As a UK AI/biotech startup, we've been trying to get access to compute here in the UK but have found nothing (suggestions welcome).
We are getting free credits from US-based cloud companies but noticed they ask a lot of questions about our business model, technology and customers. That may be the objective of the free credits.
It makes me wonder if re-incorporating elsewhere would be beneficial.
If you have a constant baseline need for compute, just buy GPUs and run them in a colo or on-prem in your office (if power/cooling allows). If your workloads work on consumer hardware you can use consumer GPUs. Use on-demand cloud vendors only for peak/extra capacity.
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As a UK AI/biotech startup, we've been trying to get access to compute here in the UK but have found nothing (suggestions welcome).
We are getting free credits from US-based cloud companies but noticed they ask a lot of questions about our business model, technology and customers. That may be the objective of the free credits.
It makes me wonder if re-incorporating elsewhere would be beneficial.
If you have a constant baseline need for compute, just buy GPUs and run them in a colo or on-prem in your office (if power/cooling allows). If your workloads work on consumer hardware you can use consumer GPUs. Use on-demand cloud vendors only for peak/extra capacity.