I'm a provider, I'd like to list my service. How do I do that? Since there is nothing obvious, then how do you know the providers they list are a valid representation of what is out there? Maybe there are other providers who don't want to pay to be listed? But how do you even pay?
I have read many of your comments on GPU-related posts. Occasionally, when I see your comments, I visit your website to see if I can learn anything about your business beyond what you are posting on HN. To this day, hotaisle.xyz contains nothing but a logo.
I don’t get it.
How can you expect a website to list your service when your own service’s website contains zero information? Why would you pay to list your service, when there is no information available about the service you provide? Am I looking in the wrong place? So confused…
To be fair, there is also a contact email at the bottom of the page.
> How can you expect a website to list your service when your own service’s website contains zero information?
We are the first and only (for now) verified MI300x provider on gpulist. In order to get verified, I contacted them directly, they asked for a few bits of information about my business, including my EIN. What I'm offering there, is exactly what I have today.
I know, it is ok. Let me explain a bit. We are starting small, so the website is the last focus right now. I know the general expected culture is to have some splashy page with a typeform on it, but hey... aren't we also a bit tired of that?
In order to even get access to buy these GPUs, you have to go through quite a lot of effort. You can't just buy them off the shelf from BestBuy. They are export controlled and I've agreed to not use them to build bombs. You have to have a valid business and a great story, or they won't even talk to you. Heck, I even had to prove my business was in good standing in Delaware. I'm pointing this out because I will need to know all my customers too. My business isn't something someone just signs up for on a website.
These GPUs are also extremely expensive. Imagine a 350lbs Ferrari. We started with 8 of them (one chassis) because they are super new and it was a proof of concept. Last year, we didn't even know for certain if AMD would double down on AI. This is all we initially raised funding for. As soon as we deployed the compute, we immediately had a customer on them, all without a website. Just word of mouth. By the way, the success of the PoC unlocked our next round of funding, and we are working on a much larger order of MI300x right now.
Don't worry, you'll get a website at some point. That said, these things sell themselves, you either have them or you don't. I've been very transparent and public about what we are up to. Would a website really help here? Maybe. But I've also started other extremely successful businesses originally without websites too. At the end of the day, I'd rather spend investors money on buying more compute, than a pretty website. Once I have some more revenue, I'll funnel that right back into the business and work on marketing/sales more.
If you're curious about anything, feel free to just reach out and ask. I'm not some corporate overlord suit wearing sales guy. I'm an open source tech nerd who's been in the business a long time. 20+ year ASF member, who co-founded Java @ Apache. Happy to answer any questions.
Who says they're even looking? Being able to contact them would tell you right away whether they simply overlooked you or whether you don't yet meet some criteria (which they might actually tell you).
