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LAMBDA

CEO: MICHEL COMBES FOUNDED: 2012 HQ LOCATION: SAN JOSE, US

The oldest company on this list by some distance, Lambda began as a machine learning-powered photo app before its founders spotted a bigger opportunity in their own cloud bill. Now styling itself the“ Superintelligence Cloud,” Lambda serves the likes of Microsoft and OpenAI, and has set out ambitious plans to reach three gigawatts of liquid-cooled capacity and more than a million NVIDIA GPUs by 2030. By offering developer-friendly cloud instances, Lambda remains an essential architect of modern AI scaling. Michel Combes Chief Executive Officer Lambda

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38 August 2026