AI Engineer YouTube · June 7, 2026

Under 5 minutes to a deployed LLM endpoint — Audry Hsu, RunPod

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Why it matters

Two failed crypto mining rigs in a basement in 2022. The founders posted on Reddit offering the GPUs for free in exchange for feedback. That is the origin of RunPod, now at $120 million in annual recurring revenue with 500,000 developers on the platform. The demo runs in under five minutes: pick a model from the Hub, c

My takeaway: Two failed crypto mining rigs in a basement in 2022. The founders posted on Reddit offering the GPUs for free in exchange for feedback. That is the origin of RunPod, now at $120 million in annual recurring revenue with 500,000 developers on the platform. The demo runs in under five minutes: pick a model from the Hub, c