DigitalOcean AI partnerships are accelerating as businesses increasingly demand scalable and secure cloud infrastructure for artificial intelligence workloads. Following a strong third-quarter performance, the company unveiled a strategic collaboration designed to make AI adoption more accessible, efficient, and cost-effective for enterprises worldwide.
Strong Earnings Boost Confidence
DigitalOcean reported $230 million in revenue for Q3, marking a 16% increase compared with the same period last year. Meanwhile, net income soared to $158 million, reflecting a remarkable 381% year-over-year growth.
As a result, the company raised its full-year revenue guidance to $896-897 million and adjusted its non-GAAP earnings per share forecast to $2.00–$2.05. CEO Paddy Srinivasan emphasized that DigitalOcean’s agentic cloud platform is becoming a preferred choice for AI-driven and digital-native enterprises. Consequently, the market sees renewed confidence in the company’s expansion plans.
Strategic Partnership with Persistent
In a significant development, DigitalOcean announced a multi-year partnership with Persistent Systems, a global leader in digital engineering and enterprise modernization. Under the agreement, Persistent selected DigitalOcean as its exclusive cloud and AI infrastructure provider for the SASVA™ platform.
SASVA, an AI-powered platform that integrates code, documentation, architecture, and executive summaries, will run on DigitalOcean’s Gradient AI Agentic Cloud. It leverages GPU infrastructure and supports the full lifecycle of AI agent development, ensuring enterprise-grade workloads are delivered efficiently.
Tackling Barriers to AI Adoption
Organizations adopting AI often face rising GPU costs, fragmented agent development ecosystems, and mounting security concerns. Through this collaboration, Persistent and DigitalOcean aim to address these challenges directly. By combining Persistent’s engineering expertise with DigitalOcean’s robust agentic cloud infrastructure, businesses can deploy AI workloads faster. Moreover, operational costs can be reduced by over 50%, enabling more predictable and scalable AI adoption across industries.
Gradient AI Agentic Cloud at the Core
The Gradient AI Agentic Cloud provides managed environments for agent development, inference workloads, and GPU compute. It delivers consistent performance, transparent pricing, and flexible scaling for enterprise customers. In addition, organizations benefit from access to an expanding library of AI models, frameworks, and accelerators. Consequently, deployments can evolve seamlessly as AI demands grow, supporting both current and future workloads.
Driving DigitalOcean’s AI Roadmap
Beyond individual enterprise adoption, the partnership strengthens DigitalOcean’s AI platform for long-term growth. Persistent will contribute engineering expertise to enhance the efficiency and performance of next-generation cloud services. As analysts note, strategic collaborations such as this position DigitalOcean to compete effectively in an increasingly competitive AI landscape.
