# From startup to $1.2B with Lambda’s Stephen Balaban

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Podcast: [Gradient Dissent: Conversations on AI](https://stenobird.com/podcast/gradient-dissent)
Published: 2024-07-25T16:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://wandb.ai/site/resources/podcast
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## Resource

In this episode of Gradient Dissent, Stephen Balaban, CEO of Lambda Labs, joins host Lukas Biewald to discuss the journey of scaling Lambda Labs to an impressive $400M in revenue. They explore the pivotal moments that shaped the company, the future of GPU technology, and the impact of AI data centers on the energy grid. Discover the challenges and triumphs of running a successful hardware and cloud business in the AI industry. Tune in now to explore the evolving landscape of AI hardware and cloud services. ✅ *Subscribe to Weights & Biases* → https://bit.ly/45BCkYz Connect with Stephen Balaban: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sbalaban/ https://x.com/stephenbalaban Follow Weights & Biases: https://twitter.com/weights_biases https://www.linkedin.com/company/wandb

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