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Why AI Compute Comes in Rectangles — Erik Bernhardsson, Modal

Why AI Compute Comes in Rectangles — Erik Bernhardsson, Modal

Erik Bernhardsson, CEO of Modal, traces his path from building Spotify's recommendation system to founding a serverless GPU cloud, and explains how Modal aggregates demand, secures GPU capacity, weighs renting against owning, and sees agent sandboxes becoming a major product line.