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description: SST is making it easy to build full-stack serverless applications. We've created an open source framework called SST, a guide for building serverless apps, and Seed; a service for teams to manage their serverless apps.
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      <h1>About SST</h1>
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    <p>Founded with the sole purpose of making it easy to build serverless applications. We want to make sure you have everything you need to build great products.</p>
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      <h4><a href="{% link guide.md %}">Guide</a></h4>
      <p>The SST Guide is the most widely read resource for building full-stack serverless apps. Follow our step-by-step guide and build a React.js app with a serverless backend.</p>
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      <h4><a href="{{ site.sst_github_repo }}">SST</a></h4>
      <p>SST is an open source framework for building modern full-stack applications on AWS. Deploy Next.js, Remix, Astro sites and add any backend feature.</p>
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      <p>Seed is the easiest way for teams to deploy and manage their serverless applications. It'll incrementally deploy your functions and send you real-time alerts when they fail.</p>
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    <h3>Meet the Founders</h3>
    <p>Originally founded by Jay V and Frank Wang in San Francisco. We now run distributed teams across the globe. We've written about <a href="{% link about/culture.md %}">how we work</a>. So if you are passionate about developer tools, we would love for you to <a href="{% link careers.html %}">join our team</a>!</p>
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            Jay V
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            Frank Wang
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      <h3>Our <span>Investors</span></h3>
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    <p>We are lucky to have some of the greatest investors of Silicon Valley on our side.</p>
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          <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_Hoffman">Reid Hoffman</a>
          <p>Founded LinkedIn</p>
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          <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Levchin">Max Levchin</a>
          <p>Founded PayPal</p>
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          <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Chen_(YouTube)">Steve Chen</a>
          <p>Founded YouTube</p>
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          <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russel_Simmons">Russ Simmons</a>
          <p>Founded Yelp</p>
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          <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aber_Whitcomb">Aber Whitcomb</a>
          <p>Founded MySpace</p>
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          <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashwin_Navin">Ashwin Navin</a>
          <p>Founded BitTorrent Inc.</p>
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          <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimydotorg/">Jim Young</a>
          <p>Founded Hot or Not</p>
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          <a href="https://angel.co/jhong">James Hong</a>
          <p>Founded Hot or Not</p>
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          <a href="https://angel.co/tgm">Tom McInerney</a>
          <p>Investor</p>
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          <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/harryhcheung/">Harry Cheung</a>
          <p>Investor</p>
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          <a href="https://angel.co/company/bragiel-brothers">Paul &amp; Dan Bragiel</a>
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        <li>&hellip;and more</li>
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    <h3>Our <span>Community</span></h3>
    <p>A huge thanks to all our contributors and community members.</p>
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        <p>Follow us on LinkedIn</p>
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        <p>Star us on GitHub</p>
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      <p><a href="https://anomaly.s3.amazonaws.com/ServerlessStack/Media+Kit.zip">Media Kit</a></p>
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