Kurt Mackey

But to the conductor's ears, he's like, no matter what you would do, you were wrong. And so it's a very interesting movie, I would say, as somebody who is outside that bubble, whereas you're inside that bubble being part of a larger band that plays fantastic music together in concert. Well, for people, you know, so I thought maybe you've seen that.

But to the conductor's ears, he's like, no matter what you would do, you were wrong. And so it's a very interesting movie, I would say, as somebody who is outside that bubble, whereas you're inside that bubble being part of a larger band that plays fantastic music together in concert. Well, for people, you know, so I thought maybe you've seen that.

Totally. For sure.

Totally. For sure.

Well, let's go to maybe some deeper talk. The last time that we talked, Zach, I would say you're on Friends because I would consider you a friend. I never made it to the data center like we talked about, I think, at the end of the podcast. That's okay, though. I love a good data center tour.

Well, let's go to maybe some deeper talk. The last time that we talked, Zach, I would say you're on Friends because I would consider you a friend. I never made it to the data center like we talked about, I think, at the end of the podcast. That's okay, though. I love a good data center tour.

To just layer on some of the conversation we had, we had a great conversation on Founders Talk 84 back in 2021. So that's the last time we talked. This is like three years. almost three years to the month to the day almost. And the last time I talked to you, you were really on this new trajectory with Equinix metal.

To just layer on some of the conversation we had, we had a great conversation on Founders Talk 84 back in 2021. So that's the last time we talked. This is like three years. almost three years to the month to the day almost. And the last time I talked to you, you were really on this new trajectory with Equinix metal.

Your company packet had been acquired by Equinix, the very large behemoth global dominator in infrastructure, you know, servers everywhere, data centers everywhere. And this was a, a great thing for you and great thing for your company and, And here you are essentially being acquired by Equinix and you go from startup to global company.

Your company packet had been acquired by Equinix, the very large behemoth global dominator in infrastructure, you know, servers everywhere, data centers everywhere. And this was a, a great thing for you and great thing for your company and, And here you are essentially being acquired by Equinix and you go from startup to global company.

And so preceding this conversation, you know, managing, criticism, stuff like that, I got to imagine that this journey into the big world, the bigger world of automating bare metal, took its toll in good ways and bad ways.

And so preceding this conversation, you know, managing, criticism, stuff like that, I got to imagine that this journey into the big world, the bigger world of automating bare metal, took its toll in good ways and bad ways.

What happened with that acquisition, with your role there? Did you enjoy it? What made you take a step away? Because you're no longer there. That was 2023, a year ago, I think, roughly, you stepped away from that role. Catch us up and let's go from there.

What happened with that acquisition, with your role there? Did you enjoy it? What made you take a step away? Because you're no longer there. That was 2023, a year ago, I think, roughly, you stepped away from that role. Catch us up and let's go from there.

Peeking out like the groundhog. We were peeking out.

Peeking out like the groundhog. We were peeking out.

Right.

Right.

I think it's so cool to build something as a startup that is attractive enough, not just to be acquired, but to be a hopefully integral function of scale for a already decade successful global leader. You know what I mean? Like how bad ass is that?

I think it's so cool to build something as a startup that is attractive enough, not just to be acquired, but to be a hopefully integral function of scale for a already decade successful global leader. You know what I mean? Like how bad ass is that?