[alexellisuk]

> It seems to be a project and a commercial vision with tremendous potential, one that investors see as a pivotal piece of the cloud puzzle and are willing to pour in significant capital to help build.

Monetising open source is something that I've struggled with. Can you speak to the business model, Matthias?

[steilpass]

Hey Alexis. The business model is a pretty standard Open Source business model: We ensure the Crossplane community is striving, and it has all the building blocks needed. In Upbound we position ourselves as a trusted partner for Crossplane and build products on top of Crossplane. Our current ones you can find at https://www.upbound.io/. It’s important that there is a mutual benefit between the community and our products: The more successful Crossplane is, the more successful Upbound is and vice versa.