---
title: About Railway
description: Railway is building the cloud computing stack that unburdens developers, so they can focus on what matters.
url: https://railway.com/about
---

# About Railway

Railway is the all-in-one intelligent cloud provider. We're a remote team working at the forefront of compute, distributed systems, languages, compilers, and interface design.

## Our mission

To build the cloud computing stack that unburdens you, so you can focus more on what matters to you.

## Our vision

To unleash a new golden age of software by reducing shipping friction to zero.

## How we work

Railway is a remote-first team distributed around the world. We write about how we operate in "How we work" volumes on our blog.

- How we work: https://blog.railway.com/p/how-we-work-volume-iv

## Investors

Railway is backed by TQ Ventures, FPV Ventures, Redpoint, Compound, and a roster of operator-investors including Tom Preston-Werner (GitHub), Jason Warner (GitHub), Olivier Pomel (Datadog), Spencer Kimball (Cockroach Labs), Calvin French-Owen (Segment), Jori Lallo (Linear), Brandon Chu (Shopify), Daniel Gross, Lachy Groom, and Charlie Cheever (Expo), among others.

## Related

- Careers: https://railway.com/careers
- Customers: https://railway.com/customers
- Enterprise: https://railway.com/enterprise
- Blog: https://blog.railway.com
- Home: https://railway.com

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