As KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2024 approaches, VMblog sat down with Kevin Cochrane, CMO, Vultr, the largest privately-held cloud computing platform serving 1.5 million customers across 185 countries. With a growing focus on AI-native applications and enterprise-level solutions, Vultr is positioning itself as the leading alternative to traditional hyperscalers. The company's recent expansion of its Serverless Inference platform and Vultr Kubernetes Engine (VKE) demonstrates its commitment to helping organizations deploy and scale AI models globally while simplifying Kubernetes management.
In this exclusive Q&A, we explore how Vultr is addressing the challenges of AI model deployment, offering cost-effective alternatives to OpenAI, and leveraging its extensive network of 32 cloud data centers to deliver high-performance computing resources at the edge.