$0 to +$20M Raised: How Bob Miles is Capitalizing on GPU Shortage for AI Cloud Services with Salad
In this episode of The Venture-Scale SaaS Operator, Bob Miles talks about Salad, a decentralized cloud computing platform that harnesses the idle computing resources of gamers and everyday internet users to power various computing workloads. He also talks about Salad's strategic entry into the competitive cloud computing market, initially focusing on supply acquisition and now capitalizing on the high demand for GPU resources in AI computations.
Tune in to learn more about:
~ The Intriguing Journey of Acquiring the Salad.com domain
~ How Salad's Supply-Side Growth Strategy Worked
~ Bob's Perspective on Finding the Right Focus in a Startup
Timestamps:
- (00:00) - Intro
- (00:28) - Getting the Domain Name
- (01:11) - Problem Salad Solves
- (02:00) - Entering the Competitive Cloud Computing Space
- (04:20) - Focus on GPUs and AI Inference
- (05:52) - Pricing and Cost Advantage
- (08:17) - Customer Trust and Security
- (09:58) - Company Growth and Funding
- (10:43) - Team Structure and Engineering Focus
- (16:40) - Brand Awareness and Market Entry
- (19:01) - Balancing Focus and Market Obligations
- (25:01) - Big Vision for Salad
- (25:38) - Outro
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Salad.com - A Compute Sharing Application
ReactSquad.io - React.js Agency for Startups
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