# Building Laravel's Future. The Artisan of the Day Is Tom Crary.

DevFeed: [Building Laravel's Future. The Artisan of the Day Is Tom Crary.](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/building-laravel-s-future-the-artisan-of-the-day-is-tom-crary-3596.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://laravel.com/blog/building-laravels-future-the-artisan-of-the-day-is-tom-crary>)

Author: Ana Tavares

Published: 2025-08-17T15:22:17Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Laravel Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/laravel-blog.md>)

Topics: [Laravel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/laravel.md>), [PHP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/php.md>), [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>), [developer tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-tooling.md>), [Monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/monitoring.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>)

Tags: [business](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/business.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [developer-tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-tooling.md>), [global](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/global.md>), [laravel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/laravel.md>), [monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monitoring.md>), [php](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/php.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/releases.md>)

## AI overview

Laravel President and COO Tom Crary describes his transition from accounting and technology leadership to Laravel, including his experience scaling PHP-powered web properties and supporting developer communities. The article outlines Laravel's $57 million funding round and future plans for Laravel Cloud, a reimagined Forge, Laravel Nightwatch, and broader ecosystem growth.

## Source excerpt

Laravel's President and COO shares his story on Laravel's funding, how to build a global team, and the company's future.