Netflix, Inc.

Overview

American subscription streaming service and production company. Major contributor to open-source software and cloud-native technologies.

Key Facts

  • Founded: 1997-08-29

  • Headquarters: Los Gatos, California, USA

  • Status: Public (NASDAQ: NFLX)

  • CEO: Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters (Co-CEOs)

  • Founded by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph

  • Largest streaming entertainment service (260M+ subscribers)

  • Migrated from monolithic to microservices architecture (AWS)

  • Open-source contributors: Chaos Monkey, Simian Army, Hystrix, Archaius

  • Uses FreeBSD extensively for CDN infrastructure

  • Netflix Technology Blog is a key resource for cloud-native engineering

Products Mentioned in Wiki

  • chaos-monkey
  • hystrix
  • archaius

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