Introducing the Scale-Out Delivery Platform: Software Delivery for the AI era
Today, we’re excited to introduce the Buildkite Scale-Out Delivery Platform. This new platform marks a significant evolution in our product offering, moving beyond traditional CI/CD to address the complex challenges of modern software delivery at AI scale.
The software development landscape has undergone a seismic shift, with AI-assisted coding, multi-platform applications, and demands for faster release cycles pushing traditional delivery systems to their limits. These changes have introduced levels of complexity and scale challenges that current CI/CD tools weren't designed to handle.
Here at Buildkite, we’ve had the privilege of powering many of the world’s leading software companies, including Airbnb, Uber, Shopify, Slack, Canva, and many more. These companies have moved beyond traditional CI/CD and have standardized on our platform to transform their software delivery capabilities. The Scale-Out Delivery Platform Buildkite announced today embodies the best practices, patterns, and capabilities used by world-class engineering teams and makes them accessible to enterprises of all sizes.
Our Scale-Out Delivery Platform ensures that teams can build, test, and deploy software at any scale—whether you're managing complex pipelines, handling thousands of parallel tests, or securely managing software packages. It’s a solution designed for teams that want to move quickly without compromising on quality. But what exactly do we mean by "Scale-Out Delivery"? Scale-Out Delivery is the required approach that allows companies to scale and adapt their software delivery processes across four critical dimensions:
