Nitric is a technology company that offers a framework for building cloud-native applications. It focuses on simplifying the development of serverless and containerized applications by providing developers with tools and libraries to streamline infrastructure provisioning and deployment. Nitric enables developers to define infrastructure using code, seamlessly integrate with cloud services, and automate the creation of APIs, event handlers, and scheduled tasks. By leveraging Nitric, development teams can accelerate their application development cycles and improve scalability and performance across various cloud platforms.