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Jasper Zhang

Co-founder & CEO, Hyperbolic

Search every verified Jasper Zhang interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Jasper Zhang, co-founder and CEO of Hyperbolic, recently discussed the company's $30 million Series A1 funding round, led by Walden Catalyst. In a conversation with Lip-Bu Tan and Shankar Chandran, Zhang described Hyperbolic's mission to aggregate fragmented GPU capacity into a unified platform, allowing developers to access, manage, and orchestrate compute workloads globally. He also recounted his path to founding the company, citing his experience with GPU shortages during his PhD and his background in market making at Citadel Securities as formative influences. In separate appearances, Zhang elaborated on Hyperbolic's strategy of working with partners to secure compute through long-term contracts while building a platform that virtualizes and resells capacity on flexible terms. He stated that AI agents, rather than humans, will become the primary consumers of compute, requiring programmable, on-demand access to global resources. He also addressed concerns about overbuilding AI infrastructure, suggesting that scaling speed and hardware heterogeneity are more pressing challenges than excess capacity.

Recent appearances

  • Why Walden Catalyst Led Hyperbolic’s $30M Series A1 | Lip-Bu Tan, Shankar Chandran & Jasper Zhang

    October 28, 2026 · 📺 Hyperbolic

    Hyperbolic has raised an oversubscribed $30M Series A1, led by Walden Catalyst, to build the Global Compute Grid. Lip-Bu Tan, Founding Managing Partner at Walden Catalyst and CEO of Intel, and Shankar Chandran, Managing Director at Walden Catalyst, share why they backed Hyperbolic. Then Lip-Bu sits down with our CEO Jasper Zhang to talk about: • Whether we're overbuilding AI infrastructure, and the memory, GPU, power, and financing shortages that decide how fast AI can scale • Why Jasper started Hyperbolic, from running short on GPUs during his PhD to market making at Citadel Securities • Ho…

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  • Pro and Tell, The Gurmanator Joins, New Google Models, Open Weight Demand, Joe's Monkeys

    October 28, 2026 · 📺 TBPN

    00:00:31 Apple's Pro and Tell Event 00:16:29 Genie 4 00:25:50 OpenAI Eyes Custom Google Chips 00:31:24 𝕏 Timeline Reactions 00:55:14 Mark Gurman discusses Apple’s latest products, drawing on his expertise as a Bloomberg technology journalist and prominent Apple reporter. He praises the iPhone Duo and OLED MacBook Pro while addressing manufacturing defects, software quirks, Apple’s lagging AI strategy, and its broader challenges with innovation and acquisitions. 01:29:58 Zach Rash discusses Coco Robotics’ autonomous sidewalk delivery robots, including its fleet of roughly 1,000 units, UK expans…

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  • Agents Will Be the Biggest Buyers of Compute | Silicon Data, Hyperbolic

    October 20, 2026 · 📺 IgniteGTM

    IGNITE STUDIO Recorded live at NeoCloud Summit 2026, Hotel Kabuki, San Francisco. Steven Hou, Head of Research at Silicon Data, sits down with his friend Jasper Zhang, Co-Founder and CEO of Hyperbolic, to talk about turning the world's fragmented GPU supply into one unified layer. With more than 300 NeoClouds and counting, Jasper explains how Hyperbolic's control plane attaches any cluster, virtualizes it and lets customers rent compute on flexible terms, then sell it back when they don't need it, like electricity. He shares why he believes AI agents, not humans, will become the main consum…

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  • Why We Don’t Need More Data Centers - Dr. Jasper Zhang, Hyperbolic

    August 01, 2025 · 📺 AI Engineer

    AI infrastructure today is caught in an endless cycle: build more data centers, deploy more GPUs, repeat. But this approach is fundamentally flawed—expensive, inefficient, and environmentally unsustainable. In this talk, we will unpack why continuously expanding data centers masks deeper infrastructure inefficiencies, and why leveraging a GPU marketplace to dynamically allocate existing resources is essential. We will explore practical use-cases where companies scale GPU capacity flexibly, startups gain affordable compute, and idle GPUs are monetized, enabling a future of sustainable and de…

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  • Jasper Zhang: Hyperbolic's Vision for Democratizing AI Cloud Infrastructure

    April 25, 2025 · 📺 Grace Gong

    Jasper Zhang is the founder of Hyperbolic. Hyperbolic is building the leading open-access AI cloud. Access inference and compute at a fraction of the cost, and build AI applications without relying on centralized infrastructures. Topics: Open-Access AI Cloud The Future of AI Infrastructure Building a Collaborative AI Ecosystem #AICloud #OpenAccessAI #DecentralizedCompute #Hyperbolic

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  • Building the Affordable AI Cloud with CEO & Co-founder Dr. Jasper Zhang, PhD | Hyperbolic

    March 17, 2025 · 📺 Hyperbolic

    Get started with access to compute and inference models at https://app.hyperbolic.ai Learn more about Hyperbolic at https://hyperbolic.ai Connect with us. Launch app: https://app.hyperbolic.ai Website: https://hyperbolic.ai X:   / hyperbolic_labs   Linkedin:   / hyperbolic-labs   #ai #aicloud #aiagent #aiapplications #artificialintelligence

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  • The Real Open AI with Hyperbolic Labs

    January 28, 2025 · 📺 The SE7EN Show

    Wondering how to train Deepseek model without worrying about data surveillance? Well, Hyperbolic Labs lets you do just that! 😉 In today’s episode, our host Satyaki & Hyperbolic co-founder Jasper discuss A-Z about the current state of AI, offerings of Hyperbolic, decentralized computing & the verified AI verse powered by Eigenlayer. Jasper also shares his background, the challenges he faced in AI research & how humans & agents can co-exist. Listen to the pod & take the first step towards building the future of AI for all! Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:50 - Jasper's Background 06:30 - Probl…

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  • Decentralized GPU Marketplace, AI Agents, and Web3 with Hyperbolic

    December 13, 2024 · 📺 0G

    Discover the cutting-edge world of decentralized AI in this episode of the 0G (Zero Gravity) podcast, where host Jax Dwyer interviews Jasper, CEO and co-founder of Hyperbolic. Explore how Hyperbolic is transforming AI innovation through blockchain-powered GPU marketplaces and advanced AI services, making high-performance computing accessible to everyone. From Jasper’s record-breaking academic journey to his work in machine learning and blockchain research, this episode dives deep into Hyperbolic’s mission to solve global GPU shortages and democratize AI. Learn how their decentralized network…

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  • Moving AI Onchain - Jasper Zhang (CEO of Hyperbolic): Ep 142

    December 10, 2024 · 📺 Show Me The Crypto

    Jasper Zhang is CEO and Co-founder of Hyperbolic. Jasper completed his PhD in mathematics at UC Berkeley in just two years, making him the fastest person to finish a PhD in Berkeley's history. He's won multiple gold medals in international math competitions and previously worked at Citadel Securities and Ava Labs. Today, he's building what he calls an "open-access AI cloud" through Hyperbolic, which aims to democratize access to AI computing resources. -- Follow Jasper on X: @zjasper666 Follow Hyperbolic on X: @hyperbolic_labs --   Follow us on the socials:   X: @showcrypto TikTok: @showm…

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  • [Solo Talk] Go Hyperbolic: Building an open ecosystem & economy for AI

    October 06, 2024 · 📺 buidlplanet

    [Solo Talk] Go Hyperbolic: Building an open ecosystem & economy for AI ​​​Speaker : Jasper Zhang, CEO and Co-founder of Hyperbolic --- ​​​Open Source AI Summit is back, this time in ArtScience Museum in Singapore! KryptoPlanet is hosting its third Open Source AI Summit on September 20. ​The summit is proudly co-hosted with NEAR Protocol and sponsored by Ringfence, Masa, Gensyn, Exabits, Vana, Akash Network, Nethermind, ZettaBlock, Olas. Partners include Stanford BASS and Blackdragon Capital. --- hosted by KryptoPlanet, held in Singapore

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