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200: Tech Tales FoundWhen Open Source Meets Big Business: The Keycloak Trust CrisisThe story of Keycloak—a powerful open-source identity and access management tool—illustrates the complex interplay between open-source ideals and corporate interests. Originally developed by Red Hat and released under the permissive Apache 2.0 license, Keycloak became a cornerstone for secure, seamless single sign-on (SSO) systems used by businesses worldwide. Its community-driven model allowed startups and enterprises alike to build robust authentication systems without reinventing the wheel. However, in 2019, IBM’s acquisition of Red Hat triggered widespread concern among developers and businesses relying on Keycloak. While the software remained legally open source, the shift in governance and Red Hat’s increasi...
2025-11-0326 min
BUILDERSFlorian Forster, CEO & Co-Founder of ZITADEL: $11.5 Million Raised to Build the Future of Developer-First Identity InfrastructureZITADEL is pioneering the next generation of identity infrastructure, providing a developer-first platform that handles everything from basic authentication to complex multi-tenant B2B scenarios. With $11.5 million in funding and a unique open-source approach, ZITADEL has positioned itself as the "GitLab for identity" - offering both self-hosted and SaaS deployment options while maintaining flexibility through comprehensive APIs. In a recent episode of Category Visionaries, I sat down with Florian Forster, CEO and Co-Founder of ZITADEL, who recently relocated from Switzerland to the Bay Area to accelerate the company's go-to-market efforts and tap into the massive US opportunity.
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2025-07-2921 minBUILDERSFlorian Forster, CEO & Co-Founder of ZITADEL: $11.5 Million Raised to Build the Future of Developer-First Identity InfrastructureZITADEL is pioneering the next generation of identity infrastructure, providing a developer-first platform that handles everything from basic authentication to complex multi-tenant B2B scenarios. With $11.5 million in funding and a unique open-source approach, ZITADEL has positioned itself as the "GitLab for identity" - offering both self-hosted and SaaS deployment options while maintaining flexibility through comprehensive APIs. In a recent episode of Category Visionaries, I sat down with Florian Forster, CEO and Co-Founder of ZITADEL, who recently relocated from Switzerland to the Bay Area to accelerate the company's go-to-market efforts and tap into the massive US opportunity.
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2025-07-2921 min
Open Source Startup PodcastE164: Taking on Auth0 with Open Source ZitadelFlorian Forster is Co-Founder & CEO of Zitadel, the cloud security platform aiming to build the future of identity and access management. Their open source project, also called zitadel, provides identity infrastructure and has 10K stars on GitHub.
In this episode, we dig into:
The benefits of having an open source auth vendor
Authentication vs. authorization
Building the "GitLab for identity"
Why customization matters for an auth product
Demand for self-hosting options for auth
Appealing to developers and security teams
2025-02-0334 min
The SoftwarePlaza IT PodcastZitadel goes beyond basic authentication into threat intelligence & analysis of authentication dataFlorian Forster, CEO & Co-Founder, Zitadel, joins us in this episode to discuss the challenges of authentication in cloud-native and Kubernetes environments, such as managing token expiration, revocation, and scalability. Forster highlights some common anti-patterns in authentication, like cramming too much data into access tokens and running expensive operations against the identity infrastructure. He shares his vision for the future of authentication, including consolidation with authorization solutions and providing analytical capabilities on identity data. Tune into this episode for a deep dive into authentication.
2025-01-1358 min
AmazicZitadel goes beyond basic authentication into threat intelligence & analysis of authentication dataFlorian Forster, CEO & Co-Founder, Zitadel, joins us in this episode to discuss the challenges of authentication in cloud-native and Kubernetes environments, such as managing token expiration, revocation, and scalability. Forster highlights some common anti-patterns in authentication, like cramming too much data into access tokens and running expensive operations against the identity infrastructure. He shares his vision for the future of authentication, including consolidation with authorization solutions and providing analytical capabilities on identity data. Tune into this episode for a deep dive into authentication.
2025-01-1358 min
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2024-07-011h 35
what. Growth Hacking MeetupZitadel Growth Insights - what. Growth Hacking MeetupPresented by Florian Forster, CEO & Co-Founder, ZitadelZitadel gives developers all they need to integrate identity management and are building an open source identity platform for developers. From the recent what. Growth Hacking meetup, Florian Forster, CEO and Co-Founder of Zitadel, discusses open source product-led growth.
2023-07-0712 minwhat. Growth Hacking MeetupGrowth Hackers Zurich - Growth Cases & Expert PanelListen to the full recording from our June Growth Hacking Meetup. Our meetup includedGrowth cases - Representatives of 3 startups give a short company presentation followed by a 5-10 min presentation of their growth case, focused on their growth hacks, challenges & learnings. They have been warned that their ideas & strategies will be heavily scrutinized!Panel - Experts in relevant fields validate and provide input to the discussion. Following the growth case presentations, each case is discussed for about 10-15 minutes.The Growth CasesFlorian Forster...
2023-06-271h 33
Changelog Master FeedWhy we switched to serverless containers (Ship It! #87)Last September, at the 🇨🇭 Swiss Cloud Native Day, Florian Forster, co-founder & CEO of ZITADEL, talked about why they switched to serverless containers. ZITADEL has a really interesting workload that is both CPU intensive and latency sensitive. On top of this, their users are global, and traffic is bursty. Florian talks about how they evaluated AWS, GCP & Azure before they settled on the platform that met their requirements.
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2023-01-261h 08Ship It! Cloud, SRE, Platform EngineeringWhy we switched to serverless containersLast September, at the 🇨🇭 Swiss Cloud Native Day, Florian Forster, co-founder & CEO of ZITADEL, talked about why they switched to serverless containers. ZITADEL has a really interesting workload that is both CPU intensive and latency sensitive. On top of this, their users are global, and traffic is bursty. Florian talks about how they evaluated AWS, GCP & Azure before they settled on the platform that met their requirements.
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2023-01-261h 08
TheRadio.CC: LinuxLoungeLL260 Die Sendung aus dem UmzugskartonNeues aus dem Repo
Drip 1.2102.28 - Menstruationstracker Drip
Calibre 6.0 | gnulinux.ch
skuul - Schulmanagement-Software
bookwyrm 0.4.5 - Fediverse Buchrezensionsplattform
Koodo 1.3.9 | Review
Yunohost 11.0 updated auf Debian 11 "Bullseye" | Reddit Link zur Yunohost Diskussion
PC Rettungssystem: Rescuezilla 2.4 veröffentlicht
Zitadel v2.0 Release bringt Keycloak Konkurrenten in Fahrt | Zitadel Docs
Wine 7.15 soll Verwendung von Media Foundation ermöglichen
ERG - Python mit Rust-Robust
/e/OS 1.2r
FediLab 3.1 | Codeberg Tag
LinuxMint 21 Vanessa
Newsflash
Ideenplattform für PeerTube
Fediverse-Jobbörse FlockingBird sucht nach Textanalyse-Expert*innen
Probleme beim Blocken von Anfeindungen im Fediverse
Matrix erreicht 60 Millionen Nutzer*innen
the-federation.info: Fediverse erreicht mindestens 5 Millionen Nutz...
2022-08-141h 48TheRadio.CC: LinuxLoungeLL260 Die Sendung aus dem UmzugskartonNeues aus dem Repo
Drip 1.2102.28 - Menstruationstracker Drip
Calibre 6.0 | gnulinux.ch
skuul - Schulmanagement-Software
bookwyrm 0.4.5 - Fediverse Buchrezensionsplattform
Koodo 1.3.9 | Review
Yunohost 11.0 updated auf Debian 11 "Bullseye" | Reddit Link zur Yunohost Diskussion
PC Rettungssystem: Rescuezilla 2.4 veröffentlicht
Zitadel v2.0 Release bringt Keycloak Konkurrenten in Fahrt | Zitadel Docs
Wine 7.15 soll Verwendung von Media Foundation ermöglichen
ERG - Python mit Rust-Robust
/e/OS 1.2r
FediLab 3.1 | Codeberg Tag
LinuxMint 21 Vanessa
Newsflash
Ideenplattform für PeerTube
Fediverse-Jobbörse FlockingBird sucht nach Textanalyse-Expert*innen
Probleme beim Blocken von Anfeindungen im Fediverse
Matrix erreicht 60 Millionen Nutzer*innen
the-federation.info: Fediverse erreicht mindestens 5 Millionen Nutz...
2022-08-141h 48TheRadio.CC: LinuxLoungeLL260 Die Sendung aus dem UmzugskartonNeues aus dem Repo
Drip 1.2102.28 - Menstruationstracker Drip
Calibre 6.0 | gnulinux.ch
skuul - Schulmanagement-Software
bookwyrm 0.4.5 - Fediverse Buchrezensionsplattform
Koodo 1.3.9 | Review
Yunohost 11.0 updated auf Debian 11 "Bullseye" | Reddit Link zur Yunohost Diskussion
PC Rettungssystem: Rescuezilla 2.4 veröffentlicht
Zitadel v2.0 Release bringt Keycloak Konkurrenten in Fahrt | Zitadel Docs
Wine 7.15 soll Verwendung von Media Foundation ermöglichen
ERG - Python mit Rust-Robust
/e/OS 1.2r
FediLab 3.1 | Codeberg Tag
LinuxMint 21 Vanessa
Newsflash
Ideenplattform für PeerTube
Fediverse-Jobbörse FlockingBird sucht nach Textanalyse-Expert*innen
Probleme beim Blocken von Anfeindungen im Fediverse
Matrix erreicht 60 Millionen Nutzer*innen
the-federation.info: Fediverse erreicht mindestens 5 Millionen Nutz...
2022-08-141h 48
From A to Z PodcastWelcome back, citizens of 2020! From Frozen 2 to dad jokes...we got you covered.Oh my goodness...where has the time gone? 3 years later and we're back! Well...technically...only 1/2 of the show is here. On this episode, Ace spends some time updating everyone on their lives while giving insight on what happened and what is currently happening to their son in the hospital. He also sprinkles in a few dad jokes and a review of the movie "Frozen 2". Welcome back, y'all. We missed you.
2020-03-2100 minFrom A to Z PodcastThat's a wrap on season 1!Hooray! The season has come to an end and what better way than to end it with the last 2 letters of Y and Z! We discuss being Yes people, Yelling matches, and having Zero things to talk about relating to anything Z related!
Thank you all for listening and supporting this podcast during our first season. See you during Season 2!
2017-06-2300 minFrom A to Z PodcastX gon' give it to ya!This episode, we discuss stuff starting with X...er...more like Ex because X words are ridiculous to talk about. 2 more left of season 1!
2017-06-1800 minFrom A to Z PodcastViva la V!Hey! Quick and rapid firing of episodes! We've got a deadline to meet! This episode, we discuss vows, vacations, voices, and vision.
2017-06-0300 minFrom A to Z PodcastUp early with the hosts!On this episode, we discuss understanding and undermining each other in marriage, how to deal with unhappiness, and expressing unconditional love towards each other!
2017-05-2700 minFrom A to Z PodcastTime for the Torres Trio!This episode, we have Andy, Mai, and Aria (sometimes) Torres in the house! We discuss trust, traveling, and time. We dive straight into it and go crazy on this tantalizing episode!
2017-05-0800 minFrom A to Z PodcastSuper sexy Santiagos!Super hello to you all! This episode is brought to you by the letter S! We are joined by Ace's cousin Macky and his delighful wife Alexa and we discuss stress, support systems, superstitions, and YUP, you guessed it...SEX. It's an LA meets NY kind of affair!
2017-04-1200 minFrom A to Z PodcastRomero, Romero, Romero's, where art thou?Hello again! This week's episode features host of @faithhustlepodcast Fredy Romero and his wife Maura Romero. We discuss things like romance, rest, Ricky Tan from Rush Hour 2...just kidding on that last one. Hope you enjoy this thought provoking episode! GO CRUSH IT!
2017-03-2200 minFrom A to Z PodcastQ is for quirky and Quinio (not Quinoa)Hooray! We have guests again! This week, we are joined by PJ and Aivee Quinio who happen to be visiting us from New Jersey! We discuss quitting, quirks, and questions all pertaining to the marriage realm. Enjoy!
2017-03-0300 minFrom A to Z PodcastPower to the P!Ace and Anne are back again tackling lots of P topics! From patience and priorities to passion and pride, they cover it all!
2017-02-2000 minFrom A to Z PodcastOh boy, the O show!Ace and Anne discuss being opposites, openness, obligations, and open marriages. Ok, the last one was a joke but it's a short but really funny and interesting episode!
2017-02-0300 minFrom A to Z PodcastWelcome to the New Year!Hello 2017! It's our first episode of the year and we tlk about all things new! Yes, we also discuss a couple of relationship topics! Love your neighbors, nurture your partner, and find out what you need in your life on this first episode of the year!
2017-01-1300 minFrom A to Z PodcastMoney, Mony, Moni! Magic hour with Merve and Marietta!This week's episode features some blood...well blood relatives. Anne's cousin Merve and his wife Marietta join us on the podcast to discuss money, mistakes, misunderstandings, and their mission as a family. Ace and Anne also discuss the role and importance of ministry in marriage.
2016-12-2400 minFrom A to Z PodcastLoving and laughing with the Lopez's!L's episode is graced with the presence of our guests Tony and Vanessa Lopez. We learn about how they fell in love, discuss the importance of laughter in marriage, and explore the dangers of lies and lusting...sorta. And of course, what would a From A to Z podcast be without the beloved and always interesting lightning round?
2016-12-0300 minFrom A to Z PodcastKill them with Kindness...or with JC and Katie!This week's episode features international superstar JC Villafan (@JCVillafan) and his lovely and bubbly wife Katie. They enlighten us on what kindness looks like in a marriage, how their first kiss went down, and how they operate as a married couple trying to know and understand each other.
Be sure to grab JC's album "America's for Dreamers" available on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever music is sold.
2016-11-2200 minFrom A to Z PodcastJ is for Joy, Jealousy, and the Araujos are back from Japan!Yes, you read that right. Japan. Our dear friends and recently married couple Raymond and Lauren Araujo have returned from the big island aka Japan and graced up with their presence on this week's episode. We also get to witness a piece of history mid-show. Just be sure to keep the volume low for the first 2 minutes. Don't say we didn't warn you.
2016-11-0500 minFrom A to Z PodcastIndependents, UNITE!This episode, Ace and Anne are joined by their independent and single friends Jordan and Annie. We discuss independence, infidelity, insecurities and igloo's. Ok, not really igloo's but we DO talk about some fun stuff!
2016-10-1900 minFrom A to Z PodcastHanging with the HostsAce and Anne are flying solo on this one! Listen in as they talk about the importance of honesty in marriage and honoring your spouse. They also discuss humility and maintaining a sense of humor within a relationship.
2016-10-0500 minFrom A to Z PodcastG-bar's, grace, and the Grants.Hello again! We are back with our dearest friends and marriage counselors Skyy and Gina Grant for our G show! On this episode, we discuss God, grace, generosity, gratitude, and the importance of grooming.
2016-09-1600 minFrom A to Z PodcastFun times and ferocious farts with the Foxworthy's!This week's episode includes all things F! We are joined by our friends Miles and Rini Foxworthy and we all discuss things from having fun, mega farts, family, friends, and F bombs galore, sorta.
You can find Miles at http://www.truetattoohollywood.com/miles-foxworthy
You can find Rini at http://www.urbanavixen.com.
Email us with questions, comments and suggestions at fromacetozitadel@gmail.com
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2016-09-0200 minFrom A to Z PodcastThe Esguerras, Esquivels, and a guy named Gabe.Things are bit switched up on this one! This episode, we do something different by having our friend Gabe interview both Ace and Anne and our guests Tony and Jen Esquivel. We share our engagement stories and discuss issues such as equality in marriage.
2016-08-1800 minFrom A to Z PodcastGive me the D!Ok...the title is a bit misleading but it's still all about the letter D! On this episode, our friends Jason and Reina (Deel)-Diaz join us to discuss dating, dreams, destiny, divorce, and devotion. Jason also teaches us how to breathe properly.
2016-08-0500 minFrom A to Z PodcastThe C Show with the Campos ClanOn this episode, we are joined by our good friends and very first guests of the podcast Noah and Scout Campos. We discuss the topics of commitment, compromise, communication, and compatibility versus complimentary.
2016-07-2500 minFrom A to Z PodcastBBQ's, Balance, Baby Fever and Boobs.On this episode, Ace and Zitadel explore how to Balance and budget while also being able to explore boobs and butts. They also discuss the importance or birthdays and how the baby fever has hit them pretty hard.
2016-07-0800 minFrom A to Z PodcastAll things A! We are live!The first episode of the podcast! Your hosts, Ace and Zitadel aka Anne, start off their new Adventure together with this show - All About the Letter A! They discuss acquaintances, arguments, and adventure in marriage as they launch their first show on their anniversary!
2016-06-2300 min