VendorBot has qualified for the the Digital Ocean Hatch program for startups, receiving $10,000 in cloud credits on the Digital Ocean platform and access to the Hatch ecosystem of development partners. The Hatch program benefits allows VendorBot to focus initial capital on building product instead of buying infrastructure.

Digital Ocean’s hosting services align well with the VendorBot architecture with scalable, self-managed hosting of the Kubernetes cluster, block storage, and an expanding suite of AI offerings. The on-demand ecosystem supports rapid deployment and operation of GPU instances for document ingest and model training.

About Digital Ocean Hatch

The Hatch program gives startups the room to grow with 12 months of access to credits allocated by referring venture partners. The Hatch Partner Network identifies promising startups and qualifies companies for approval by Digital Ocean. VendorBot was referred by its early-stage collaborator – K2 Venture Partners.

K2 Venture Partners

K2 is a hands-on software development studio specializing in zero-to-one product development. For founders by founders, K2 turns ideas into ventures. K2 has played a key role in bootstrapping VendorBot to proof-of-concept. Participation in their Blueprint workshop honed in on the requirements and defined the go-to-market strategy. K2 continues to consult with VendorBot and remains a valued partner in our startup journey.