In this episode of the #DePINed Podcast, Tom Trowbridge sits down with Stefaan Vervaet, founder of Akave, to explore how decentralized storage is finally enterprise-ready.

Born out of Protocol Labs, Akave combines S3 compatibility, high durability, and on-chain verifiability — offering a real alternative to AWS, Glacier, and traditional storage models. Stefaan shares insights from his $355M+ startup exits and dives deep into why data egress costs are the next big pain point, how AI workloads are driving demand, and how Akave plans to scale toward $100M+ ARR with real enterprise contracts.

🧠 In this episode, we cover:

- Why enterprises are fed up with egress fees

- How Agave integrates with Filecoin, Snowflake and AI pipelines

- The power of verifiable, decentralized hot storage

- Akave’s unique subnet model and revenue-first approach

- Token incentives, staking, slashing and enterprise-grade SLAs

- Lessons from building $355M in storage startups

Hot storage, snowflake integrations, DePIN-native token economics — this episode is packed with real-world traction, use cases, and strategy.

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Web3 Hot Storage That Actually Works for Enterprises | Stefaan Vervaet: Akave (#53)