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Vultr Raises $333M at $3.5B Valuation

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Re: Vultr Raises $333M at $3.5B Valuation

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Post by 65 »

Zambyte wrote: post #11

WSJ blocked my request to view the page after making me do a captia to see it, and then only the first paragraph is visible on the Wayback Machine. The modern web is a joy to use.

WSJ is also blocking my request to view the page. Why they need a shitty request blocker for a web article - server side rendering only the first paragraph, I don't know.

Re: Vultr Raises $333M at $3.5B Valuation

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Post by oefrha »

leetrout wrote: post #3

"Cloud AI Startup Vultr" We really have let this go too far when a mid tier VPS provider is now a "cloud AI startup".

Wait until you find out that MinIO, the S3 compatible storage company, is apparently an AI company through and through now. https://min.io/

> the AI revolution is powered by technologies that are either built on MinIO or integrated with it.

Re: Vultr Raises $333M at $3.5B Valuation

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Post by SoloPolo »

Zambyte wrote: post #11

WSJ blocked my request to view the page after making me do a captia to see it, and then only the first paragraph is visible on the Wayback Machine. The modern web is a joy to use.

Works for me using Bypass Paywalls Clean on Firefox (PC): https://github.com/bpc-clone/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean?t...

Lots of DMCA requests from news publishers means the binary extension is actually hosted on GitFlic.ru instead of Github or Firefox Addons site.

Re: Vultr Raises $333M at $3.5B Valuation

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Post by zcdziura »

I originally signed up with Vultr because they make it easy to set up an OpenBSD server, and I wanted to experiment with hosting my own mail server on OpenBSD. I've since expanded my usage with them and host everything on Vultr. Very satisfied with their service!

Re: Vultr Raises $333M at $3.5B Valuation

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Post by nikanj »

mrweasel wrote: post #9
leetrout wrote: post #3

"Cloud AI Startup Vultr" We really have let this go too far when a mid tier VPS provider is now a "cloud AI startup".

They're not even a startup, the company is 10 years old. The investment does make some sense from AMD perspective though. They need people to be able to access their GPUs, on a rental basis. They can't really throw enough money at AWS, GCP or Azure to make a difference, but Vultr is a trusted VPS provider, where AMD can buy a lot of influence for a realistic amount of money. I do find it interesting that Vultr has su…

The company is not 10 years old, they loudly declare they've bootstrapped since 1996 https://x.com/Vultr/status/489139385154420736

Re: Vultr Raises $333M at $3.5B Valuation

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Post by runako »

SoloPolo wrote: post #33
Zambyte wrote: post #11

WSJ blocked my request to view the page after making me do a captia to see it, and then only the first paragraph is visible on the Wayback Machine. The modern web is a joy to use.

Works for me using Bypass Paywalls Clean on Firefox (PC): https://github.com/bpc-clone/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean?t... Lots of DMCA requests from news publishers means the binary extension is actually hosted on GitFlic.ru instead of Github or Firefox Addons site.

> the binary extension is actually hosted on GitFlic.ru

Going out on a limb to say that nobody should install this.

Re: Vultr Raises $333M at $3.5B Valuation

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Post by kyledrake »

I use Vultr for a BGP anycast CDN (they let you bring your own ips) and they're overall excellent. They also have budget GPU VPSes that are perfect for webgl screenshotting via chrome headless. Their sales rep gave me a 10% discount and we're not even slightly in their high volume category. Extremely underrated VPS provider IMO, I've had better results with them than DO. I hope this development does not change things.

Re: Vultr Raises $333M at $3.5B Valuation

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Post by gorbypark »

I don't remember the exact details, but I used to have a Vultr VPS (I think the smallest they had, for something like $2.50/month) for a few years running OpenBSD. One day I noticed IPV6 had stopped working, so I emailed support after a while because I wasn't sure if I had broken it during an upgrade a few months before or not (I don't ever really specifically use IPV6). Anyways, got a super detailed reply back from support with the exact cause / how to fix it that was specific to OpenBSD. I was pretty surprised they had someone replying to emails from a $2.50/month customer who was actually knowledgeable about a fairly niche OS!

Re: Vultr Raises $333M at $3.5B Valuation

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Post by alephnerd »

kijin wrote: post #17
mrweasel wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They're not even a startup, the company is 10 years old. The investment does make some sense from AMD perspective though. They need people to be able to access their GPUs, on a rental basis. They can't really throw enough money at AWS, GCP or Azure to make a difference, but Vultr is a trusted VPS provider, where AMD can buy a lot of influence for a realistic amount of money. I do find it interesting that Vultr has su…

Digital Ocean has a market cap of $3.49B as of yesterday, so $3.5B for Vultr sounds about right. It's a mundane business in a crowded market, providing services they copied from other companies, which in turn anyone can copy. Oh, and they also need to compete with Akamai (Linode) who probably have much deeper pockets.

> Oh, and they also need to compete with Akamai (Linode) who probably have much deeper pockets.

As of a couple (2-3 years ago) Akamai had no plans or interest to expand into Cloud. They wanted to remain on-prem/hybrid because of existing synergies and strategies. Their CDN business was also heavily used by companies that have cloud BUs.

I don't think this strategy has changed.

Re: Vultr Raises $333M at $3.5B Valuation

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Post by ctoth »

runako wrote: post #36
SoloPolo wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Works for me using Bypass Paywalls Clean on Firefox (PC): https://github.com/bpc-clone/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean?t... Lots of DMCA requests from news publishers means the binary extension is actually hosted on GitFlic.ru instead of Github or Firefox Addons site.

> the binary extension is actually hosted on GitFlic.ru Going out on a limb to say that nobody should install this.

Incredibly-frustrating. BPC was a true gem.
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