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MTS · August 17 · 15 min

Compute Is the New Power Grid | Rev Lebaredian

Rev Lebaredian joins MTS to discuss NVIDIA's AI factory design in Armenia, the concept of sovereign AI and national compute independence, and how infrastructure investment can transform a country's technical capabilities. Check out our sponsor Lovable: https://lovable.dev. Turn ideas into software people love. – https://x.com/RevLebaredian – MTS is a live news and interview show covering technology, business, politics, and culture as it happens. Follow MTS: X | ⁠https://twitter.com/MTSlive⁠ YouTube | ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@mtsituation⁠ Spotify | ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4HUNNmV1pjV7CW6Lphm1rM⁠ Apple | ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mts/id1891088763⁠ Substack | ⁠https://mtslive.substack.com/⁠ Interested in sponsoring the show? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sponsors@mts.now⁠⁠ – Brought to you by: Lovable - Turn ideas into software people love with Lovable. Start today at https://lovable.dev/ ElevenLabs - AI that communicates at human level across every channel and modality. http://elevenlabs.io/mts Arena - Measuring AI performance in the real world. ⁠https://arena.ai/⁠ Neon (by Databricks) - Get up to $100K in credits for your startup at ⁠https://neon.com/mts⁠ Kong - The AI connectivity platform. Connect APIs, LLMs, agents, and systems with serious security and governance. https://konghq.com Today’s stream is sponsored by VCX, the public ticker for private tech. Head over to https://getvcx.com to learn more Blitzy - Autonomous software development for enterprise codebases. Ship 5x faster. https://blitzy.com AdQuick - Make your brand a billboard. Out-of-home advertising as easy to scale as digital. https://adquick.com -- Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (00:01:04) What Is Operating in Hrazdan Today (00:01:29) What DSX Changes in Factory Design (00:03:59) First Consumers of the Initial Compute Capacity (00:06:01) Why Every Nation Needs Local Compute (00:07:41) Defining Sovereign AI and the Five-Layer Cake (00:10:36) How Compute Changes Armenia's Trajectory -- Note: This podcast is not investment, legal, or tax advice, and is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. Hosts and guests may hold positions in the companies and securities discussed; do your own research before acting on anything you hear.

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Rev Lebaredian joins MTS to discuss NVIDIA's AI factory design in Armenia, the concept of sovereign AI and national compute independence, and how infrastructure investment can transform a country's technical capabilities. Check out our sponsor Lovable: https://lovable.dev. Turn ideas into software people love.

https://x.com/RevLebaredian

MTS is a live news and interview show covering technology, business, politics, and culture as it happens.


Follow MTS: 

X | https://twitter.com/MTSlive⁠

YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@mtsituation⁠

Spotify | ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4HUNNmV1pjV7CW6Lphm1rM⁠ 

Apple | ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mts/id1891088763⁠ 

Substack | https://mtslive.substack.com/⁠

Interested in sponsoring the show? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sponsors@mts.now⁠⁠

Brought to you by:

Lovable - Turn ideas into software people love with Lovable. Start today at https://lovable.dev/

ElevenLabs -  AI that communicates at human level across every channel and modality. http://elevenlabs.io/mts

Arena - Measuring AI performance in the real world. ⁠https://arena.ai/⁠

Neon (by Databricks) - Get up to $100K in credits for your startup at ⁠https://neon.com/mts⁠

Kong - The AI connectivity platform. Connect APIs, LLMs, agents, and systems with serious security and governance. https://konghq.com

Today’s stream is sponsored by VCX, the public ticker for private tech. Head over to https://getvcx.com  to learn more

Blitzy - Autonomous software development for enterprise codebases. Ship 5x faster. https://blitzy.com

AdQuick - Make your brand a billboard. Out-of-home advertising as easy to scale as digital. https://adquick.com

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(00:01:04) What Is Operating in Hrazdan Today

(00:01:29) What DSX Changes in Factory Design

(00:03:59) First Consumers of the Initial Compute Capacity

(00:06:01) Why Every Nation Needs Local Compute

(00:07:41) Defining Sovereign AI and the Five-Layer Cake

(00:10:36) How Compute Changes Armenia's Trajectory

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Note: This podcast is not investment, legal, or tax advice, and is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. Hosts and guests may hold positions in the companies and securities discussed; do your own research before acting on anything you hear.


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