Lambda Appoints Tech Pioneer Jerry Hunter as Vice Chairman, Compute Delivery and Special Advisor to the Board

Former AWS Infrastructure Leader and Snap COO Brings 30 Years of Hyperscale Expertise to Accelerate Lambda’s Growth

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Lambda, the Superintelligence Cloud, today announced the appointment of Jerry Hunter as Vice Chairman, Compute Delivery and Special Advisor to the Board. In this new role, Hunter will guide Lambda’s long-term infrastructure strategy and support the company’s efforts to deploy and operate large-scale AI factories.

Hunter’s career includes over a decade at Sun Microsystems during the dawn of networked computing. At Amazon, he helped build AWS’s global data center organization from the ground up, shaping the foundation that supports today’s internet. Most recently, as Chief Operating Officer at Snap, he led global teams to scale the platform to billions in revenue. Jerry’s experience building hyperscale infrastructure for the internet and mobile web is now putting Lambda at the forefront of AI infrastructure build.

“Jerry was critical to the success of some of the largest data center projects in the world,” said Stephen Balaban, co-founder and CEO of Lambda. “I’m excited to work with Jerry to build the supercomputing infrastructure that powers AI.”

Hunter’s appointment comes as Lambda experiences rapid growth driven by accelerating demand for AI compute. His experience building and operating world-class systems at AWS and Snap strengthens Lambda’s ability to deliver on-time, industrial scale infrastructure for our customers.

“Lambda is at an inflection point where operational excellence must match our ambitious growth trajectory,” said Hunter. “AI infrastructure is the backbone of the next industrial era, as foundational as highways and electrical grids were in their time. I’ve spent my career building systems at that scale, and I’m excited to help Lambda continue advancing reliable, large-scale infrastructure for the future of compute.”

About Lambda

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers.

Founded in 2012 by machine learning engineers published at NeurIPS and ICCV, Lambda builds supercomputers for AI training and inference.

Our customers range from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers.

Lambda’s mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give everyone the power of superintelligence. One person, one GPU.

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