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Ubicloud wants to build an open source alternative to AWS | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Ubicloud aims to provide an open source alternative to AWS by offering core cloud computing services on affordable bare-metal servers.
The focus is currently on compute, PostgreSQL database service, networking capabilities, with plans to add block storage and Kubernetes-based container service.
Co-founders have experience with Citus Data and Azure, and the company recently raised a $16 million seed round.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Most of cloud service provider revenue comes from basic services, like storage and basic compute. But

vendors like AWS, Microsoft, and Oracle figured out a long time ago the smaller, niche services are what differentiates them and makes the services sticky. If you need just a Linux instance, it's easy to provision it using Terraform or Pulumi and jump to the cheapest lowest-common-provider.

But with services like IOT, AI/ML, business forecasting, robotics, etc. Once you tie your business to those services, it's a lot harder to leave.