How OVHcloud supports AI startups to stay sovereign and sustainable in the cloud
Hosting your app in the right environment is critical for any AI startup, and choosing the right cloud provider can be a make-or-break decision for your business. OVHcloud offers a range of benefits for new AI companies, helping them grow sustainably without compromising on security or control.
A Sustainable Cloud: AI can be power-intensive in the cloud, but by working with OVHcloud, we can make your cloud usage as efficient and effective as possible. OVHcloud is vertically integrated – we assemble all of our servers at two locations worldwide; all servers are disassembled at the end of their life and a quarter of the components are re-used. We also have a bespoke water-cooling technology that removes 70% of the heat from servers, which is much more efficient than air-cooling. This also means we can reuse old buildings for our data centers, avoiding the carbon footprint associated with construction.
Specialized Startup Support: OVHcloud offers up to €10,000 in computing credits to startups, and up to €100,000 for scale-ups. In addition, both startups and scale-ups receive access to 1:1 time with our engineering team and access to marketing and funding opportunities including events with VCs and potential partners.
Competitive Performance / Price Ratio: AI can be expensive to run because of the GPU chips required, but our sustainability strategy also means that we are frugal with resources – we avoid buying new parts when we can re-use old ones, we avoid building new premises when we can re-use old sites, and we avoid paying for too much electricity to run cooling fans. All of these things ultimately reduce the cost of providing services to our startup community so that we can provide much more affordable prices than other cloud companies – and we also have access to the latest Nvidia chips.
A Sovereign Cloud: Many AI applications deal with sensitive customer data. OVHcloud is a European cloud company that can ensure your data is stored in the right location for its needs. We have a broad range of security certifications, including SecNumCloud for the most sensitive and critical data.
OVHcloud’s startup program has supported thousands of organisations across the world in bringing innovative solutions to the market. But don’t take our word for it – here’s what some of the companies in our program say about it:
“To help bring about a fairer world where complaints are solved consistently, fairly, and quickly, we have developed a highly trained AI system that can comprehensibly analyse complaints and help respond to customers. However, our customers handle extremely sensitive data and need a trustworthy partner, making high availability, reliability, security, and data sovereignty a must. OVHcloud ticked all of these boxes straightaway.”
Ludwig Bull, Founder and CEO, CourtCorrect
“Thanks to OVHcloud solutions, our cost savings are roughly 50%.”
Vitalii Zurian, CTO & Co-Founder at Leetify
If you want to chat, visit our booth at Mashup or apply to the startup program here.
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