DigitalOcean Welcomes Cloud & AI Developer Community to Deploy 2025 Conference
DigitalOcean launched its Deploy 25 customer conference in Austin, Texas, showcasing new cloud computing and AI innovations. The company introduced its GenAI Platform, designed to simplify AI application development without requiring advanced expertise. The platform offers pre-trained third-party GenAI models, data ingestion pipelines, and knowledge bases.
The company enhanced its Hatch startup program with new benefits including up to $100,000 in compute credits, 3 months of free GPU usage for qualified participants, and complimentary premium support. The program provides access to DigitalOcean's marketplace of approximately 638,000 customers.
Additional product innovations announced include VPC Peering, Global and Internal Load Balancers, Droplet Autoscale Pools, Bitbucket Support in App Platform, and enhanced DOKS capabilities supporting up to 1000 nodes in beta.
DigitalOcean ha lanciato la sua conferenza per clienti Deploy 25 ad Austin, Texas, presentando nuove innovazioni nel cloud computing e nell'IA. L'azienda ha introdotto la sua GenAI Platform, progettata per semplificare lo sviluppo di applicazioni basate su IA senza richiedere competenze avanzate. La piattaforma offre modelli GenAI di terze parti già addestrati, pipeline di acquisizione dati e basi di conoscenza.
L'azienda ha migliorato il suo programma Hatch per startup con nuovi vantaggi, tra cui fino a $100.000 in crediti per il calcolo, 3 mesi di utilizzo gratuito di GPU per i partecipanti qualificati e supporto premium gratuito. Il programma offre accesso al marketplace di DigitalOcean, che conta circa 638.000 clienti.
In aggiunta, sono state annunciate nuove innovazioni di prodotto, tra cui VPC Peering, bilanciatori di carico globali e interni, pool di autoscaler per Droplet, supporto per Bitbucket nella App Platform e capacità avanzate DOKS che supportano fino a 1000 nodi in fase beta.
DigitalOcean lanzó su conferencia para clientes Deploy 25 en Austin, Texas, mostrando nuevas innovaciones en computación en la nube y IA. La empresa presentó su GenAI Platform, diseñada para simplificar el desarrollo de aplicaciones de IA sin requerir experiencia avanzada. La plataforma ofrece modelos GenAI de terceros preentrenados, tuberías de ingestión de datos y bases de conocimiento.
La empresa mejoró su programa Hatch para startups con nuevos beneficios que incluyen hasta $100,000 en créditos de computación, 3 meses de uso gratuito de GPU para participantes calificados y soporte premium gratuito. El programa brinda acceso al mercado de DigitalOcean, que cuenta con aproximadamente 638,000 clientes.
Las nuevas innovaciones de productos anunciadas incluyen VPC Peering, balanceadores de carga globales e internos, grupos de escalado automático Droplet, soporte para Bitbucket en App Platform y capacidades mejoradas de DOKS, que admiten hasta 1000 nodos en beta.
디지털오션은 텍사스 오스틴에서 고객 회의인 Deploy 25를 시작하여 새로운 클라우드 컴퓨팅 및 AI 혁신을 선보였습니다. 이 회사는 고급 전문 지식 없이 AI 애플리케이션 개발을 간소화하도록 설계된 GenAI 플랫폼을 소개했습니다. 이 플랫폼은 사전 학습된 제3자 GenAI 모델, 데이터 수집 파이프라인 및 지식 기반을 제공합니다.
회사는 Hatch 스타트업 프로그램에 최대 $100,000의 컴퓨팅 크레딧, 자격이 있는 참가자에게 3개월의 무료 GPU 사용, 무료 프리미엄 지원 등 새로운 혜택을 추가했습니다. 이 프로그램은 약 638,000명의 고객이 있는 디지털오션의 마켓플레이스에 대한 접근을 제공합니다.
추가적으로 발표된 제품 혁신에는 VPC 피어링, 글로벌 및 내부 로드 밸런서, 드롭렛 오토스케일 풀, 앱 플랫폼 내 Bitbucket 지원, 베타 단계에서 최대 1000 노드를 지원하는 DOKS 기능 향상이 포함됩니다.
DigitalOcean a lancé sa conférence clients Deploy 25 à Austin, Texas, présentant de nouvelles innovations en matière de cloud computing et d'IA. L'entreprise a introduit sa GenAI Platform, conçue pour simplifier le développement d'applications IA sans nécessiter de compétences avancées. La plateforme propose des modèles GenAI tiers pré-entraînés, des pipelines d'ingestion de données et des bases de connaissances.
L'entreprise a amélioré son programme Hatch pour startups avec de nouveaux avantages, notamment jusqu'à 100 000 $ de crédits de calcul, 3 mois d'utilisation gratuite de GPU pour les participants qualifiés et un support premium gratuit. Le programme offre un accès au marketplace DigitalOcean, qui compte environ 638 000 clients.
Parmi les innovations de produit supplémentaires annoncées, on trouve le VPC Peering, des équilibreurs de charge globaux et internes, des pools d'autoscaling Droplet, un soutien Bitbucket dans la plateforme d'applications et des capacités DOKS améliorées qui prennent en charge jusqu'à 1000 nœuds en phase bêta.
DigitalOcean hat seine Deploy 25 Kundenkonferenz in Austin, Texas, gestartet und neue Innovationen im Bereich Cloud Computing und KI vorgestellt. Das Unternehmen präsentierte seine GenAI-Plattform, die dafür entwickelt wurde, die Entwicklung von KI-Anwendungen zu vereinfachen, ohne fortgeschrittene Kenntnisse zu erfordern. Die Plattform bietet vortrainierte GenAI-Modelle von Drittanbietern, Datenintegrationspipelines und Wissensdatenbanken.
Das Unternehmen hat sein Hatch-Startup-Programm mit neuen Vorteilen verbessert, darunter bis zu 100.000 $ an Compute-Credits, 3 Monate kostenlose GPU-Nutzung für qualifizierte Teilnehmer und kostenlosen Premium-Support. Das Programm gibt Zugang zu DigitalOcean's Marktplatz mit etwa 638.000 Kunden.
Weitere angekündigte Produktinnovationen umfassen VPC Peering, globale und interne Lastenausgleicher, Droplet-Autoscale-Pools, Bitbucket-Unterstützung in der App-Plattform und verbesserte DOKS-Funktionen, die in der Beta-Phase bis zu 1000 Knoten unterstützen.
- Introduction of GenAI Platform simplifying AI application development
- Enhanced Hatch program offering up to $100,000 in compute credits
- Access to marketplace of 638,000 customers for startups
- Significant platform improvements including VPC Peering and Load Balancers
- Increased DOKS scaling capability to 1000 nodes
- None.
Insights
DigitalOcean's Deploy 2025 conference reveals a strategic pivot that could significantly strengthen its competitive position in the cloud computing market. The launch of the GenAI Platform represents a important move to capitalize on the AI boom, potentially opening new revenue streams in the high-growth AI development sector.
The enhanced Hatch program, offering up to
The technical infrastructure improvements, particularly VPC Peering and Global Load Balancers, signal DigitalOcean's evolution toward enterprise-grade capabilities. This expansion beyond their traditional small-business focus could help them compete more effectively with larger cloud providers and potentially increase their average revenue per customer.
For investors, these developments suggest a well-planned strategy to: 1) Monetize the AI trend through developer-friendly tools 2) Secure future growth through startup relationships 3) Move upmarket with enterprise features. However, execution risks remain, particularly in the highly competitive AI space where giants like AWS and Google Cloud have significant advantages in resources and existing AI capabilities.
DigitalOcean debuts vision for future of cloud, AI for digital-native businesses
"2024 was another monumental year for DigitalOcean, featuring groundbreaking product innovations, accelerated customer adoption, and the expansion of our technology and reseller partner programs,” said Paddy Srinivasan, DigitalOcean CEO. “We’re looking forward to connecting in-person with our customers and community at Deploy 25, and sharing more about our exciting innovations in generative AI as well as our core cloud computing platform. 2025 is an inflection point for the intersection of cloud and AI, and the updates that we’re introducing to our community this week will help our customers stay at the leading edge.”
GenAI Platform
Highlighting the announcements made at Deploy 2025 is the introduction of DigitalOcean’s GenAI Platform, a brand-new platform promising to be the one of the simplest solutions to create, deploy, and integrate agents for real applications. The new GenAI Platform gives customers everything they need to build their own AI applications, without the need for advanced expertise in AI or machine learning programming. Customers can easily and quickly build AI agents within DigitalOcean’s infrastructure by adding their data with pre-trained third party GenAI models, and seamlessly integrate those agents into a customer application via a secure endpoint or a chatbot plugin.
This platform will provide pre-built components like hosted third party LLMs, data ingestion pipelines, and knowledge bases, making it easier for our customers to create AI-powered applications without getting bogged down in complex infrastructure management.
For more details on the new offering, visit our product page.
Improved Resources for Hatch Startups
DigitalOcean has long been the preferred cloud platform for developers looking to build and run their startup businesses. To continue this cycle of growth within its startup community, DigitalOcean’s Hatch program is introducing new resources and benefits for select participating companies, including:
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Up to
$100,000 - Up to 3 Months of Free GPU Usage: Qualified startups can hit the ground running with zero GPU costs for a limited period of time. Terms apply.
- Complimentary Premium Support: Get expert guidance when you need it most at no additional cost.
The program also features a unique go-to-market acceleration component, giving participants access to DigitalOcean's marketplace of approximately 638,000 customers, co-marketing opportunities, and the chance to showcase their solutions at DigitalOcean's premier developer events.
To learn more about Hatch, apply for your team to be part of the program, and see if you are eligible for the benefits outlined above, visit http://do.co/AIStartups.
Ongoing Product Innovations
In addition to the above announcements, DigitalOcean also introduced the following product innovations:
- VPC Peering enables customers to connect their Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and establish seamless communication between resources hosted in those VPCs using private IP addresses, traversing through the DigitalOcean backbone.
- Global Load Balancers enable customers to distribute HTTP/s traffic across backend resources hosted in different DigitalOcean regions. These can be used by customers to increase their application availability, performance, and resilience by directing users to the nearest available resource helping to reduce latency.
- Internal Load Balancers enable customers to distribute regional HTTP/s/TCP/UDP traffic across resources within a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) using private IP addresses. This helps to enhance security by helping to ensure that internal workloads remain isolated from the public internet, making it ideal for applications requiring private communication.
- Droplet Autoscale Pools help ensure that the right resources are available to handle application workloads, scaling automatically to meet demand while helping to minimize costs.
- Bitbucket Support in App Platform enables customers to seamlessly connect their Bitbucket accounts and deploy apps directly from Bitbucket repositories.
- Flexible application management capabilities in App Platform help provide precise control (archive/restore in beta, maintenance mode, restart, command line access to the app containers) over app lifecycle.
- VPC-native DOKS Clusters makes Digitalocean Kubernetes VPC-native. VPC resources can communicate natively with Kubernetes pods in DOKS.
- DOKS now scales to 1000 nodes (beta) enabling SMBs to scale even more.
To join the DigitalOcean community at Deploy 25 or to watch online, register at https://www.digitalocean.com/deploy#register.
About DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean is the simplest scalable cloud platform that democratizes cloud and AI for growing tech companies around the world. Our mission is to simplify cloud computing and AI to allow builders to spend more time creating software that changes the world. More than 600,000 customers trust DigitalOcean to deliver the cloud, AI, and ML infrastructure they need to build and scale their organizations. To learn more about DigitalOcean, visit www.digitalocean.com.
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