Democratising Supercomputing: Jon Stevens on AI, GPU Innovation & Hot Aisle’s Vision
In this conversation, Jon Stevens, CEO of Hot Aisle, shares his journey from early computing interests to leading a company focused on democratising access to supercomputing.
He discusses his experiences in Bitcoin and Ethereum mining, the challenges of automation in GPU management, and the transition to building a cloud provider aimed at small to medium businesses.
Jon emphasises the importance of partnerships and the future of AI computing in the evolving tech landscape. In this conversation, Jon Stevens discusses the strategic decision to focus on AMD for AI hardware, emphasising the importance of decentralisation and competition in the tech industry.
He highlights the risks of relying solely on Nvidia and advocates for a diverse ecosystem in AI development. He also outlines Hot Aisle's growth strategy, which includes providing flexible GPU rental services and building a supportive community for developers.
He stresses the significance of partnerships with AMD and Dell and the ongoing improvements in AMD's software capabilities.
Democratising Supercomputing: Jon Stevens on AI, GPU Innovation & Hot Aisle’s Vision
In this conversation, Jon Stevens, CEO of Hot Aisle, shares his journey from early computing interests to leading a company focused on democratising access to supercomputing.
He discusses his experiences in Bitcoin and Ethereum mining, the challenges of automation in GPU management, and the transition to building a cloud provider aimed at small to medium businesses.
Jon emphasises the importance of partnerships and the future of AI computing in the evolving tech landscape. In this conversation, Jon Stevens discusses the strategic decision to focus on AMD for AI hardware, emphasising the importance of decentralisation and competition in the tech industry.
He highlights the risks of relying solely on Nvidia and advocates for a diverse ecosystem in AI development. He also outlines Hot Aisle's growth strategy, which includes providing flexible GPU rental services and building a supportive community for developers.
He stresses the significance of partnerships with AMD and Dell and the ongoing improvements in AMD's software capabilities.
Hot Aisle has officially completed its SOC 2 Type 1 audit, marking a key milestone in our commitment to security and compliance. This achievement validates the strength of our internal controls and processes for handling customer data. With Type 2 already in motion and expected in three months, we’re on track to meet the highest standards in cloud infrastructure security. Special thanks to Sprinto and ATOM for their guidance and support throughout the process.
Hot Aisle is teaming up with Red Hat’s Neural Magic and AMD to accelerate the future of open AI infrastructure. This collaboration showcases how high-performance inference on AMD MI300x hardware, powered by vLLM and sparse model optimization, can thrive outside of proprietary hyperscaler stacks. By providing bare-metal access and real-world benchmarking support, Hot Aisle enables faster iteration, deeper optimization, and meaningful upstream contributions, all in service of decentralizing and democratizing compute for developers, enterprises, and the broader open-source community.
