Oxide Computer — I hadn’t heard of them before Cloud Field Day, as they were outside my core markets of data and data management. But what they’re building is fascinating. Oxide has developed a completely new, holistic compute platform — a rack-scale system designed to bring hyperscaler-like efficiencies on-premises, with control and sovereignty. Originally inspired by the Open Compute Project (OCP), the founders started from a blank sheet — rethinking everything from firmware to control plane.