Core Weave cofounder and CSO Brannin McBee joins the show to talk GPU mining and high performance computation. In this episode: 

• Details on the Core Weave's latest fundraise
• Core Weave's hybrid data center model which combines Ethereum mining and generalized computation
• Transitioning from just crypto mining to the specialized compute market
• Why the hyperscale cloud providers aren't always suitable for firms with specialized computation needs
• The nature and size of Core Weave's GPU and CPU fleet
• How Core Weave services clients in VFX and rendering, machine learning, and blockchain
• Why Core Weave was able to build a generalizable computational fleet
• Why the demand for VFX/rendering-based compute is accelerating
• How film studios are going from capital intensive on-prem computation to outsourcing it to cloud providers
• How Core Weave is able to achieve a high utilization rate for their GPUs
• How Core Weave is working on open sourcing GPT-3
• Why you can't access scale compute at conventional providers
• How Core Weave is managing Ethereum's transition to Proof of Stake
• When Brannin expects the final merge to occur
• How the market for GPU mining will change over time
• How NFTs are a new source of demand for large-scale compute
• Core Weave's attitude to Ethereum development
• Did Ethereum move away from some of its original principles?
• How proof of work was a strong distributive force during the early days of Ethereum
• Are miners less positively inclined towards the network now that their business model has an expiration date?
• Brannin's attitude towards MEV today
• Brannin's thoughts on Ethereum's security model as it moves towards PoS
• Does the abundance of capital make PoS more vulnerable than PoW?
• Why diseconomies of scale for electricity procurement protected PoW networks
• Why rendering PoW 'synthetic' in PoS makes it easier to pull off an attack
• How Core Weave pursues sustainability in their operations

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