Albert Santalo and Sebastian Scholl – 8base

Updated: November 19th, 2023

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In 2017, Albert Santalo founded 8base, a software service platform designed for web & mobile apps. 8base provides an instantly available DevOps-free storage and computing infrastructure.

This next-generation backend management service platform helps create SaaS and other market-ready applications. This Platform consists of computer infrastructure, application core services, and integrations supplied via a single API endpoint.

Albert Santalo started his professional journey in a bank after graduating from Miami College of Engineering. After working for a few years as a management consultant, he co-founded Avisena and founded CareCloud in Miami.

The founder, from a software engineering background, was always passionate about building a software-oriented business. His vision led the way to form 8base on 15th march 2017. He worked hard to raise $1 million in angel investment & founded the primary eligible team for the company.

The 8base Labs Staff is tough at job resolving issues for both startups and more giant corporations. The term 8base is inspired by 8's relevance in computer science (8 bits in a byte) and the fact that 8 symbolizes infinity placed sideways.

This company aims to help startups and creators to be quicker, smarter, and more cost-effective with their web or mobile applications. Also, digital firms use 8base to deliver client projects faster, boost profits, and reduce their dependence on limited and costly programming talents.

This adaptive platform is helpful to mainstream developers and clients who want to create organizational web and mobile applications. One of the significant achievements of this company is in April 2019, just two years after its launch, 8base secured IBM Global Services as a customer.

8base primary services :

  • Low-code development tools for building software backends and APIs.
  • Serverless computing and storage infrastructure for running applications built using 8base tools.
  • Visual frontend development tools in Q1 2022.
  • Design and development services to assist customers with building applications using 8base.

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