OrionVM
OrionVM is an Australian wholesale IaaS cloud platform that sells 100% through channel partners — MSPs, data centers, and integrators — offering a white-labelable, InfiniBand-powered cloud stack with MicroPoP appliances and AI compute bundles at 25-80% below AWS/Azure pricing.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2009
- HeadquartersSydney, Australia
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What OrionVM does
OrionVM is an Australian-founded (2009) wholesale Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider that sells 100% through channel partners — MSPs, data centers, system integrators, and SaaS organizations — and never competes with them directly. Its core offering is a proprietary cloud platform built on a Xen hypervisor with InfiniBand networking and software-defined OSI layer-2 connectivity, packaged as a fully white-labelable stack (logos, custom domains, APIs, rate-cards, and documentation) that partners rebrand and resell under their own brand. Modular add-ons extend the platform to GPU-as-a-Service, AI-as-a-Service (via Blaize GSPs), object storage, backup-as-a-service, and the MicroPoP turnkey cloud appliance that can be deployed on partner premises in as little as one rack. Pricing is usage-based, billed in 1-second intervals at wholesale rates stated as 25-80% below AWS/Azure list, with no upfront Capex required from partners.
Revenue is generated through usage-based compute, storage, and traffic fees, supplemented by managed service revenue from MicroPoP deployments. The company operates Tier-3 data center infrastructure across Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane), the United States (Santa Clara, Ashburn), Canada (Toronto), and EMEA, with Equinix as a primary colocation partner and ISO/IEC 27001:2005 certification for Australian facilities. Its customer base spans Fortune 500 end customers, leading MSPs, top-tier data centers (Polaris, DXN, Centersquare), and AI/compute partners (Blaize, Tenstorrent, BetterBrain, ConfidentialMind), with recent strategic emphasis on private sovereign AI deployments via the 2024 ConfidentialMind generative AI platform and the 2026 Private Agentic AI Bundle.
The company is privately held with 11-50 employees, bootstrapped for the majority of its operating history, and is led by co-founders Sheng Yeo (CEO) and Alex Sharp (CTO), with Anthony Woodward appointed Chairman in March 2025 to support global scaling. Multiple Stevie, iAwards, ARN, and CRN recognitions from 2014-2022 validate the platform's channel and innovation positioning.
OrionVM firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- OrionVM
- Legal name
- The OrionVM Group (Australia)
- Website
- https://orionvm.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2009
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- OrionVM is an Australian wholesale IaaS cloud platform that sells 100% through channel partners — MSPs, data centers, and integrators — offering a white-labelable, InfiniBand-powered cloud stack with MicroPoP appliances and AI compute bundles at 25-80% below AWS/Azure pricing.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
OrionVM industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Cloud Infrastructure (Wholesale IaaS)
- NAICS
- Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)
- SIC
- Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Managed Application Platforms (App PaaS & Runtime Services) (HDABAAAD)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- AI Server Systems & HGX/Accelerator Platforms (HDAAAAAB), End-to-End Enterprise AI Platforms (MLOps & Model Lifecycle Management) (HDAEANAA), AI Networking for Clusters (InfiniBand/Ethernet/RDMA) (HDAAAAAE)
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Where OrionVM is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Sydney
- HQ country
- Australia
- HQ region
- Oceania
Offices8 records
Markets served
OrionVM business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Cloud Infrastructure Services: Wholesale cloud infrastructure services sold exclusively through channel partners at 25-80% discounts to AWS/Azure pricing. Partners rebrand and resell the platform under their own brand. Revenue is generated through usage-based billing with no upfront capital expenditure required from partners.
- Usage-based Compute and Storage: Hourly billing for cloud instances starting from provisioning, billed in 1-second intervals at quoted hourly rates. Traffic charges based on flat rate or usage-based options. Additional fees for power allocation, equipment access, upgrades, and downgrades.
- GPU as a Service: Dedicated GPU infrastructure for rendering, ML, VDI, and AI workloads, integrated with the cloud platform and offered as an additional service layer.
- Managed Cloud Appliance (MicroPoP): Turnkey cloud appliance deployment for data centers and partners, enabling white-labeled cloud services. Generates recurring revenue through managed service fees.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Usage-based | Pay-as-you-go | Wholesale Cloud Infrastructure - 25-80% below hyperscaler pricing |
| Usage-based | Hourly | Performance Tier Pricing |
| Usage-based | Monthly | Traffic Charges |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels8 records
OrionVM product offering
Product offeringCore offering
OrionVM builds and operates a proprietary wholesale Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud platform sold 100% through channel partners under white-label arrangements, featuring Xen hypervisor, InfiniBand networking, and software-defined Layer 2 networking at 25–80% below AWS/Azure pricing. Its modular portfolio includes MicroPoP turnkey cloud appliances, GPU/AI-as-a-Service, S3-compatible Object Storage, Backup-as-a-Service, and Parallels Desktop-as-a-Service. Higher-value AI bundles include the Private Agentic AI Bundle (with Tenstorrent, BetterBrain, Equinix) and the OrionVM-ConfidentialMind Private Generative AI Platform.
Product overview
OrionVM is a next-generation wholesale IaaS cloud and AI infrastructure provider offering a platform-plus-modules architecture anchored by its Wholesale IaaS Cloud Platform — a proprietary, supercomputing-inspired cloud stack built on InfiniBand interconnect. The platform supports private, public, hybrid, and bare-metal cloud deployments and is delivered 100% through channel partners via white-label and reseller models. Its modular portfolio extends the core platform with specialized add-ons including MicroPoP (turnkey cloud appliances for on-prem or colocation deployment), GPU as a Service, AI as a Service, AI Cloud Platform, Object Storage, Backup as a Service, and Parallels Remote Working (DaaS). Higher-value AI-focused bundles include the Private Agentic AI Bundle (integrating Tenstorrent compute, BetterBrain agentic AI software, and Equinix infrastructure) and the OrionVM-ConfidentialMind Private Generative AI Platform for enterprise LLMs and chat agents.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- MicroPoP: Micro Point-of-Presence - a fully managed turnkey cloud appliance for data centers, SaaS organizations and IT service providers. Can be completely white-labeled from web portals to API documentation.
Products and services
- Wholesale IaaS Cloud Platform OrionVM's flagship wholesale Infrastructure-as-a-Service cloud platform providing virtual compute, storage, networks, and GPUs to channel partners on a white-label basis, featuring a proprietary supercomputing-inspired architecture, software-defined Layer 2 networking, and InfiniBand interconnect at 25-80% discounts versus AWS/Azure. Designed for MSPs, data centers, and system integrators to rebrand and resell as their own cloud.
- MicroPoP (Micro Point-of-Presence) A fully managed turnkey cloud appliance deployable on-premises, inside customer data centers, or in OrionVM's Tier-3 datacenters; provisionable in as little as one rack including orchestration, networking, OOB access, and hyperconverged hypervisors and storage; fully white-labelable from web portals to API documentation.
- GPU as a Service A turnkey GPU compute stack integrated with OrionVM's cloud infrastructure providing dedicated GPU resources for rendering, machine learning, VDI, and AI workloads with support for NVIDIA GPUs and Blaize Graph Streaming Processors.
- AI as a Service (AIaaS) A cloud-based AI inferencing and training environment offering Blaize GSP-powered AI compute as a subscription, enabling customers to run AI solutions on efficient, scalable infrastructure without requiring physical hardware procurement.
- AI Cloud Platform An InfiniBand-powered cloud platform specifically designed for hosting demanding mission-critical GPU workloads for AI inferencing and training, with support for both traditional GPU and custom AI ASIC architectures.
- Object Storage S3-compatible object storage clusters for bulk data storage, archives, and backup, offering simple administration, rebrandability, and straightforward capacity-based pricing.
- Backup as a Service An agent-based backup system enabling recurring revenue for partners, supporting backup of servers, databases, and laptops with an easy-to-administer interface for building trust in cloud offerings.
- Parallels / Remote Working Desktop as a Service (DaaS) solution powered by Parallels RAS, enabling enterprises to deploy secure, scalable remote working environments on OrionVM's cloud infrastructure.
- Private Agentic AI Bundle A fully managed enterprise AI cloud solution integrating OrionVM cloud infrastructure, Tenstorrent AI compute, BetterBrain agentic AI software, and Equinix Distributed AI Hub for production-ready sovereign AI deployments for enterprises, governments, healthcare providers, financial institutions, and research organizations.
- OrionVM and ConfidentialMind Private Generative AI Platform A turnkey private hosted platform for enterprise generative AI, combining OrionVM's MicroPoP infrastructure with ConfidentialMind's AI-optimized Kubernetes platform to enable secure, scalable deployment of LLMs and chat agents with data sovereignty and compliance controls.
Quantifiable outcome
- 25-80% cost savings compared to AWS/Azure pricing
- +5 more outcomes
Companies that use OrionVM
Customer profileNamed customers10 records
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
OrionVM technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration1 record
AI capability8 records
Feature6 records
OrionVM partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, strategic, regional and standard.
- TenstorrentcoreCollaboration on the Private Agentic AI Bundle combining Tenstorrent's Galaxy Blackhole AI compute system with OrionVM's cloud infrastructure. Tenstorrent's novel Networked AI architecture delivers 10x faster AI video generation and up to 350+ tokens/second/user throughput. Base supercluster configuration starts at $440,000.
- BetterBraincorePartner in the Private Agentic AI Bundle providing agentic AI software capabilities to enable autonomous intelligence within the fully managed enterprise AI cloud solution.
- EquinixcorePrivate Agentic AI Bundle available through Equinix's Distributed AI Hub. OrionVM's infrastructure hosted in Equinix data centers (SY2, SY3, ME1 in Australia; SV2, IAD4-A in US) with ISO/IEC 27001:2005 Certification, N+1 redundancy, 24x7x365 staffed security, and biometric access controls.
- VSaaS.aistrategicAI-powered video surveillance collaboration announced at ISC West 2025. Combines edge AI, cloud infrastructure, and video surveillance for cost-effective security solutions with actionable insight.
- CloudCostrategicAI-powered video surveillance collaboration combining edge AI, cloud infrastructure, and video surveillance to deliver smarter security and actionable customer intelligence.
- ConfidentialMindcoreJoint launch of private hosted platform for enterprise generative AI applications. Combines OrionVM's MicroPoP with ConfidentialMind's AI-optimized Kubernetes platform. Reduces enterprise spending by up to 60% vs hyperscale environments. Available across US, Australia, and EMEA. Addresses finance, healthcare, and manufacturing sectors.
- BlaizecoreHosted AI inferencing environment powered by Blaize Graph Streaming Processors (GSPs). Blaize hardware and software available as cloud-hosted virtualized instances. Reduces power consumption and operational costs up to one-third vs GPU-heavy architectures. Targets video surveillance, facial recognition, medical imaging, and smart retail sectors.
- J-Squared TechnologiesstrategicHybrid edge-cloud partnership combining OrionVM's cloud technology with J-Squared's FALC-AI edge-native compute platforms. Targets construction, transportation, mining, and agriculture industries operating in harsh environments with limited connectivity.
- Polaris Data CentreregionalCo-launch of Queensland-based cloud solution using OrionVM's MicroPoP technology. BNE-1 is OrionVM's third data centre on Australian east coast after Sydney and Melbourne PoPs. Deployed under Polaris's ColoConneX brand.
- ELO Digital Office AustraliastandardCloud solution for enterprise content management and records management systems. Helps ANZ organizations embrace secure cloud environments for document management.
- DXN LimitedregionalDXN Cloud launched as Australia's first rack-to-cloud solution powered by OrionVM. Enables prefabricated modular data centre customers to access hybrid cloud through customizable cloud services.
- DATA3regionalStrategic partnership to bring D3 Cloud platform to market. Regional next-gen cloud platform serving MSPs and businesses looking to move from on-premise hardware to cloud.
- WatchGuardstandardWatchGuard UTM (Unified Threat Management) solutions integrated into OrionVM wholesale cloud platform. Enables channel partners to quickly gain cloud competencies with bundled security offerings.
- MegaportstandardPartnership with on-demand networking leader Megaport to expand APAC footprint via integration of elastic interconnect services. Enables partners to dynamically connect to cloud resources.
Scale indicators6 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights6 records
OrionVM competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Vultr: Vultr is a global IaaS provider offering cloud compute, storage, and GPUs with developer-friendly hourly pricing. Like OrionVM, it targets a cost-conscious alternative to AWS/Azure, but unlike OrionVM it sells direct rather than exclusively through channel partners.
- OVHcloud: OVHcloud is a European-headquartered IaaS and cloud provider operating its own global data centers at competitive price points. It overlaps with OrionVM in offering wholesale-grade, hyperscaler-priced-down infrastructure and supporting partner/reseller ecosystems.
- Hetzner: Hetzner is a low-cost dedicated server and cloud provider known for aggressive pricing versus AWS/Azure. Comparable to OrionVM in serving price-sensitive developers, MSPs, and SMBs seeking IaaS without hyperscaler premiums.
- DigitalOcean: DigitalOcean is a cloud IaaS provider focused on SMBs, developers, and ISVs with simple, predictable pricing well below hyperscalers. Like OrionVM, it competes on simplicity and cost-efficiency, though it sells direct rather than wholesale.
- Linode (Akamai): Linode, now part of Akamai, is a developer-focused IaaS provider offering VMs, GPUs, and object storage at competitive pricing. It is comparable to OrionVM's wholesale cloud platform in target buyer, product mix, and value-for-money positioning.
Emerging players
- CoreWeave: CoreWeave is a specialized GPU cloud provider built for AI training and inferencing workloads. It is comparable to OrionVM's AI Cloud Platform and GPU-as-a-Service offerings, especially around InfiniBand-powered GPU clusters for demanding AI workloads.
- Lambda Labs: Lambda is a GPU cloud and AI infrastructure provider focused on deep learning training and inference. Like OrionVM, it offers turnkey GPU compute for AI workloads, though it sells primarily direct rather than through a wholesale channel.
Regional players
- Equinix Metal: Equinix Metal provides bare-metal and interconnection services inside Equinix IBX data centers. OrionVM already runs inside Equinix facilities; Equinix Metal is a comparable global infrastructure platform with similar enterprise, channel, and bare-metal positioning.
Broad incumbents
- Microsoft Azure Stack: Azure Stack brings Microsoft's hyperscale cloud into on-premises and hybrid deployments via partners and SIs. It is comparable to OrionVM's MicroPoP and hybrid cloud model as a broad incumbent enabling private/hybrid Azure-equivalent environments for enterprises.
- AWS Outposts: AWS Outposts delivers AWS infrastructure and services into customer data centers through a fully managed hardware appliance model. Comparable to OrionVM's MicroPoP concept as a broad incumbent offering turnkey, on-premises cloud infrastructure.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
OrionVM social profiles
Digital presenceOrionVM compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance1 record
OrionVM financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
OrionVM leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles6 records
OrionVM funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds1 record
Investors1 record
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
OrionVM M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about OrionVM
What does OrionVM do?
OrionVM builds and operates a proprietary wholesale Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud platform sold 100% through channel partners under white-label arrangements, featuring Xen hypervisor, InfiniBand networking, and software-defined Layer 2 networking at 25–80% below AWS/Azure pricing. Its modular portfolio includes MicroPoP turnkey cloud appliances, GPU/AI-as-a-Service, S3-compatible Object Storage, Backup-as-a-Service, and Parallels Desktop-as-a-Service. Higher-value AI bundles include the Private Agentic AI Bundle (with Tenstorrent, BetterBrain, Equinix) and the OrionVM-ConfidentialMind Private Generative AI Platform.
Is OrionVM a public or private company?
OrionVM is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was OrionVM founded?
OrionVM was founded in 2009. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is OrionVM based?
OrionVM is headquartered in Sydney, Australia, in the Oceania region.
How does OrionVM make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. Cloud Infrastructure Services are the primary driver. The others are usage-based Compute and Storage, GPU as a Service and managed Cloud Appliance (MicroPoP).
Who are OrionVM's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Vultr, OVHcloud, Hetzner, DigitalOcean and Linode (Akamai). Emerging players are CoreWeave and Lambda Labs. Equinix Metal is listed as a regional player. Broad incumbents are Microsoft Azure Stack and AWS Outposts.
Does OrionVM have an API?
No public API is recorded for OrionVM.
What industry is OrionVM in?
OrionVM's product category is Cloud Infrastructure (Wholesale IaaS). Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDABAAAD, Managed Application Platforms (App PaaS & Runtime Services), with a secondary code of HDAAAAAB, AI Server Systems & HGX/Accelerator Platforms. Its NAICS code is 5182 and its SIC code is 7370.