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Build smarter AI agents: new tools now available for the DigitalOcean Gradient™ AI Platform

Building with AI should be fast, flexible, and frustration-free. That’s why we’ve leveled up the Gradient AI Platform with new tools that let you ship smarter agents, debug in real time, and tap into the knowledge sources you already use. Now you can: Streamline AI app development with the unified Gradient AI Python SDK -> Optimize agent performance via log stream insights -> Augment your agents with Dropbox knowledge bases -> Whether you’re launching your first AI MVP or scaling production work

Introducing GPU Droplets accelerated by NVIDIA HGX H200

Key Takeaways NVIDIA HGX H200 is now available as a DigitalOcean GPU Droplet (virtual, on-demand machines). NVIDIA HGX H200 GPU Droplets offer significant performance improvements - up to 2x faster inference speeds and double the memory capacity - compared to the H100. NVIDIA H200 GPU Droplets are designed for simplicity, scalability, and cost-effectiveness, with on-demand pricing at just $3.44/GPU/hr. We’re expanding our AI/ML offerings with the introduction of new DigitalOcean Gradient™ AI GPU

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Sharks of DigitalOcean: Darian Wilkin, Senior Manager, Solutions Engineering

Darian Wilkin has been part of DigitalOcean’s story for over eight years, witnessing firsthand the company’s transformation from scaling startup to public company. As a Senior Manager of Solutions Architecture, he helps customers build smarter, more scalable cloud solutions. Darian has seen how DigitalOcean has grown to serve more complex workloads for digital native enterprises, while staying true to its roots as a developer-friendly cloud. What makes DigitalOcean a place where people grow? For

Workers - Workers per-branch preview URLs now support long branch names

We've updated preview URLs for Cloudflare Workers to support long branch names. Previously, branch and Worker names exceeding the 63-character DNS limit would cause alias generation to fail, leaving pull requests without aliased preview URLs. This particularly impacted teams relying on descriptive branch naming. Now, Cloudflare automatically truncates long branch names and appends a unique hash, ensuring every pull request gets a working preview link. How it works 63 characters or less: <branch-

Access - Cloudflare Access Logging supports the Customer Metadata Boundary (CMB)

Cloudflare Access logs now support the Customer Metadata Boundary (CMB). If you have configured the CMB for your account, all Access logging will respect that configuration. Note For EU CMB customers, the logs will not be stored by Access and will appear as empty in the dashboard. EU CMB customers should utilize Logpush to retain their Access logging, if desired.

Access - Cloudflare Access Logging supports the Customer Metadata Boundary (CMB)

Cloudflare Access logs now support the Customer Metadata Boundary (CMB). If you have configured the CMB for your account, all Access logging will respect that configuration. Note For EU CMB customers, the logs will not be stored by Access and will appear as empty in the dashboard. EU CMB customers should utilize Logpush to retain their Access logging, if desired.