Kenneth Auchenberg

kenneth.io

AlleyCorp, where Auchenberg is a partner, focuses on AI, developer tools, and infrastructure. He invests in founders building AI-native solutions, developer experience infrastructure, and tools that solve real problems for engineering teams.

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Focus Areas

Ai Ml, Developer Tools, Cloud Infrastructure

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Investment Thesis

Kenneth Auchenberg brings two decades of hands-on product building and engineering leadership experience to venture investing, with a deep focus on backing founders building for developers. His investment thesis is grounded in understanding developer needs from first-hand experience scaling developer platforms at Stripe and building Visual Studio Code at Microsoft. He emphasizes backing ‘builders, not researchers’ and focuses on practical, implementable solutions for the developer ecosystem.

What Sets Them Apart

Direct hands-on experience building and scaling two of the most significant developer platforms in the world (Visual Studio Code and Stripe's developer platform)
Participation in Stripe's journey to $1T in payment volume, providing deep insight into scaling developer-focused businesses
Founder experience with successful exits (Podio acquired by Citrix, ZYB acquired by Vodafone)
Community building background through creating ColdFront conference and Prototype hacker café, demonstrating commitment to developer ecosystems
Angel investor network focused specifically on developer tools (developers.vc)