In this episode of Cloud Frontier, we chat with Carmen Li, founder of Silicon Data. Carmen shares her journey from high-frequency trading to launching a platform that brings financial infrastructure and transparency to compute markets. She discusses Silicon Data's first products—SiliconNavigator for GPU price insights and SiliconCarbon for carbon footprint tracking—and how they address key challenges in the compute ecosystem. Carmen also reflects on transitioning to entrepreneurship, the importance of building agile teams, and encouraging more women to pursue startup ambitions.
In this episode of Cloud Frontier, Rob and Carmen discuss:
- Carmen’s transition from managing Bloomberg’s global data integrations to becoming a first-time startup founder
- Insights on creating tools like SiliconNavigator for GPU price tracking and SiliconCarbon for carbon footprint monitoring
- Challenges in data normalization, benchmarking, and building products for the compute ecosystem
- Emerging trends in compute markets, including GPU commoditization, chip designs, and edge computing opportunities
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You can find our host Rob Pankow on LinkedIn at /robertpankow and Carmen Li on LinkedIn at /carmenrli. Visit Silicon Data's website to know more: https://www.silicondata.com/
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