Turbine Labs developed Houston, a management platform for Envoy, a modern proxy that enhances security, reliability, and modernization for microservices. Houston provides standardized dashboards and an intuitive user interface for traffic control, making it easier for infrastructure engineers to manage their microservices environments. The company primarily served developers and infrastructure engineers working with service meshes and microservices architectures. Turbine Labs operated in the cloud infrastructure and developer tools market, focusing on simplifying and enhancing the management of microservices. The business model was likely based on a subscription or licensing fee for access to the Houston platform. Revenue was generated through these fees, providing ongoing support and updates to the platform. Despite its innovative approach, Turbine Labs has shut down, and its team has joined Slack, a company known for its robust developer tooling and infrastructure investments. This move highlights the alignment between Turbine Labs' expertise and Slack's growth strategy.

Keywords: Envoy, microservices, traffic control, dashboards, UI, infrastructure, service mesh, developer tools, cloud infrastructure, Houston.