Aleph
Paris, FR · Founded 2019 · 12 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors
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Aleph Cloud provides decentralized cloud infrastructure for building, deploying, and managing applications, including serverless functions, virtual servers, GPU instances, confidential VMs, web hosting, and distributed storage. It serves developers building Web3 and AI/ML applications on a decentralized network.
Also known as Aleph Cloud · aleph.im
Founders & leadership
Aleph was founded in 2019 by Claudio Pascariello and Jonathan Schemoul.
Investors · 2
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Aleph, operating its platform as Aleph Cloud, offers decentralized cloud infrastructure positioned as an alternative to centralized cloud providers. The product line spans block storage (high-availability SSD volumes from 1 MB up to 20 TB, with support for dependency files and SquashFS volumes), virtual private servers (up to 12 cores, 2-24 GB RAM, from 20 GB NVMe SSD, with unlimited bandwidth), and GPU instances (up to 12 vCPU, 18-72 GB RAM, 20-48 GB vRAM). Additional capabilities include confidential virtual machines built on Trusted Execution Environments so that data remains encrypted during computation, and stateless, API-first serverless functions for backend logic.
Usage is initiated by connecting a crypto wallet and selecting a blockchain, after which workloads are launched from a web dashboard or via APIs. The platform supports multiple blockchains and emphasizes crosschain interoperability, one-command deployments, SDKs, CLI tools, and native support for Docker and Kubernetes. Aleph describes its architecture as zero-trust, with hardware-based attestation, granular data governance, audit logs and on-chain billing transparency, and markets data-localization control as a route to compliance with regional data laws and avoidance of vendor lock-in.
Business model
Aleph Cloud sells cloud compute and storage resources on a usage basis, with published unit prices for storage volumes, VPS instances and GPU instances. Payment is accepted in stablecoins or in the $ALEPH token, with a stated 20% bonus for paying in $ALEPH. A Builder Program offers free cloud credits to developers, and an enterprise sales track is offered alongside self-service deployment.
Consumption-based pricing for storage, VPS and GPU capacity (for example, volume storage from $0.0033, VPS from $0.0143/hour and GPU from $0.055/hour), payable in stablecoins or the $ALEPH token.
Latest developments
The company promotes Liberclaw, an AI agent platform, offered free to users, alongside its core compute and storage products.
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Market position
Aleph Cloud positions itself as a censorship-resistant, decentralized substitute for hyperscale cloud providers, publishing side-by-side price comparisons against AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Scaleway and claiming cost savings of up to 69% overall and up to 80% for GPU resources, while emphasizing the absence of a provider kill switch or vendor lock-in.
Stated points of difference include censorship resistance, customer-selectable data location, hardware-encrypted confidential VMs, transparent on-chain audit logs and billing, storage included in compute pricing, crypto-native payment options, and portability across blockchains and between Web2 and Web3 environments.
Technology
The platform combines a decentralized network of compute and storage resources with a decentralized GPU marketplace. Confidential computing is implemented using Trusted Execution Environments so workloads remain encrypted during processing, and hardware-based attestation together with cryptography is used to provide verifiable security. The stack exposes serverless functions, APIs, SDKs and CLI tooling, supports Docker and Kubernetes natively, and integrates with multiple blockchains for wallet-based authentication, on-chain billing and crosschain deployment.
Go-to-market
Self-service onboarding via wallet connection, a hosted dashboard, a sandbox environment and developer documentation, supported by a developer Discord community and a Builder Program granting free cloud credits. Enterprise adoption is pursued through a direct sales channel with messaging around cloud sovereignty, data localization and compliance.
Developers and organizations building Web3 and AI workloads, specifically AI and machine-learning startups training and deploying models on encrypted datasets, gaming studios, DeFi protocols needing backend services and data feeds, and enterprises requiring control over data location and access, including regulated sectors such as finance.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Aleph do?
- Decentralized cloud platform offering VPS, GPU instances, confidential VMs, serverless functions and storage for Web3 and AI workloads.
- Who founded Aleph?
- Aleph was founded by Claudio Pascariello, Jonathan Schemoul in 2019.
- Who are Aleph's investors?
- Aleph's investors include NZVC, TRGC.
- Where is Aleph headquartered?
- Aleph is headquartered in Paris, FR.