Hardware Innovation and The Future of AI Infrastructure with Zachary Smith

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In this conversation, Brian Schechter (Partner at Primary) sits down with Zachary Smith (Ex-Equinix, Ex-Packet, Ex-Voxel) about the hottest area of the startup world right now: compute.

Learn how Zac built an early public cloud with Voxel before its acquisition by Intermap, to how he raised capital for his next business Packet, which was acquired by Equinox. You’ll discover why now is the most exciting time to be in boring infrastructure, the staggering gains around optimizing hardware around software, alongside future challenges the industry faces around sustainability and accessibility.

Today, hardware truly matters, and there’s no better person than Zac to share the challenges involved in bringing experiences to market for end customers.

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00:00 Introduction
01:42 Zachary Smith's background
05:40 Navigating the dot-com crash
06:13 Focusing on open-source Linux systems with Voxel
07:25 Building an early public cloud and selling Voxel
08:22 Why Voxel took off in 2008
10:37 Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) and controlling traffic with a DNS network
14:11 Voxel's acquisition by Intermap
18:12 Starting Packet
21:00 Raising capital for Packet
25:30 Why Equinox acquired Packet
30:47 Now is the time to be in boring infrastructure
32:35 Optimising hardware around software
34:34 Tackling sustainability in the industry
44:32 MosaicML’s smart arbitrage of GPUs
47:27 What hardware innovation can achieve
54:36 The generational gap in the industry stunting innovation
58:52 Companies Zac is excited by right now
1:02:02 Nvidia is now valued more than Google
1:06:30 The huge problem of accessibility in the industry
1:13:00 More diversity is needed for hardware innovation

Primary’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/primary-venture-partners/

Brian’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/brian-schechter-1822ba16/

Zachary’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/zsmith/

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