How a Seattle-Based AI Lab Moved Off Traditional Cloud Providers to Reduce Costs and Improve Performance
Client Story
Hal9 Cuts Cloud Compute Costs by Nearly 80% with Wowrack
Overview
Hal9 is a Seattle-based AI lab that helps people build AI products. As the company's AI and GPU-driven workloads grew, reducing cloud compute costs became a priority, along with addressing cloud migration, security requirements, and infrastructure built for AI and GPU needs.
Hal9 chose to move off traditional cloud providers and work with Wowrack, drawn to Wowrack's technical expertise, data center facilities, responsive support, service reliability, competitive pricing, security and compliance capabilities, and flexible solutions.
Price, network latency, and network bandwidth were the leading factors in shaping Hal9's current infrastructure setup.
Reduced cloud compute costs by nearly 80%
Improved reliability and performance across infrastructure
Strengthened security posture
Very satisfied with service quality, support, and value for cost
Challenges Faced
Reducing Cloud Costs While Scaling AI Workloads
Hal9 wanted to reduce its cloud compute costs by moving off traditional cloud providers. As an AI lab building products for its customers, the company also needed to address cloud migration, security requirements, and infrastructure capable of supporting AI and GPU workloads.
Hal9 needed a provider that could combine competitive pricing with the technical expertise, security, and reliability required to support its AI and GPU infrastructure.
Solution Provided by Wowrack
Hal9 chose Wowrack for its technical expertise, data center facilities, responsive support, service reliability, competitive pricing, security and compliance, and flexible solutions.
Price, network latency, and network bandwidth were the primary factors Hal9 weighed in finalizing its infrastructure configuration with Wowrack.
Working with Wowrack, Hal9 moved off traditional cloud providers onto an infrastructure setup designed to support its AI and GPU workloads while significantly lowering compute costs.
Outcomes and Benefits
Significant Cost Savings
By moving to Wowrack, Hal9 reduced its cloud compute costs by nearly 80%, turning infrastructure spend that would otherwise scale with usage into a far more predictable cost.
Improved Reliability and Performance
Hal9 reported improved reliability and better performance since moving its infrastructure to Wowrack.
Strengthened Security
Alongside cost and performance gains, Hal9 experienced improved security as part of its move to Wowrack's infrastructure.
Quality, Reliability, and Value
Hal9 values Wowrack for the quality and reliability of its solutions, responsive support, and overall value. The combination of reliable infrastructure and attentive service gives Hal9 confidence in Wowrack as a long-term technology partner.
About the Company
Description
Hal9 is a Seattle-based AI lab that helps startup founders turn ambitious AI ideas into production-ready MVPs in 30 days. Through its 3-Stage Playbook, Hal9 manages the full build process, from design to hosting, while founders keep ownership of their data, code, IP, and roadmap. Hal9 has worked with more than 25 startups, powering products used by over 10,000 users.
We reduced costs by nearly 80%
Javier Luraschi
CEO at Hal9
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