# Storj acquiring Valdi **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Discussions\ **Created:** [July 9, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/storj-acquiring-valdi/27014 "2024-07-09T13:55:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jammerdan](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/jammerdan/32/1121_2.png) [@jammerdan](https://forum.storj.io/u/jammerdan)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/storj-acquiring-valdi/27014/1 "2024-07-09T13:55:40Z")
> **[Storj on LinkedIn: #cloudcomputing #ai #innovation #sustainability #storj #valdi](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/storj_storj-labs-buys-gpu-cloud-company-valdi-to-activity-7216437305928998912-Y8v2)** > > Storj is embarking on a new era, with the acquisition of VALDI. > > We’re thrilled to announce Storj has acquired Valdi, the leader in on-demand GPU computing 🎉… > This strategic move positions Storj as the only distributed cloud object storage provider to add compute capabilities, enabling us to better compete with industry giants like AWS! Hot! 🥳 ---
**Author:** ![agente](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/agente/32/1137_2.png) [@agente](https://forum.storj.io/u/agente)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/storj-acquiring-valdi/27014/2 "2024-07-09T14:00:42Z")
totally unexpected! 🥳 ---
**Author:** ![nerdatwork](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/nerdatwork/32/1135_2.png) [@nerdatwork](https://forum.storj.io/u/nerdatwork)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/storj-acquiring-valdi/27014/3 "2024-07-09T14:05:49Z")
Official post made > [@Storj Acquires Valdi](https://forum.storj.io/t/storj-acquires-valdi/27015): > > [https://x.com/storj/status/1810671611420221759](https://x.com/storj/status/1810671611420221759) ---
**Author:** ![Roxor](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/letter_avatar/roxor/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Roxor](https://forum.storj.io/u/Roxor)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/storj-acquiring-valdi/27014/4 "2024-07-09T14:14:52Z")
What the?!? I guess I see a synergy… but they’re pretty different groups of customers. Maybe AI/GPU customers will now get a certain amount of scratch space for incoming datasets and outgoing models as part of their GPU rentals? And obviously if they needed that space to stick around for awhile after the GPU processing was done… Storj would gladly charge them a reasonable fee… (Edit: Ah I didn’t realize Valdi [was offering storage too](https://www.valdi.ai/storage): **NOW** it makes sense!) ---
**Author:** ![Knowledge](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/knowledge/32/10681_2.png) [@Knowledge](https://forum.storj.io/u/Knowledge)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/storj-acquiring-valdi/27014/5 "2024-07-09T14:42:48Z")
There are different aspects to their business model that align with what we do. Users resell storage for Storj. Users resell GPU for Valdi. Customer needs Storage and GPU compute. As well as one or the other. ---
**Author:** ![agente](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/agente/32/1137_2.png) [@agente](https://forum.storj.io/u/agente)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/storj-acquiring-valdi/27014/6 "2024-07-09T14:50:00Z")
Is this the big customer that started all these data tests? ---
**Author:** ![Roxor](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/letter_avatar/roxor/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Roxor](https://forum.storj.io/u/Roxor)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/storj-acquiring-valdi/27014/7 "2024-07-09T14:52:51Z")
No… Valdi has [been using Storj behind-the-scenes](https://forum.storj.io/t/storj-has-acquired-valdi/27016/1) for awhile now. ---
**Author:** ![Knowledge](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/knowledge/32/10681_2.png) [@Knowledge](https://forum.storj.io/u/Knowledge)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/storj-acquiring-valdi/27014/8 "2024-07-09T14:57:26Z")
It is not. The company won’t be announcing new customers or customer deals with the Community in general. There may always be reasonable announcements when it makes sense for the business, but in general customer deals are kept internal for a variety of reasons I won’t list here. ---
**Author:** ![kocoten1992](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/kocoten1992/32/7819_2.png) [@kocoten1992](https://forum.storj.io/u/kocoten1992)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/storj-acquiring-valdi/27014/9 "2024-07-09T18:44:18Z")
How do you host GPU on Valdi? Trying around [VALDI | Affordable, reliable GPUs](https://valdi.ai/compute) but found no documentation on how to host, are those GPU owned by Valdi? P/s: I saw the announcement now, currenly Valdi only accept GPU from datacenter.