Datum is building the internet for AI
Datum Cloud is a neutral, programmable middle layer where companies can programmatically connect without building the entire stack themselves. It provides a Kubernetes-native infrastructure control plane that enables AI-native builders to orchestrate complex, fragmented clouds, specialty providers, customers, and data.Why Datum?
We believe that AI is changing everything — not just how we work and create, but how quickly new applications, agents, and even clouds are being built. Digital leaders today must orchestrate a complex, fragmented web of clouds, specialty providers, customers, and data. The Internet is built on data center meet-me rooms, where telco providers and hyperscaler clouds talk to each other over real physical cables, called cross-connects. A new connection takes days or weeks of humans moving things around to set up.The Next Era of the Internet
In the alt-cloud universe, you don’t think about virtual machines and VPCs, you think about services. You connect your Vercel app with your Supabase instance all wired up with your Kestra workflow, monitored by your Resolve SRE agent. There isn’t a switch or routing table in sight. It’s just virtual plumbing to make your business go. With Datum, cloud and AI-native builders can use the tools they love (like Cursor or a Kubernetes native CLI) to access the internet superpowers that today’s tech giants leverage at scale:- Authoritative DNS
- Distributed proxies
- Global backbones
- Deterministic routing
- Cloud on-ramps
- Private interconnection
Key Features
Fully Programmable and AI-Native
Developer-Friendly
Developer- and agent-friendly protocols, interfaces, and workflows
Programmatic Interconnection
Programmatic interconnection between providers and services
Built-in Security
Network-level encryption that’s built-in and impossible to break or disable
Kubernetes-Native
Built using Kubernetes API patterns for operator tooling and familiarity (
kubectl, Helm, etc.)Neutral by Design
- No allegiance to a single cloud, vendor, or region
- Operates as a trusted, independent layer for alt clouds, incumbents, and digital-first enterprises
Bring Your Own Infrastructure
- Use Datum’s cloud control plane along with its global network and distributed compute
- Or run components in your own cloud or infrastructure (e.g., GCP, AWS, NetActuate, Vultr, etc.)
Maximum Flexibility
- Feed full telemetry to your preferred tools (Grafana Cloud, Honeycomb, Datadog, etc.)
- Support for policy enforcement via SRv6
Core Components
Workloads
Provider-agnostic compute instance management with placement rules and scaling
Networks
VPC networks, subnets, IPAM, and network policies for secure connectivity
Gateways
Standard Kubernetes Gateway API for traffic routing, TLS, and ingress/egress
Organizations & Projects
Hierarchical resource management with quota enforcement
Declarative Management
Datum works just like Kubernetes, because it is Kubernetes. Define your desired infrastructure state and our components reconcile the living system to match. No more syncing or drift. The Datum control plane is natively compatible with tooling from the Kubernetes ecosystem. Datum APIs are defined as Custom Resources, and resources are managed by operators which can be deployed into any Kubernetes cluster. Use the tools you’re familiar with:kubectlfor interacting with API resources via the CLIkustomizeorterraformfor configuration management- Any other tool compatible with the Kubernetes API
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Ready to begin your journey? Head over to the Quickstart Guide to sign up for Datum Cloud and deploy your first workload.Quickstart
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