# Joe Duffy (slim)

> Joe Duffy is co-founder and CEO. Pulumi ESC on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder and CEO.

Joe Duffy co-founded Pulumi, the infrastructure as code company, in 2017 with Eric Rudder and is its CEO.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joejduffy
- X: https://x.com/funcOfJoe

## What Joe builds

- [Pulumi ESC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pulumi-esc.md), graded BB, 71.2/100, in Secrets & credential vaults. Pulumi ESC is the secrets and configuration service in Pulumi Cloud. Environments hold static secrets, pull from other vaults and issue short-lived cloud credentials over OIDC, read through the Pulumi CLI, a REST API and four SDKs. Co-founder and CEO, researched 2026-10-26.

## Works with

- [Eric Rudder](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eric-rudder/), Co-founder and Executive Chairman
- [Tatiana Cooke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tatiana-cooke/), Head of Product

## Backed by

- [Madrona](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/madrona/)
- [New Enterprise Associates](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/new-enterprise-associates/)
- [Tola Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tola-capital/)
- [Strike Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/strike-capital/)

## Questions

### Who is Joe Duffy?

Joe Duffy co-founded Pulumi, the infrastructure as code company, in 2017 with Eric Rudder and is its CEO.

### What does Pulumi Corporation make?

Anchor Terminal lists Pulumi ESC from Pulumi Corporation.

### Who has invested in Pulumi Corporation?

The sources our research read name Madrona, New Enterprise Associates, Tola Capital and Strike Capital.

### How are Joe's tools graded?

Pulumi ESC is graded BB, 71.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.pulumi.com/about/leadership/
- https://www.pulumi.com/
- https://www.pulumi.com/about/
- https://www.pulumi.com/support/new/

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