It has become cliché to talk about “developers as the new kingmakers,” a point popularized by the analyst firm Redmonk. But the point of gifting power (through infrastructure) to developers was never really about developers. It was about changing how enterprises build their products.
And, ultimately, about who builds those products. Yes, developers are central, but as can be surmised from a recent Series C fund raise by Rescale, with Microsoft, Nvidia, and Samsung all contributing, it’s a good time to inspect what others are building on the platforms developers have built. Specifically, engineers and scientists are among the big beneficiaries, and are dramatically accelerating scientific evolution as a result.
