Alumnus startup Tailscale is out to 'fix the Internet'

A growing startup company that was co-founded by two Waterloo Engineering graduates is in unicorn territory after securing US $100 million in new funding.

Tailscale Inc., which was launched just three years ago and currently has 35 employees, was founded by alumni Avery Pennarun (BASc ’01, computer engineering) and David Carney (BASc ’01, computer engineering) along with David Crawshaw.

They are out to “fix the Internet,” according to a blog post by Pennarun, by providing a simpler alternative to virtual private network (VPN) systems that doesn’t require costly hardware or infrastructure.

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