Hugo Santos is the Founder and CEO of Namespace Labs, a developer compute platform built to help fast-moving software engineering teams achieve 2x to 10x faster builds and tests.

With over 20 years in tech, Hugo spent nearly nine years at Google where he was instrumental in creating the Boq microservices platform powering Search, Play, Photos, and Assistant, and co-led the Google Assistant Platform.

Prior to Google, Hugo co-founded Blaast, an innovative edge computing company in Helsinki that was later acquired by Facebook, demonstrating his track record of building and scaling impactful ventures.

At Namespace Labs, Hugo is building a vertically integrated, ephemeral compute platform with custom hardware, machine orchestration, programmable networking, and deep GitHub and Docker integrations.

Namespace Labs has attracted backing from investors including K5 Global and Crossover VC, and its platform delivers customers measurable results such as 4x faster builds and significantly reduced CI costs.