Tailscale
tailscale.com
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VPN & Proxy Services
Network Security
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$260M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$160M
Series C · Apr 2025 · 18 mo ago
Team
501-1000
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
55
+19 posted in 30 days
Backers
7
Accel, CRV
The money's age
Due for its next round
18 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
54/100
hiring for its size, a new city, in the news, rising traction
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Aug 12
On the Hacker News front page Tracking down the 16-year-old WAL-reset SQLite bug · 1223 points
Aug 11
First executive search Sales Director, EMEA
Jul 24
First role in United Kingdom Software Engineer, AI Enablement
Jun 30
First role in United States Windows Engineer
Jun 30
First role in Canada Windows Engineer
Jun 12, 2025
On the Hacker News front page Frequent reauth doesn't make you more secure · 1279 points
Apr 9, 2025
Raised a round Series C $160M · led by Accel · Pulse 2.0
Apr 18, 2023
Launched Tailscale Unveils Next-Generation Zero Trust Networking Solution for Enterprises · PRNewswire
Jun 22, 2022
On the Hacker News front page Tailscale SSH · 759 points
May 4, 2022
On the Hacker News front page Tailscale raises $100M · 854 points
May 4, 2022
Raised a round Venture round $100M · TechCrunch
Mar 16, 2022
On the Hacker News front page How our free plan stays free · 684 points
2019
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.01%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
374
best: 1279 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series C | Apr 2025 | $160M | Accel lead | Pulse 2.0 |
| Venture round | May 2022 | $100M | — | TechCrunch |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Tailscale Inc. | its site |
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Accel 
CRV 
Insight Partners 
Panache Ventures 
PWV 
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Overview
Tailscale is a technology company that provides a zero-config mesh VPN service designed to simplify secure networking for individuals and enterprises. Founded in 2019 by former Google engineers and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, the company builds its solution on the open-source WireGuard protocol to establish direct, end-to-end encrypted connections between devices. Its identity-driven platform eliminates the complexity of traditional networking infrastructure, allowing users to safely connect devices, multi-cloud workloads, and remote teams without managing firewall rules or port forwarding.
News
Make a dedicated Wake-on-LAN server with Tailscale
Learn how to combine Tailscale with Wake-on-LAN to wake sleeping PCs and servers remotely using a Raspberry Pi, UpSnap, or Docker.
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Practical Linux Mint Bonus I also tried using Samba on my daily PC from outside via TailscaleLazilywalker
I turned an old PC into a NAS and confirmed that I could access it from outside using Samba and Tailscale.Then, I had a thought."Couldn't I use this not just for the NAS, but also for the Linux Mint PC I use every day?"I already have Samba installed on my
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Tailscale and RustDesk: Secure remote access to all your desktops
Learn how to combine RustDesk and Tailscale for secure remote desktop access without port forwarding, self-hosted RustDesk servers, or subscriptions.
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Why built-in router and NAS VPNs fall short
The routers available in consumer routers and NAS devices can create reliability, performance, security, and admin problems. Read how Tailscale avoids those tradeoffs.
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101 Things to do with Tailscale The OpenCanary Experience
#1: Send 5.5 million webhooks to Splunk per month Things One, Two and Three log all events real-time.
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Tape Music Suite Moving away from Tailscale to Iroh
A clear move to make networking disappear and improve UX dramatically.
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Tailscale PAM beta: Just-in-time access, session auditing, and more
Learn how Tailscale PAM beta helps teams control privileged access with resource policies, Slack approvals, session logs, and recordings
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Aperture GA: model tokens, MCP controls, Projects, and custom permissions
Aperture's GA release offers built-in tokens, Tailscale MCP endpoints, chat Projects, and fine-grained tool permissions.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Tailscale over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
66
Postings analysed
105
Stack modernity
86/100AI adopter
Languages
Go20%
Python14%
SQL13%
Rust11%
Frameworks & libraries
React.js2%
SwiftUI1%
Databases
MySQL3%
PostgreSQL3%
Snowflake2%
Cloud & platforms
Kubernetes15%
AWS13%
GitHub10%
Windows9%
AI & ML
LLM11%
ChatGPT2%
Claude1%
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$215k
Typical range
$143k – $350k
Open positions
24
13
Jobs
Junior
15.4%
Middle
15.4%
Senior
53.8%
Staff
7.7%
Architect
7.7%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 2 | $200k | $150k – $250k |
| Middle | 2 | $166k | $153k – $179k |
| Senior | 7 | $201k | $150k – $300k |
| Staff | 1 | $257k | $257k |
| Architect | 1 | $319k | $319k |
Highest paying role
Strategic Enterprise Account Executive
$350k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Tailscale
By role, level and city, against the market · 24 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
74/100
Growing
Open positions
56
11 opened / 15 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
43 days
faster than 31% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
19% ▲
Sales
19% ▲
HR
17%
Design
10% ▼
Product
8% ▼
Solutions
6% ▼
Actively hiring for Sales (+9 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Canada
Oct 2026
New location: United States
Oct 2026
Added Least Privilege to stack
Oct 2026
Added Bash to stack
Oct 2026
New location: San Francisco
Oct 2026
New location: New York
Oct 2026
Added TCP/IP to stack
Sep 2026
Added OWASP to stack
Sep 2026
Added Linux to stack
Sep 2026
Added PKI to stack
Sep 2026
Added MPLS to stack
Sep 2026
Added BGP to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
6
Hiring now
6
Countries
4
Busiest office
Toronto
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Toronto
Canada
HQ
Hybrid (Toronto)
4 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff
hires for Sales
Vancouver
Canada
Sales office
Hybrid (Vancouver)
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff
hires for Sales
San Francisco
United States
Sales office
Hybrid (San Francisco)
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% remote 50-200 est. staff $245k Avg Salary
hires for Sales
Denver
United States
Sales office
Hybrid (Denver)
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $150k Avg Salary
hires for Sales
Singapore
Singapore
Sales office
Remote (Singapore)
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% remote 50-200 est. staff
hires for Sales
London
United Kingdom
Sales office
Remote (United Kingdom)
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales
Jobs
$181k – $226k per year • Equity • Remote (United States) • PhD • United States
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Wi-Fi
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≈ $68k – $145k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote (Canada) • PhD • Canada
CI/CD
AWS
Kubernetes
Wi-Fi
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$250k – $300k per year • Equity • Remote (United States) • 5+ years exp • PhD • United States
Python
Bash
Model Context Protocol
LLM
DevOps
Terraform
Ansible
GCP
CloudFormation
Pulumi
Azure
AWS
Kubernetes
IAM
Linux
Windows
TCP/IP
DNS
VPN
Wi-Fi
Cybersecurity
SOC 2
HIPAA
Zero Trust
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$181k – $226k per year • Equity • Remote (United States) • PhD • United States
Go
SQL
MySQL
PostgreSQL
DevOps
Wi-Fi
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≈ $76k – $157k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote (Canada) • PhD • Canada
Go
SQL
MySQL
PostgreSQL
DevOps
Wi-Fi
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≈ $99k – $165k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote (Canada) • 6+ years exp • PhD • Canada
GitHub
Wi-Fi
Cybersecurity
Zero Trust
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$161k – $201k per year • Equity • Remote (United States) • 6+ years exp • PhD • United States
GitHub
Wi-Fi
Cybersecurity
Zero Trust
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≈ $56k – $114k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote (Canada) • PhD • Canada
SQL
Snowflake
AI/ML
dbt
DevOps
Wi-Fi
Analytics
Fivetran
Looker
Management
Stripe
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≈ $91k – $203k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote (United States) • PhD • United States
SQL
Snowflake
AI/ML
dbt
DevOps
Wi-Fi
Analytics
Fivetran
Looker
Management
Stripe
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≈ $81k – $166k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote (Canada) • PhD • Canada
Rust
C++
Wi-Fi
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$163k – $226k per year • Equity • Remote (United States) • PhD • United States
Rust
C++
Wi-Fi
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≈ $80k – $171k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote (Canada) • PhD • Canada
LLM
DevOps
Terraform
Ansible
GCP
CloudFormation
Pulumi
Azure
AWS
IAM
TCP/IP
DNS
Wi-Fi
Cybersecurity
CyberArk
Zero Trust
Teleport
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