Michael Intrator

So we weathered crypto winter really well and began to scale the company and immediately started to look for other use cases that you could use this compute for, because crypto was pretty volatile.

So a good way to think about it is like the progression of products that we kind of started to work on.

So a good way to think about it is like the progression of products that we kind of started to work on.

You know, first was crypto, but we immediately moved from crypto to CGI rendering and we built

You know, first was crypto, but we immediately moved from crypto to CGI rendering and we built

projects that would allow uh um folks that were trying to animate and render images um you know kind of what makes the movies cool right and and uh we started to work on that and then we moved to batch computing and started to look at medical research and different ways of using the compute to be able to drive science um and we just kind of kept moving up the stack in terms of complexity um

projects that would allow uh um folks that were trying to animate and render images um you know kind of what makes the movies cool right and and uh we started to work on that and then we moved to batch computing and started to look at medical research and different ways of using the compute to be able to drive science um and we just kind of kept moving up the stack in terms of complexity um

on how GPUs could be used.

on how GPUs could be used.

And ultimately in like, call it like 2020, 2021, we started to really try to figure out how you can go ahead and use GPUs for neural networks.

And ultimately in like, call it like 2020, 2021, we started to really try to figure out how you can go ahead and use GPUs for neural networks.

And that was not something that we knew how to do.

And that was not something that we knew how to do.

And so we actually went out and bought a bunch of A100s and donated them to a group that was working on Luther AI.

And so we actually went out and bought a bunch of A100s and donated them to a group that was working on Luther AI.

They were working on an open source project with the thought that,

They were working on an open source project with the thought that,

these guys are taking the GPU compute because we're donating it.

these guys are taking the GPU compute because we're donating it.

They can't really get pissed at us if we're not very good at it initially.