Mark Rydon is the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Aethir, the only enterprise-grade decentralized GPU cloud powering next-generation AI, gaming, and Web3 applications. Under his strategic leadership, Aethir has grown from inception to a multi-billion-dollar network with 435,000+ GPUs across 93 countries, serving 150+ enterprise clients and generating $147M in annual recurring revenue. Mark architected Aethir’s Strategic Compute Reserve—one of the industry’s most innovative approaches to token-backed compute liquidity—representing the first time a Nasdaq-listed company committed to holding and managing tokens from a DePIN network. Before Aethir, Mark founded a Biotech startup and began his career in Project Management, building multi-billion-dollar Oil & Gas infrastructure. He is also a partner at Flux Capital and Gas Global, advising founders building in AI, blockchain, and decentralized infrastructure.
