Rama: Bitfusion secured Shell and five other customers within three months
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Subbu Rama, co-founder and CEO of Bitfusion, discusses early customer adoption following the startup's product launch.
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“Since we've released our product in just, like, you know, ah, three months, we basically have about half a dozen customers. Ah, customers range from, you know, ah, cloud service providers, ah, all the way up to, like, oil and gas companies like Shell.”
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