Originally published on expo.dev/blog by Charlie Cheever.

Expo raised some money.

We raised a $45MM Series B from Georgian and some other great partners. We picked them because they have a track record of partnering with and helping other great developer infrastructure companies like Replit and Render and Dagster. And they just get it.

The first thing they showed us when we initially met them was a bunch of stuff people on their team had built with Expo. It's going to be great to work with them.

We have been profitable for a while so we didn't need to raise money to keep going. But we're seeing so many things that people want from Expo right now and we want to build them, ASAP, and this round will let us do more.

There are a million things we can do to make the apps you bring to life with Expo closer to being exactly what you're dreaming. And there is a handful of things we want to build for you to make that process easier and faster. This funding makes it possible for us to hire engineers to try and build everything.

All the new ways that people are using Expo with AI have also made our todo list way, way longer. We can see a path to letting everyone in the world who has grit and vision make application software (not just the people who are software developers today).

What a fun and crazy time to be helping people make software. There's so much to do. This round of funding lets us really go after it.

If you’re passionate about our mission to make app development better and easier please take a look at our open roles and reach out if you see something that fits your skills.