Mihai talks about the origin story of NodeShift, as well as his experience of fundraising. He shares his views on AI, hyperscalers and future of cloud technologies.
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📋 Shownotes:
Guest links & episode links:
► Mihai's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mihaimarcuta
► Mihai's X/Twitter: https://x.com/mihaimarcuta
► LinkedIn (NodeShift): https://www.linkedin.com/company/nodeshift
► X/Twitter (NodeShift): https://x.com/nodeshiftcloud
► Nodeshift Website: https://nodeshift.com/
► https://dhh.dk/ - Mihai mentioned David Heinemeier Hansson as one of his inspirations
► https://groq.com/ - Groq is mentioned in context of NVIDIA's competition
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