Andromeda Cluster Clone?

7 pointswhatsthenews2y ago9 comments

https://twitter.com/mprkhrst/status/1717936411561591042

Looks like an exact clone of the Andromeda Cluster built by Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross (https://andromeda.ai/.

Last I checked, P5 EC2 instances on AWS (H100s on AWS) are insanely expensive. Not sure how this startup will be able to compete with on-prem prices without eating the cost themselves.

9 comments

KomoD2y ago

> Not sure how this startup will be able to compete with on-prem prices without eating the cost themselves.

Well, if you look at the company behind it, their whole thing seems to be optimizing cloud costs so maybe that has some part in it?

But yeah they were definitely "inspired" by Andromeda Cluster

whatsthenewsOP2y ago

TBH i found the nat.css thing to be funny. Interesting to see so many tools like this building on top of AWS, wonder what AWS thinks about it given their most recent earnings report

nikofoto862y ago

AWS makes it almost impossible for startups to get access to GPUs, so this would help a lot of startups out significantly if done right. A lot depends on what “cheap” means though…

whatsthenewsOP2y ago

True, nothing on AWS seems cheap these days :(

prestonb2y ago

As a college student, I have a hard time getting access to GPUs through AWS. If I can deploy using this + my credits, would be huge

antimimetics2y ago

I love the nat.css! Would love to see more startups building simple landing pages like this

whatsthenewsOP2y ago

Same, so simple for a landing page. You really don't need more if it's done right

EricButton2y ago

Looks interesting, I wonder if this works for companies on AWS startup credits as well

whatsthenewsOP2y ago

Think that would be a game changer if so, afaik AWS prioritizes the large AI companies (Hugging Face, Anthropic, etc) when it comes to access for GPUs

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Andromeda Cluster Clone?

7 pointswhatsthenews2y ago9 comments

https://twitter.com/mprkhrst/status/1717936411561591042

Looks like an exact clone of the Andromeda Cluster built by Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross (https://andromeda.ai/.

Last I checked, P5 EC2 instances on AWS (H100s on AWS) are insanely expensive. Not sure how this startup will be able to compete with on-prem prices without eating the cost themselves.

9 comments

KomoD2y ago

> Not sure how this startup will be able to compete with on-prem prices without eating the cost themselves.

Well, if you look at the company behind it, their whole thing seems to be optimizing cloud costs so maybe that has some part in it?

But yeah they were definitely "inspired" by Andromeda Cluster

whatsthenewsOP2y ago

TBH i found the nat.css thing to be funny. Interesting to see so many tools like this building on top of AWS, wonder what AWS thinks about it given their most recent earnings report

nikofoto862y ago

AWS makes it almost impossible for startups to get access to GPUs, so this would help a lot of startups out significantly if done right. A lot depends on what “cheap” means though…

whatsthenewsOP2y ago

True, nothing on AWS seems cheap these days :(

prestonb2y ago

As a college student, I have a hard time getting access to GPUs through AWS. If I can deploy using this + my credits, would be huge

antimimetics2y ago

I love the nat.css! Would love to see more startups building simple landing pages like this

whatsthenewsOP2y ago

Same, so simple for a landing page. You really don't need more if it's done right

EricButton2y ago

Looks interesting, I wonder if this works for companies on AWS startup credits as well

whatsthenewsOP2y ago

Think that would be a game changer if so, afaik AWS prioritizes the large AI companies (Hugging Face, Anthropic, etc) when it comes to access for GPUs

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse