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AI-Native Startups Are Leaving Hyperscalers for DigitalOcean's Agentic Inference Cloud

April 16, 2026 9:07 AM EDT

AI-native startups report 50% faster training cycles and 40% decrease in latency when running production AI on DigitalOcean.

BROOMFIELD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN), the Agentic Inference Cloud built for production AI, today showcased why AI-native startups including Specra.AI, ACE Studio, and Probably AI are choosing to run real-time production AI workloads on its platform to move faster, reduce infrastructure complexity, and gain more predictable economics as they scale.

By providing a unified stack that combines high-performance GPUs with an integrated cloud built for inference at scale, DigitalOcean is... More