Several neocloud firms have their roots in the volatile crypto mining industry, made of companies that generate cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin. Crypto miners use some of the same kind of physical infrastructure that is used to develop AI. CoreWeave was founded in 2017 with a focus on mining Ethereum. IREN, Core Scientific and Applied Digital also
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