SF Compute founder: buying compute is 'an absolutely awful experience' right now
IgorCarron · x · 2026-09-11
evanjconrad's post resonated widely: buying compute today is awful regardless of vendor — backroom deals, strained supply chains, broken hardware, and large risky purchases in a high-stress environment. SF Compute was built to fix this, growing from a small AI lab subleasing its cluster into a team of industry veterans who built and financed other neoclouds. They've solved some problems but say the job isn't done. IgorCarron notes this has been the case for a while.
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