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Padmanabhan Srinivasan

Chief Executive Officer & Director, DIGITALOCEAN HOLDINGS INC

Search every verified Padmanabhan Srinivasan interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Padmanabhan Srinivasan, CEO of DigitalOcean, discussed the company's recent performance and AI strategy on the podcast "Investing in AI" with host Rob May. He stated that the company reported its best quarter ever, adding $93 million in incremental annual recurring revenue, which he attributed largely to AI-driven customer acquisition. Srinivasan noted that while AI is the entry point for many new customers, over half of AI-first customers also adopt DigitalOcean's core cloud products, and over 70% of customers spending over $100,000 attach core cloud services. During the interview, Srinivasan discussed the company's approach to serving AI-native companies, emphasizing developer simplicity as a key differentiator. He also introduced the concept of "cost of intelligence" as an alternative to cost-per-token metrics, arguing that factors such as model routing, synthesis, and architecture are more relevant to customer value. He expressed a view that intelligent applications will have lower gross margins than traditional SaaS, but suggested that reducing the cost of intelligence could lead to increased token consumption overall.

Recent appearances

  • EP1: Digital Ocean's Paddy Srinivasan on Why 'Cost of Intelligence' Beats Cost-Per-Token

    August 18, 2026 · 📺 Investing In AI

    Digital Ocean CEO Paddy Srinivasan joins host Rob May to unpack the company's best quarter ever — $93 million in incremental revenue, driven largely by AI, but with a twist: over half of AI-first customers are attaching Digital Ocean's core cloud products too. Paddy breaks down the company's five-layer AI-native stack, how it's positioning against hyperscalers and GPU-focused Neo Clouds like CoreWeave, and why the sales conversation has shifted away from dollar-per-GPU-hour toward selling tokens and outcomes. They also get into the NVIDIA/AMD balancing act, how Digital Ocean keeps its platfor…

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  • DigitalOcean (DOCN) CEO on Cloud Growth, Expanding A.I. Capabilities

    November 25, 2025 · 📺 Schwab Network

    Paddy Srinivasan, CEO of DigitalOcean (DOCN), talks about how his company's recent earnings and the role cloud plays in business growth. He labels an addition of $1 million-plus customers and A.I. growth as the biggest drivers accelerating the company. As international companies like Alibaba (BABA) expand their A.I. capabilities, Paddy explains how DigitalOcean is adding muscle to stand against competitors, particularly through GPU networks. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and trader, every market day. Subscribe to the Market Minute newsletter - https://schwabnet…

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  • Srinivasan: AI is going to be inside every software application

    May 07, 2025 · 📺 CNBC Television

    DigitalOcean CEO Paddy Srinivasan discussed Q1 growth, a 160% AI revenue jump, and the launch of their GenAI platform, emphasizing AI's critical role for digital-native clients despite macro uncertainty.

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  • Breaking cloud complexity with a developer-first approach with Paddy Srinivasan @Digital Ocean

    April 13, 2025 · 📺 saas group

    saas.unbound is a podcast for and about founders who are working on scaling inspiring products that people love, brought to you by https://saas.group/, a serial acquirer of B2B SaaS companies. In episode #11 of season 5, Anna Nadeina talks with Paddy Srinivasan, CEO @Digital Ocean, an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) provider. -------------Episode's Chapters--------------- 02:49 Digital Ocean's Mission and Scale 04:49 Challenges and Opportunities in Cloud Computing 06:22 Digital Ocean's Unique Value Proposition 10:19 AI and Its Impact on Business 14:46 Democratizing AI with Digital Ocean…

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  • Paddy Srinivasan, CEO of DigitalOcean joins NYSE TV Live

    December 09, 2024 · 📺 New York Stock Exchange

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  • Digital Horizon: Meet Our CEO, Paddy Srinivasan

    March 15, 2024 · 📺 DigitalOcean

    Welcome to the Digital Horizon series where we explore topics on DigitalOcean platform innovation, product releases, developer tools, and customer success. Join us to learn more about our new CEO, Paddy Srinivasan. Hear what drew him to DigitalOcean, his thoughts on AI/ML, DigitalOcean's Cloud platform differentiators, multi-cloud portfolios, and more as we look to this exciting new chapter as a company. To learn more about DigitalOcean: https://www.digitalocean.com/ Follow us on Twitch:   / digitaloceantv   Follow us on Twitter:   / digitalocean   Like us on Facebook:   / digitaloceanclou…

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