Breaking Free from Hyperscalers: Building Digital Unicorns with IaaS
summary
Claims startups can cut Big Three cloud spend 50–80% lower AWS costs by using an Airtel Cloud–backed IaaS that exposes core services: managed Kubernetes and per‑hour A100 GPUs, managed databases, block/object storage, CDN and networking. Offers a marketplace of discoverable modules (CI/CD, Terraform, Domino, shopping cart components), instant provisioning with $250 credit and deployment to 32 data centers and three in India, aiming to enable composable apps, lower latency and on‑demand GPU access for ML workloads.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Introduction and challenge
- 1:47Democratizing innovation globally
- 3:54Architectural shifts in web history
- 5:19Composable applications explained
- 8:54Hyperscaler cost critique
- 10:39Kubernetes and microservices evolution
- 13:28Principles of composability
- 14:31Rethinking teams and data centers
- 15:56Future of digital stars in India
- 16:18Composable infrastructure needs
- 17:43Disrupting digital leaders
- 18:25Vulture and Airtel Cloud partnership
- 19:06Core infrastructure as a service
- 20:30Marketplace and orchestration
- 21:51Building with pre-built services
- 22:34Practical demo and setup
- 24:39Mission and call to action
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