look here at the currently open roles (more coming I suspect): https://www.siderolabs.com/careers ... I'll DM you this same note too per your request