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ABOUT HOSTED·AI

The who what why

we want

all service providers – hosters, CSPs, MSPs, telcos – to be part of the AI revolution.

Because local providers are vital to the health of the Internet

Because we believe in diversity not monopoly

And as AI becomes ubiquitous it cannot be controlled by big tech

and we want

to make that easy by removing the barriers to AI hosting.

So you can create GPU cloud services without going into six-figure debt

So you’re not constrained by hardware vendors or availability

So you can give customers sensible pricing while making sensible margins

hosted·ai isn't just software. It’s a gameplan for making AI cloud better for everyone

company

We’re a young company built on years of experience in virtualization, cloud, hosting and AI. Launched in 2024. Core platform development began in 2018, and our first public outing was at CloudFest 2025. You’ll often find us #BuildingInPublic.

50 people across four continents

100% focused on service providers

1000s of collective years in the industry

founders

The hosted·ai team has spent decades owning, running, and building solutions for service providers.

CEO

Ditlev Bredahl

Ditlev has spent decades in hosting and cloud, has founded six start-ups with four exits to date, and was previously CEO at OnApp and UK2 Group.

CTO

Julian Chesterfield

Julian was formerly an early member of XenSource, subsequently acquired by Citrix, where he was the storage architect for the XenServer and OSS Xen products.

After leading R&D into emerging technologies at OnApp, as Chief Scientific Officer, he became founder, CEO and CTO at Sunlight.io, developing an ultra-high performance virtualization platform that now forms the basis of hosted·ai.

CCO

Narendar Shankar

Narendar Shankar has extensive expertise in AI, service provider ecosystems and infrastructure technologies.

He has held leadership roles in sales, business development, product management, strategic partnerships and operations at companies including OnApp, Expedia, Cisco, VMware, and Nvidia. He has also played a key role in multiple successful startups, leading to acquisitions by companies including Accenture and Akamai.

COO

James Withall

James has extensive experience of running infrastructure and products in hosting and cloud provider businesses, and of building and supporting software platforms that enable service providers to go to market. Previously product lead for UK2 Group brands, James became CTO at OnApp, and led IT and Alliances at Virtuozzo.