Thunder Compute

About

Thunder Compute is a systems research lab with commercial focus. We productionize GPU virtualization research to provide step-change improvements in utilization to our cloud offering and partner GPU fleets.

Founders

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  Carl Peterson· Founder

  CEO of Thunder Compute, formerly Management Consultant at Bain

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  Brian Model· Founder

  CTO of Thunder Compute, formerly Quantitative Developer at Citadel Securities

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Product launches · 1 launch

• Thunder Compute: Launch GPU instances in one click for 80% less ↗▲ 50Aug 11, 2024

  Self-serve GPUs in VS Code with persistent storage, snapshots, and hot-swappable hardware, for 80% less than AWS

Change history · 21 recorded

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