Modern CTO Rendering the Future of the Cloud with Anurag Goel, Founder and CEO at Render
Sep 30, 2024
Anurag Goel, founder and CEO of Render, shares his insights from being an early employee at Stripe to leading a cloud infrastructure revolution. He highlights the challenges of cloud complexity and how Render simplifies deployment and enhances performance. Goel discusses the importance of user feedback, the advantages of cloud services, and his company's unique hiring strategies focused on talent density. He also emphasizes the need for the right tools to drive business value, showcasing successful transitions to Render for various teams.
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Early Days at Stripe
- Anurag Goel was the eighth employee at Stripe, joining in July 2011.
- He initially provided product feedback before being asked to join the team.
Leaving Stripe
- Anurag Goel left Stripe to pursue a problem he felt more passionate about than payments.
- His Stripe experience and success allowed him the time to explore different domains.
Pre-Render Project
- Before Render, Anurag Goel created a one-click GPU-backed Jupyter Notebook service for data scientists.
- This project, born from his own deep learning struggles, was later acquired by Doc.ai.