Zac Smith

And I think like that's become the lingua franca of digital infrastructure is like way more available than it was a couple of years ago, where even though I've been in this industry for 25 years, my mom didn't know what a data center was. And now she knows all about data centers and chips. And it's not for me.

And I think like that's become the lingua franca of digital infrastructure is like way more available than it was a couple of years ago, where even though I've been in this industry for 25 years, my mom didn't know what a data center was. And now she knows all about data centers and chips. And it's not for me.

I mean, the news. Chipsack, this is delayed, coffee conversation, what's AI? It's all in the ether now, so it's much more aware. And so now people are like, oh, data centers. I mean, you hear data centers like that word probably a thousand times more than you did three years ago or five years ago.

I mean, the news. Chipsack, this is delayed, coffee conversation, what's AI? It's all in the ether now, so it's much more aware. And so now people are like, oh, data centers. I mean, you hear data centers like that word probably a thousand times more than you did three years ago or five years ago.

in the news and publications like every single you know article comes up in some business thing there's something related to this and so i think it's just becoming more part of the public consciousness and because of that you'll see more stuff whether that's rules or you know, yes, I want it or no, I don't want it. So it's coming.

in the news and publications like every single you know article comes up in some business thing there's something related to this and so i think it's just becoming more part of the public consciousness and because of that you'll see more stuff whether that's rules or you know, yes, I want it or no, I don't want it. So it's coming.

I think we've actually done pretty well for critical infrastructure, you know, data centers and the relates I've been relatively unregulated. Now it's just coming. It's like a big, big part of the industry, big part of the economy. So it's coming.

I think we've actually done pretty well for critical infrastructure, you know, data centers and the relates I've been relatively unregulated. Now it's just coming. It's like a big, big part of the industry, big part of the economy. So it's coming.

Playing in the gigs for free.

Playing in the gigs for free.

Yeah, so for those who know me well, no, I don't sit still. It's not a great quality I have. So Jacob and I, my brother, we've done a bunch of investments over the past 10 years through a little family office we called Humans of the Internet. We like to back humans who work around and with the Internet, as well as a couple of specific social causes.

Yeah, so for those who know me well, no, I don't sit still. It's not a great quality I have. So Jacob and I, my brother, we've done a bunch of investments over the past 10 years through a little family office we called Humans of the Internet. We like to back humans who work around and with the Internet, as well as a couple of specific social causes.

And so we've invested in 50 companies, which has been great. So we spent a lot of time supporting the founders. They're all very, very early. Some of them have grown to be not early, but we like to support the early ones because that's where we feel we have some experience and some value to add.

And so we've invested in 50 companies, which has been great. So we spent a lot of time supporting the founders. They're all very, very early. Some of them have grown to be not early, but we like to support the early ones because that's where we feel we have some experience and some value to add.

And then, yeah, I'm just swimming around working on a couple of things, both in open source, some standards around liquid cooling through the Linux Foundation, as well as exploring some open source software ideas around service provider stuff that I wish has existed. So I've been working on some of that, mainly as hobbyist stuff at this point. But, yeah, we'll see.

And then, yeah, I'm just swimming around working on a couple of things, both in open source, some standards around liquid cooling through the Linux Foundation, as well as exploring some open source software ideas around service provider stuff that I wish has existed. So I've been working on some of that, mainly as hobbyist stuff at this point. But, yeah, we'll see.

I love to build, so I'll definitely build something. Just got to figure out where. My answer is almost always I say yes to everything. I'm like, that looks interesting. I should work on that. And before you know it, I'm really busy.

I love to build, so I'll definitely build something. Just got to figure out where. My answer is almost always I say yes to everything. I'm like, that looks interesting. I should work on that. And before you know it, I'm really busy.

Yeah, so we have a... There's an organization, part of Linux Foundation, called the SSIA, where... we created a – think of it like a USB standard for single and two-phase liquid cooling between server manufacturers and chip guys like OEMs and data center operators. So that way we could have the right size coupler and start to things like color-coded.

Yeah, so we have a... There's an organization, part of Linux Foundation, called the SSIA, where... we created a – think of it like a USB standard for single and two-phase liquid cooling between server manufacturers and chip guys like OEMs and data center operators. So that way we could have the right size coupler and start to things like color-coded.