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Oxide is crossing the chasm (Friends)
Aug 15, 2025 · 1 hr 39 min · 96.1 MB
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Bryan Cantrill returns in the wake of Oxide Computer Company’s $100M Series B. Bryan tells us how he’s avoiding an appearance on Silicon Valley (ding), why their uniform compensation is working, where Oxide fits in the AI datacenter, what scaling to 50+ rack orders looks like, and more. (GitHub has no CEO and saving Intel)++
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- Bryan Cantrill – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Mastodon, X
- Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
- Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
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- 0:00Let's talk!
- 0:38Sponsor: CodeRabbit
- 3:17SV & Friends
- 7:50Why $100 million feels right
- 16:56Purse management
- 20:17Money mechanics
- 29:39Crossing the chasm
- 34:14Sponsor: Depot
- 36:26Starting to believe
- 39:35So much on-prem
- 45:09Uniform equity?
- 51:23Only ones doing it
- 59:49But does it scale
- 1:02:01Scaling support
- 1:04:25Vigilant hiring
- 1:07:36SV by Tarantino!
- 1:08:06Mo' money, mo' managers
- 1:11:01Oxide in AI datacenters
- 1:16:28Scaling sales
- 1:17:58Compensating sales
- 1:18:49Delivering a 50-rack
- 1:24:17Inventory concerns
- 1:26:37Lead times
- 1:28:50Technical achievements
- 1:33:15Team pride
- 1:36:49Bye, friends
- 1:37:06Closing thoughts (join ++)