Uno Platform doubles down on enterprise cross-platform .NET

Amid a surge of AI-powered low-code tools aimed at hobbyists and non-technical creators, Uno Platform is taking a different route — double down on enterprise developers.

The Montreal-based startup provides an enterprise-grade suite for building cross-platform .NET applications that run on Android, iOS, Windows, Linux and the web from a single codebase.

Uno’s proposition is simple: write once, ship many. CEO Francois Tanguay frames the math plainly — if the same code works across five platforms, teams gain immediate productivity leverage.

Why enterprises should care

Enterprises face expensive duplication: separate teams, parallel feature releases, and platform-specific bugs. A consistent .NET stack reduces overhead, centralizes testing, and shortens time-to-market for feature parity across devices.

• Single codebase reduces maintenance and QA costs
• Faster feature parity across desktop, mobile, and web
• Easier onboarding for .NET shops and consistent tooling

Unlike the current crop of "vibe" or AI-first low-code platforms aimed at individual creators, Uno argues enterprise developers need dedicated productivity tools that integrate into existing workflows and standards.

The two-year-old startup has traction to back its claim. It spun out of consulting firm Nventive, launched as open source in 2018, and accumulated more than 100 million downloads and 300 contributors — a community that helped keep pace with shifting OS releases.

Since formally becoming its own company in 2023, Uno has attracted enterprise customers including Toyota, Microsoft and TradeZero, and closed a C$3.5 million seed round co-led by AQC Capital and Desjardins Capital with participation from notable angels.

New premium tooling and real-time design

Funds will accelerate a premium tier, Uno Platform Studio, and a Hot Design feature that lets developers pause a running app and edit the UI in real time — a productivity boost particularly useful for UX teams and iterative enterprise UIs.

The pitch is pragmatic: rather than selling simplified drag-and-drop tools to hobbyists, Uno is optimizing for scale, governance, and integration with existing CI/CD, observability and security practices that enterprises require.

For enterprise technology leaders, the key questions are: can Uno reduce long-term maintenance, accelerate releases across platforms, and fit into current toolchains? Early signals — marquee customers, community momentum, and targeted product tooling — suggest it might.

From a strategic perspective, this is a reminder that not every developer productivity problem is solved by consumer-facing AI builders. Enterprises need repeatable, auditable workflows and predictable ROI — and that creates room for specialised platforms that speak the language of engineering teams.

QuarkyByte watches this shift closely. We help organizations model cross-platform migration costs, run pilot benchmarks for single-codebase productivity, and map how new tooling like Hot Design fits into release pipelines without disrupting compliance or observability.

If your team wrestles with multi-platform sprawl or wants to compare a single-codebase approach to incremental, platform-specific development, this is a timely moment to evaluate platforms that prioritize enterprise needs over consumer flair.

Uno Platform is staking a claim: enterprise developers deserve the same productivity tools as hobbyists, but designed for scale. The market will tell whether enterprises embrace that bet — and whether Uno can turn its open-source momentum into broader corporate adoption.