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Hydra Host

Miami, US · Founded 2021 · Delaware corporation · 89 employees on LinkedIn · 15 known investors

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Hydra develops Brokkr, an operating system that enables independent data centers to operate AI Factories by providing shared infrastructure, customer access, and monetization tools on a unified network. The platform allows GPU infrastructure operators to compete with hyperscalers on price and flexibility while maintaining facility ownership and control.

AI & Machine LearningCloud Computing

Founders & leadership

Hydra Host was founded in 2021 by Aaron Ginn and Ariel Deschapell.

AGAaron Ginn
Aaron Ginnin𝕏CEO & Co-FounderGinn co-founded the Foundation for American Innovation in 2013, serving as its president until 2021 and continuing on its board of directors, and is president of Fabius Labs. He previously worked as a growth product manager at Everlane and as an IT advisor to the City of Foster City, and has mentored at Techstars since 2017.
ADAriel Deschapell
Ariel DeschapellinCo-Founder & CTO/CPO
GJGarrett Johnson
Garrett JohnsoninCo-Founder & COO

Board

SJSteve Jang
Steve Jangin𝕏Board directorManaging Partner at Kindred Ventures

Investors · 15

Accelerator VenturesMiami · $2M
Comcast VenturesNew York · $2M – $15M
Graph VenturesNew York · $5K – $5M
Kindred VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $2M
LaunchBay CapitalLondon
Loup VenturesMinneapolis
PROOFArlington
Sterling RoadSan Francisco · $50K – $150K
Wakestream VenturesGrand Rapids · $150K – $500K
10x FoundersreportedMünchen · $270K – $2.7M
Flume VenturesreportedIncline Village
Founders FundreportedSan Francisco · $500K – $5M
MagnetarreportedEvanston
NVIDIAreportedSanta Clara
Saga VenturesreportedAustin

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$288.5M disclosed across 10 of 11 rounds · 2021–2026

▶$35MofferedAug 2026 · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Aaron GinnExecutive Officer, Director
  • Garrett JohnsonExecutive Officer, Director
  • Steve JangDirector
  • Ariel DeschapellExecutive Officer
Offering amount
$35M
Minimum investment
$7
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
▶$70MraisedMar 2026 · 49 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Garrett JohnsonExecutive Officer, Director
  • Aaron GinnExecutive Officer, Director
  • Steve JangDirector
  • Ariel DeschapellExecutive Officer
Offering amount
$142M
Amount sold
$70M
Minimum investment
$5K
First sale
Mar 2026
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
▶$3.8MraisedOct 2025 · 6 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Garrett JohnsonExecutive Officer, Director
  • Aaron GinnExecutive Officer, Director
Amount sold
$3.8M
Minimum investment
$1K
First sale
Oct 2025
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2021
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
▶$1raisedAug 2025 · 1 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Aaron GinnExecutive Officer, Director
  • Garrett JohnsonExecutive Officer, Director
Offering amount
$26.1K
Amount sold
$1
Minimum investment
$1
First sale
Aug 2025
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2021
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
▶$4MraisedSep 2024 · 2 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Garrett JohnsonExecutive Officer, Director
  • Aaron GinnExecutive Officer, Director
Amount sold
$4M
Minimum investment
$1K
First sale
Sep 2024
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2021
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
▶$450KraisedApr 2022 · 2 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Garrett JohnsonExecutive Officer, Director
  • Aaron GinnExecutive Officer, Director
Offering amount
$3M
Amount sold
$450K
Minimum investment
$10K
Proceeds to insiders
$150K
First sale
Apr 2022
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2021
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
▶$9.7MraisedMar 2022 · 42 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Aaron GinnExecutive Officer, Director
  • Garrett JohnsonExecutive Officer, Director
Offering amount
$10M
Amount sold
$9.7M
Minimum investment
$5K
Proceeds to insiders
$300K
First sale
Mar 2022
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2021
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
▶$99raisedAug 2021 · 2 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Garrett JohnsonExecutive Officer, Director
  • Aaron GinnExecutive Officer, Director
Offering amount
$99
Amount sold
$99
Minimum investment
$49
First sale
Aug 2021
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2021
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.

Competitors · 6

by search overlap
NVIDIA205 shared keywordsNVIDIA designs GPUs, AI computing hardware, and software platforms for AI development, data centers, autonomous vehicles, and robotics, serving developers, researchers, and enterprises. Its offerings include AI models, power architecture for AI factories, and compute infrastructure used across industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, and automotive.
Runpod115 shared keywordsRunpod is an AI developer cloud that provides on-demand GPU infrastructure for experimenting with, training, fine-tuning, deploying, and scaling machine learning models. It offers autoscaling serverless GPU endpoints, persistent GPU pods, and multi-GPU clusters for AI developers and teams running inference and training workloads.
Northflank78 shared keywordsNorthflank is a developer platform for deploying and running application workloads across cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google) and bare-metal without infrastructure management or vendor lock-in. It targets software engineers and ops teams building and shipping cloud-native applications.
Modal71 shared keywordsModal provides a cloud platform that lets developers define compute, hardware, and application logic in Python and deploy to the cloud, with fast-booting containers and autoscaling GPUs. It targets AI and ML workloads such as inference, model training, and large-scale parallel processing.
Spheron67 shared keywordsSpheron operates a GPU cloud marketplace that aggregates compute capacity from certified data centers worldwide, offering NVIDIA GPUs (H100, H200, B200, A100) at 40-60% below hyperscaler pricing. The platform serves AI training teams and ML builders with on-demand GPU instances, reserved capacity, and custom cluster sourcing across multiple providers through a single dashboard.
Vast.AI GPU compute cloud61 shared keywordsVast.ai provides on-demand access to GPUs and specialized compute hardware for running AI models and intensive computing workloads. The platform serves developers and organizations seeking lower-cost alternatives to major cloud providers with pay-per-second pricing and support for multiple GPU architectures.

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In the news

Hydra Host Raises $100M Series A to Expand Global AI Factory Capacitytheaiinsider.tech · Jun 2026The Tech Buzz (@tbuzzdaily) on Xx.com · Jun 2026Hydra Host Raises $100 Million Series A to Expand Global AI Factory Capacityfinance.yahoo.com · Jun 2026Hydra Host Raises $100 Million Series A to Expand Global AI Factory Capacitybusinesswire.com · Jun 2026Hydra Host Raises $100M Series Cthesaasnews.com · Jun 2026GPU infrastructure management startup Hydra Host raises $100M - SiliconANGLEsiliconangle.com · Jun 2026Hydra Host Raises $100 Million Series A to Expand Global AI Factory Capacitybusinesswire.com · Jun 2026Hydra Host Raises $100M in Series C Led by Kindred Ventures | KuCoinkucoin.com · Jun 2026

Frequently asked questions

What does Hydra Host do?
Hydra develops Brokkr, an operating system that enables independent data centers to operate AI Factories by providing shared infrastructure, customer access, and monetization tools on a unified network. The platform allows GPU infrastructure operators to compete with hyperscalers on price and flexibility while maintaining facility ownership and control.
Who founded Hydra Host?
Hydra Host was founded by Aaron Ginn, Ariel Deschapell in 2021.
Who are Hydra Host's investors?
Hydra Host's investors include Accelerator Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Graph Ventures, Kindred Ventures, LaunchBay Capital, Loup Ventures, PROOF, Sterling Road and 7 more.
How much funding has Hydra Host raised?
Hydra Host has disclosed $288.5M raised across 10 of its 11 known rounds.
Where is Hydra Host headquartered?
Hydra Host is headquartered in Miami, US.