Tobias Adler explains how decentralized infrastructure is emerging as a powerful, cost-effective alternative for specific high-performance AI workloads, discussing how this new model complements traditional cloud providers and why nuco.cloud was awarded a German government grant to build it.
In this episode of Cloud Do You Do, Štěpán Kaiser from Revolgy sits down with Tobias Adler, CEO and founder of nuco.cloud — the first crypto startup ever to receive a grant from the German government.
Tobias explains how his need for massive computing power to run stock trading bots in 2014 led him to realize that traditional hyperscalers weren't optimized for the budget constraints of early-stage startups. This sparked the idea for nuco.cloud: a decentralized network that connects professional data centers globally to offer compute power at a more accessible price point.
They discuss the reality of the AI boom, why infrastructure costs often consume 80% of startup funding, and how decentralized infrastructure (DePIN) provides a secure and compliant alternative to the Big Three.
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