Insight Partners

Insight Partners, established in 1995, is a global private equity and venture capital firm headquartered in New York City, with additional offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto. The company specializes in investing in growth-stage technology and software companies, with a particular focus on sectors such as Fintech, Cybersecurity, AI/ML, DevOps, and Healthcare. As of December 31, 2022, Insight Partners has over $75 billion in regulatory assets under management. The firm has invested in more than 750 companies worldwide and has seen over 55 portfolio companies achieve an IPO. Insight Partners' mission is to partner with visionary executives, providing practical, hands-on software expertise along their growth journey, from initial investment to IPO.

Abdi Adan

Associate

Anika Agarwal

Managing Director

Liad Agmon

Managing Director

Aditya Agrawal

Senior Associate

Daniel Ahrens

Vice President, Onsite

Max Albert

Investment Analyst

Arianna Arditi

Investment Analyst

Elan Arnowitz

Associate

Daniel Aronovitz

Vice President

Ananya Asthana

Investment Analyst

Raja Atluri

Vice President

Ian Becker

Investment Analyst

Ganesh Bell

Managing Director

Joshua Berman

Associate

Sophie Beshar

Vice President

Whit Bouck

Managing Director

Seamus Brown

Senior Associate

Katie Bullard

Managing Director

George Chai

Analyst

Nicholas Chan

Investment Analyst

Nagu Chidambaram

Senior Associate

Alex Debayo-Doherty

Associate

Will Detwiler

Senior Associate

Adam Domingoes

Vice President

Kadin Donohoe

Investment Analyst

Eoin Duane

Managing Director

Roshni Dugar

Senior Associate

Jason Ewell

Operating Partner

Danielle Feitler

Vice President

Brad Fiedler

Principal

Minna Fingerhood

Senior Associate

Henry Frankievich

Managing Director

Josh Fredberg

Operating Partner

Logan Friedman

Senior Associate

Aveek Ganguly

Associate

Matt Gatto

Managing Director

Chandler Glat

Associate

Alex Glaubach

Senior Associate

Madeleine Goldberg

Senior Associate

Shalva Gozland

Associate

Connor Guess

Vice President

Evan Hahn

Principal

Wallis Hess

Associate

Michaela Hirsh

Senior Investment Associate

Ashley Hong

Analyst

Michelle Hu

Senior Associate

Philine Huizing

Principal

Lonne Jaffe

Managing Director

Milan Jain

Associate

Austin Jeter

Onsite Analyst

Darius Johnson

Investment Analyst

Bradford Jones

Investment Associate

Rebecca Kaufman

VP of Strategy and Innovation

Will Kenney

Associate

Jonathan Kerstein

Investment Associate

Saamia Khan

Associate

Diana Kim

Senior Associate

David Kimball

Senior Associate

Matt Koran

Principal

Grace Kotick

Vice President

Nikitas Koutoupes

Managing Director

Thomas Krane

Managing Director

Anina Ku

Associate

Danielle Kwait

Investment Analyst

Mark Lessing

Managing Director, CFO

Isabelle Liao

Associate

Byron Lichtenstein

Principal / Managing Director

Jeff Lieberman

Managing Director

Rebecca Liu-Doyle

Managing Director

Sabrina Lu

Senior Associate

Alessandro Luciano

Vice President

Alexandra Lundin

Vice President

AJ Malhotra

Managing Director

Julian Marcu

Vice President

George Mathew

Managing Director

Richard Matus

Principal

Sahar Mohammadzadeh

Associate

Miles Neumann

Senior Associate

Asher Noel

Investment Analyst

Arthur Paleologos

Associate

Kitty Qu

Senior Associate

Nisha Rangarajan

Investor

Jared Rosen

Principal

Anshul Sachdeva

Associate

Adithya Sanjay

Associate

Hagi Schwartz

Managing Director

Peter Segall

Managing Director

Oscar Segar

Vice President

Thilo Semmelbauer

Managing Director

Jessie Sheff

Principal

Michael Shephard

Principal

Jenna Sigman

Executive Vice President

Sunpreet Singh

Senior Associate

Connor Solimano

Associate

Maria Soroka

Senior Associate

Michael Spiro

Associate

David Spiro

Managing Director

Sophie Starck

Senior Associate

Hailey Steinberg

Investment Analyst

Eliza Thaler

Associate

Zahra Thiam

Associate

Boris Treskunov

Principal

John True

Operating Partner

Jonah Waldman

Associate

Oliver Wang

Associate

Stephen Ward

Managing Director

Isaiah Washington

Investment Analyst

Tessa Wayne

Investment Analyst

Richard Wells

Managing Director

Allyson White

Principal / Managing Director

Max Wolff

Principal

Sven Wollschlaeger

Associate

Kenta Yaegashi

Senior Associate

Josh Zelman

Principal

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CEO

Kamran Pirasteh

Vice President

Past deals in Open Source

Filigran

Series B in 2024
Filigran is a European cyber technology company dedicated to providing high-quality open-source software tailored for cybersecurity and crisis management teams. The company has developed an extended threat management (XTM) portfolio that includes solutions for cyber threat intelligence, adversary simulation, and crisis response. This comprehensive approach allows organizations, both private and public, to enhance their cybersecurity measures while leveraging open-source platforms. Filigran's commitment to supporting global organizations positions it as a key player in the field of cybersecurity and crisis management.

Ory Corp

Venture Round in 2024
Ory Corp, founded in 2019, builds and maintains popular developer tools in the area of Cloud identity, authorization, Zero Trust Security combined with user-centric development experience. Their open source projects rank with over 30k+ GitHub stars, have vivid communities and are regularly trending topics on popular sites and forums. Based on Ory open source, they have launched Ory Cloud as a SaaS product, built for easy integration and maximum adaptability.

Aqua Security

Series E in 2024
Aqua Security Software Ltd. is a cybersecurity company specializing in securing container-based and cloud-native applications throughout their development and production lifecycles. The company's Aqua Cloud Native Security Platform delivers comprehensive security solutions, including prevention, detection, and response automation, applicable across various deployment environments such as on-premises and public clouds like AWS, Azure, and Google. Aqua Security also provides open-source tools like Kube-Bench for Kubernetes security compliance, Kube-hunter for identifying vulnerabilities in Kubernetes clusters, and Manifesto for managing container image metadata. The company's offerings encompass areas such as DevSecOps automation, security modernization, compliance, and hybrid and multi-cloud solutions. Founded in 2015 and based in Ramat Gan, Israel, with additional operations in Burlington, Massachusetts, Aqua Security serves a diverse clientele, including major enterprises in sectors like financial services, media, and manufacturing.

Devtron

Venture Round in 2022
Devtron is an open-source DevOps platform designed specifically for Kubernetes, offering a comprehensive suite of tools that include continuous integration, continuous delivery, security, debugging, and cost optimization through an intuitive user interface. Founded in 2019 by Nishant Kumar, Prashant Ghildiyal, and Rajesh Razdan in Del Mar, California, the platform allows users to debug applications, monitor events, and manage configurations all from a single screen, enhancing usability and efficiency. By providing metrics that track deployment frequencies and a unified view for debugging, Devtron aims to improve application stability while balancing cost and security for its clients.

Ambassador

Venture Round in 2022
Ambassador Labs specializes in providing tools for optimizing software development through application programming interface (API) solutions for Kubernetes. Its primary offerings include the Ambassador Edge Stack, an API gateway that secures and manages traffic to Kubernetes microservices, and the Microservices Development Kit, an open-source platform that streamlines the building of microservices with essential APIs for service registration, logging, and resilience. Additionally, the company offers Mission Control, which enables users to manage and monitor microservices, automatically blacklist software bugs, and debug failures via integrated log tracing. These products support various programming languages such as Python, Ruby, Java, and JavaScript, and can be deployed across multiple environments, including Bare Metal, Amazon Web Services, Docker, Google Compute Platform, Kubernetes, and OpenStack. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Ambassador Labs was previously known as Datawire, Inc., and has received backing from notable investors, including Insight Partners and Four Rivers Group.

Appsmith

Series B in 2022
Appsmith is a developer of an open-source low-code application platform established in mid-2019. The platform enables developers to efficiently build, deploy, and manage custom internal applications, particularly focusing on CRUD functionalities. With over 5 million downloads and usage among more than 1,000 enterprises across over 100 countries, Appsmith aims to simplify the development of internal tools by streamlining operations, automating processes, and facilitating the integration of various applications and data. Additionally, the platform enhances legacy applications by allowing developers to incorporate new features, all while maintaining enterprise-grade security and governance.

LibLab

Series A in 2022
LibLab is a developer tools company that specializes in providing SDK-as-a-service for businesses seeking to create and maintain software development kits (SDKs) for their APIs. Founded in 2022 by Sagiv Ofek, LibLab's platform automates the entire lifecycle of SDK development, from generation to maintenance, using an open-source engine that supports multiple programming languages. The company's services ensure the production of clean, elegant, and maintainable client libraries, adhering to industry best practices. In addition to SDK generation, LibLab offers a suite of products that include security monitoring, developer portals, and analytics, enabling companies to deliver SDKs tailored to their customers' preferred programming languages.

Sonar

Venture Round in 2022
SonarSource provides world-class solutions for continuous code quality management. Its open source and commercial products help customers of all size to manage the code quality of their applications, reduce risk and ultimately deliver better software. SonarSource solutions support development in 20+ programming languages such as Java, C#, Javascript, C/C++, COBOL and more. With 700+ customers around the world including Cisco Systems, Deutsche Bank, Samsung and used by more than 80'000 organizations SonarSource's products are the de facto standard solutions on the market.

RudderStack

Series B in 2022
RudderStack, Inc. is an enterprise customer data infrastructure platform founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company specializes in collecting, storing, and routing customer event data from various applications and websites to data warehouses and cloud applications. RudderStack offers an open-source solution that enables businesses to consolidate and activate customer data across teams and tools. Its platform allows users to easily deploy data pipelines, facilitating the collection of customer data from multiple sources, including SaaS platforms. Additionally, RudderStack provides a transformation framework that processes event data on the fly, thereby assisting engineers, product managers, data scientists, and marketers in deriving valuable insights and enhancing overall growth.

Ory Corp

Series A in 2021
Ory Corp, founded in 2019, builds and maintains popular developer tools in the area of Cloud identity, authorization, Zero Trust Security combined with user-centric development experience. Their open source projects rank with over 30k+ GitHub stars, have vivid communities and are regularly trending topics on popular sites and forums. Based on Ory open source, they have launched Ory Cloud as a SaaS product, built for easy integration and maximum adaptability.

Overwolf

Series D in 2021
Overwolf Ltd. is a software company based in Tel-Aviv, Israel, established in 2010. It operates as a leading gaming user-generated content (UGC) ecosystem, supporting over 1,500 games and engaging approximately 100 million monthly active users. Overwolf empowers creators by providing a framework for developing in-game applications using HTML and JavaScript. The platform offers a variety of tools, including flexible APIs, custom in-game overlays, and second monitor functionality, which allow creators to build, distribute, and monetize their applications. With a community of 178,000 creators, Overwolf facilitates the sharing of game experiences and connections among players, enhancing the overall gaming experience.

PlanetScale

Series C in 2021
PlanetScale, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in an online database platform designed to help businesses manage and gain insights from their data efficiently. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, PlanetScale offers a MySQL-compatible, serverless database solution built on the scalable architecture of Vitess, which is used by major platforms like YouTube and Slack. The company's services include a Database-as-a-Service platform, cluster manager software, open-source Vitess support, and training solutions. PlanetScaleDB enhances operational capabilities by providing features such as disaster recovery, data locality solutions, and the ability to manage database scaling without downtime. This combination allows development teams to improve workflow velocity and performance while ensuring reliable access to their data.

Bit

Series B in 2021
Bit is a code development platform that facilitates composable software development by allowing users to centrally store, modularize, and share pre-written code components. Founded in 2014 and based in Molenwaard, the Netherlands, Bit serves over 200,000 developers and numerous large organizations through its open-source toolchain and cloud platform. The platform enhances collaboration among development teams by enabling the export and reuse of components across various applications, fostering the creation of component libraries and collaborative design systems. Through its focus on composability, Bit empowers teams to distribute ownership effectively, enabling them to work autonomously and develop scalable, consistent applications.

Corelight

Series D in 2021
Corelight, Inc. provides network visibility solutions tailored for information security professionals, focusing on network traffic analysis to combat cyber threats. The company offers a suite of products, including Corelight sensors and a fleet manager, built upon the open-source Bro framework, which delivers actionable, real-time data to enhance cybersecurity efforts. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Corelight serves enterprises, government agencies, and higher education institutions, enabling them to gain deep insights into network traffic and effectively detect and respond to cyberattacks. The company also maintains additional offices in Santa Clara, California, and Columbus, Ohio.

Apollo GraphQL

Series D in 2021
Apollo GraphQL helps developers help the world by providing a better API platform across teams. Apollo’s open-source software is downloaded 25M times per month and its commercial GraphQL technologies power the most innovative brands today. Teams at Netflix, Snap, and the New York Times ship personalized, omnichannel experiences faster with a supergraph – a self-service GraphQL platform that spans any number of backend services. Serving over 5T requests in 2023, the Apollo GraphOS platform simplifies API development with workflows and infrastructure to build, test, and ship supergraphs at any scale. Based in San Francisco, Apollo is backed by Insight Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, and Trinity Ventures. Learn more at: https://www.apollographql.com.

PlanetScale

Series B in 2021
PlanetScale, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in an online database platform designed to help businesses manage and gain insights from their data efficiently. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, PlanetScale offers a MySQL-compatible, serverless database solution built on the scalable architecture of Vitess, which is used by major platforms like YouTube and Slack. The company's services include a Database-as-a-Service platform, cluster manager software, open-source Vitess support, and training solutions. PlanetScaleDB enhances operational capabilities by providing features such as disaster recovery, data locality solutions, and the ability to manage database scaling without downtime. This combination allows development teams to improve workflow velocity and performance while ensuring reliable access to their data.

Metabase

Series B in 2021
Metabase is an open-source analytics and business intelligence application founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California. The platform enables users to create dashboards and reports, facilitating the measurement, analysis, and sharing of data to address complex business challenges. Metabase offers various professional services, including managed hosting and support, as well as assistance with implementing customized analytics solutions. This enables organizations to track data trends over time, enhancing their decision-making processes.

Overwolf

Series C in 2021
Overwolf Ltd. is a software company based in Tel-Aviv, Israel, established in 2010. It operates as a leading gaming user-generated content (UGC) ecosystem, supporting over 1,500 games and engaging approximately 100 million monthly active users. Overwolf empowers creators by providing a framework for developing in-game applications using HTML and JavaScript. The platform offers a variety of tools, including flexible APIs, custom in-game overlays, and second monitor functionality, which allow creators to build, distribute, and monetize their applications. With a community of 178,000 creators, Overwolf facilitates the sharing of game experiences and connections among players, enhancing the overall gaming experience.

Aqua Security

Series E in 2021
Aqua Security Software Ltd. is a cybersecurity company specializing in securing container-based and cloud-native applications throughout their development and production lifecycles. The company's Aqua Cloud Native Security Platform delivers comprehensive security solutions, including prevention, detection, and response automation, applicable across various deployment environments such as on-premises and public clouds like AWS, Azure, and Google. Aqua Security also provides open-source tools like Kube-Bench for Kubernetes security compliance, Kube-hunter for identifying vulnerabilities in Kubernetes clusters, and Manifesto for managing container image metadata. The company's offerings encompass areas such as DevSecOps automation, security modernization, compliance, and hybrid and multi-cloud solutions. Founded in 2015 and based in Ramat Gan, Israel, with additional operations in Burlington, Massachusetts, Aqua Security serves a diverse clientele, including major enterprises in sectors like financial services, media, and manufacturing.

Ambassador

Series B in 2020
Ambassador Labs specializes in providing tools for optimizing software development through application programming interface (API) solutions for Kubernetes. Its primary offerings include the Ambassador Edge Stack, an API gateway that secures and manages traffic to Kubernetes microservices, and the Microservices Development Kit, an open-source platform that streamlines the building of microservices with essential APIs for service registration, logging, and resilience. Additionally, the company offers Mission Control, which enables users to manage and monitor microservices, automatically blacklist software bugs, and debug failures via integrated log tracing. These products support various programming languages such as Python, Ruby, Java, and JavaScript, and can be deployed across multiple environments, including Bare Metal, Amazon Web Services, Docker, Google Compute Platform, Kubernetes, and OpenStack. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Ambassador Labs was previously known as Datawire, Inc., and has received backing from notable investors, including Insight Partners and Four Rivers Group.

Armory

Series C in 2020
Armory, Inc. is an enterprise software company based in San Mateo, California, that specializes in continuous delivery solutions. Founded in 2016, the company commercializes the open-source deployment platform, Spinnaker, which was originally developed by Netflix and Google. Armory offers several key products, including Hosted Spinnaker, a cloud-based management solution that enhances user management and deployment analytics; Armory Deploy, which allows users to set up a production-ready Spinnaker environment on-premises; and Armory Elevate, a tool designed to identify and prevent problematic deployments. The platform supports deployment to various cloud environments, including AWS, GCP, and Azure, enabling organizations to automate and manage software delivery at scale while ensuring reliability and security.

Aqua Security

Series D in 2020
Aqua Security Software Ltd. is a cybersecurity company specializing in securing container-based and cloud-native applications throughout their development and production lifecycles. The company's Aqua Cloud Native Security Platform delivers comprehensive security solutions, including prevention, detection, and response automation, applicable across various deployment environments such as on-premises and public clouds like AWS, Azure, and Google. Aqua Security also provides open-source tools like Kube-Bench for Kubernetes security compliance, Kube-hunter for identifying vulnerabilities in Kubernetes clusters, and Manifesto for managing container image metadata. The company's offerings encompass areas such as DevSecOps automation, security modernization, compliance, and hybrid and multi-cloud solutions. Founded in 2015 and based in Ramat Gan, Israel, with additional operations in Burlington, Massachusetts, Aqua Security serves a diverse clientele, including major enterprises in sectors like financial services, media, and manufacturing.

MayaData

Venture Round in 2020
MayaData, Inc. specializes in developing virtualized file and block storage software solutions aimed at enhancing data management and performance for private cloud environments. The company offers ElastiStor 2.0, a ZFS-based storage solution tailored for cloud and virtualized applications, as well as OpenEBS.io, an open-source project that provides containerized storage specifically designed for Kubernetes. MayaData's MDAP commercial offering supports the adoption of stateful workloads in agile Kubernetes settings, integrating tools like the Litmus chaos engineering project and MayaOnline for visualization and control. Additionally, the company produces a range of appliances, such as ElastiStor FX-2 and FX-4, which facilitate seamless cloud integration across various virtualization environments. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Jose, California, MayaData also maintains offices in Reading, UK, and Bengaluru, India.

Corelight

Series C in 2019
Corelight, Inc. provides network visibility solutions tailored for information security professionals, focusing on network traffic analysis to combat cyber threats. The company offers a suite of products, including Corelight sensors and a fleet manager, built upon the open-source Bro framework, which delivers actionable, real-time data to enhance cybersecurity efforts. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Corelight serves enterprises, government agencies, and higher education institutions, enabling them to gain deep insights into network traffic and effectively detect and respond to cyberattacks. The company also maintains additional offices in Santa Clara, California, and Columbus, Ohio.

Automattic

Series D in 2019
Automattic Inc., established in 2005 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in developing and providing web-based solutions. It is renowned for its suite of products, including WordPress.com for website creation and management, WooCommerce for e-commerce, and Jetpack for site performance and security. Automattic serves non-profit and open-source projects globally, with a mission to democratize publishing and commerce through its open-source content management systems.

Armory

Series B in 2019
Armory, Inc. is an enterprise software company based in San Mateo, California, that specializes in continuous delivery solutions. Founded in 2016, the company commercializes the open-source deployment platform, Spinnaker, which was originally developed by Netflix and Google. Armory offers several key products, including Hosted Spinnaker, a cloud-based management solution that enhances user management and deployment analytics; Armory Deploy, which allows users to set up a production-ready Spinnaker environment on-premises; and Armory Elevate, a tool designed to identify and prevent problematic deployments. The platform supports deployment to various cloud environments, including AWS, GCP, and Azure, enabling organizations to automate and manage software delivery at scale while ensuring reliability and security.

Aqua Security

Series C in 2019
Aqua Security Software Ltd. is a cybersecurity company specializing in securing container-based and cloud-native applications throughout their development and production lifecycles. The company's Aqua Cloud Native Security Platform delivers comprehensive security solutions, including prevention, detection, and response automation, applicable across various deployment environments such as on-premises and public clouds like AWS, Azure, and Google. Aqua Security also provides open-source tools like Kube-Bench for Kubernetes security compliance, Kube-hunter for identifying vulnerabilities in Kubernetes clusters, and Manifesto for managing container image metadata. The company's offerings encompass areas such as DevSecOps automation, security modernization, compliance, and hybrid and multi-cloud solutions. Founded in 2015 and based in Ramat Gan, Israel, with additional operations in Burlington, Massachusetts, Aqua Security serves a diverse clientele, including major enterprises in sectors like financial services, media, and manufacturing.

Tigera

Series B in 2018
Tigera, Inc. is a provider of open policy-driven networking solutions specifically designed for cloud-native applications. Incorporated in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California, with an engineering office in Vancouver, Canada, the company offers Calico, a unified network security and observability platform. Calico is recognized as the most widely adopted container networking and security solution, effectively preventing, detecting, and mitigating security breaches in Kubernetes clusters. This software powers over 100 million containers across more than 8 million nodes globally, supporting all major cloud providers and Kubernetes distributions. Tigera's Canal product combines and refines existing cloud networking solutions, enabling enterprises to implement secure application connectivity in private, public, and hybrid cloud environments. Leading companies across various industries utilize Tigera’s technology to enhance the security and scalability of their applications.

Sonar

Venture Round in 2016
SonarSource provides world-class solutions for continuous code quality management. Its open source and commercial products help customers of all size to manage the code quality of their applications, reduce risk and ultimately deliver better software. SonarSource solutions support development in 20+ programming languages such as Java, C#, Javascript, C/C++, COBOL and more. With 700+ customers around the world including Cisco Systems, Deutsche Bank, Samsung and used by more than 80'000 organizations SonarSource's products are the de facto standard solutions on the market.

Mirantis

Series B in 2015
Mirantis, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in providing software, services, and training for open source cloud environments. It offers a range of solutions including OpenStack distribution software, cloud-ready application tools like Murano, and Containers-as-a-Service for developers and operators. The company empowers organizations to build and manage open cloud infrastructure, facilitating a public cloud experience across various infrastructures while eliminating vendor lock-in. Mirantis also provides infrastructure solutions that support virtualization, application deployment, and cloud management, enabling seamless development and operations. Its portfolio includes training programs for DevOps professionals and managed services for implementation and migration. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Campbell, California, Mirantis has expanded its presence internationally, with offices in Russia, France, Poland, and Ukraine.

Mirantis

Series B in 2014
Mirantis, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in providing software, services, and training for open source cloud environments. It offers a range of solutions including OpenStack distribution software, cloud-ready application tools like Murano, and Containers-as-a-Service for developers and operators. The company empowers organizations to build and manage open cloud infrastructure, facilitating a public cloud experience across various infrastructures while eliminating vendor lock-in. Mirantis also provides infrastructure solutions that support virtualization, application deployment, and cloud management, enabling seamless development and operations. Its portfolio includes training programs for DevOps professionals and managed services for implementation and migration. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Campbell, California, Mirantis has expanded its presence internationally, with offices in Russia, France, Poland, and Ukraine.

Automattic

Series C in 2014
Automattic Inc., established in 2005 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in developing and providing web-based solutions. It is renowned for its suite of products, including WordPress.com for website creation and management, WooCommerce for e-commerce, and Jetpack for site performance and security. Automattic serves non-profit and open-source projects globally, with a mission to democratize publishing and commerce through its open-source content management systems.
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