Burazin: Selling to End Developers Is Hard to Scale Due to Price Sensitivity
Ivan Burazin · AI Agents Need Computers: 74% MoM Growth, 850K/Day Runs, & New Agent Cloud — Ivan Burazin, Daytona · May 21, 2026 · at 43:39
Ivan Burazin contrasts Daytona's B2B infrastructure strategy with his past experience building direct-to-developer consumer developer tooling.
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“When your focus is the end developer, it is a very hard sell because they're very, Price sensitive, very price conscience, very, you know, around that. And there's very, it's very hard to scale. Your cap is the number of people that are willing to spin up for first.”
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