Building the Inference Cloud, and What Comes Next

In 2025, DigitalOcean significantly expanded its AI and cloud capabilities, focusing on simplifying AI integration for enterprises and startups. The company launched the DigitalOcean Gradient AI Platform to enable seamless AI integration into applications, while also enhancing their inference capabilities with new GPUs and support for GPU Droplets on Kubernetes. Key infrastructure updates included per-second billing for Droplets, new storage solutions like cold storage and NFS, and security enhancements such as Single Sign-On. DigitalOcean also formed partnerships within the AI ecosystem, providing access to advanced models and supporting AI startups. Looking ahead to 2026, DigitalOcean aims to further integrate AI workflows and strengthen its partnerships, with plans to release the NVIDIA HGX™ B300 GPUs and engage more with customers through events.