Bitdeer’s SEALMINER ASIC and AI/HPC Business With Jeff LaBerge

Welcome back to the Mining Pod! For this week’s Bitcoin Stock Show, we sit down with Jeff LaBerge, the head of capital markets and strategic investments at Bitdeer. Bursting onto the scene last year with its IPO, Bitdeer quickly became one of the public bitcoin miners to watch, and now, the company is designing its own ASIC miner, the SEALMINER. How did Bitdeer secure TSMC chip allocation for the series, and will Bitdeer sell this ASIC on the open market or keep it for itself? We answer these questions and more, and we also touch on Bitdeer’s multi-continent AI/HPC aspirations.   👉 Get tickets to OP_NEXT by visiting the website! And use discount code OCTOBER to get 25% off at check out! Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:28 Jeff's background & Bitdeer 03:51 Bitdeer's ASIC business 06:41 Foot in the door with TSMC 11:55 Retail vs internal allocations 15:07 Different model timelines 17:16 Cooling design 18:48 Hydro & immersion cooling 20:59 Manufacturing capacity 22:05 AI & HPC 25:15 Different business lines 30:57 Norway deployment 35:03 Butan future Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday!  👉Enjoying the show? Check out our newsletter at miningpod.blockspace.media! 👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show! Follow our hosts on Twitter: @wsfoxley, @cbspears, @AsILayHodling, @MatthewKimmell - Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! "The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey Inc. with Senior Producer Damien Somerset. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices