Upon further digging there is a parent LLC[1] which I presume is the one predati...

bauruine · 2024-12-18T14:43:44 1734533024

They where using the brand Choopa before vultr which was a thing since at least 2001. [0]

EDIT: News about their brand consolidation [1]

[0]: https://web.archive.org/web/20010405033628/http://choopa.com...

[1]: https://www.constant.com/transition-to-vultr/

naiv · 2024-12-18T17:43:43 1734543823

Good old memories working in the adult industry

rmorey · 2024-12-18T16:09:12 1734538152

You seem to be getting downvoted, but as a former Vultr employee I can confirm this is correct

simonw · 2024-12-18T15:04:24 1734534264

https://www.gameservers.com/corporate/article/27/Clan-Server...

June 20, 2006: "Clan Servers Announces New Identity and Launch of GameServers.com"

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-aninowsky-b1241924/ shows current role as Founder/Executive ChairmanFounder/Executive Chairman, Vultr, but also lists CEO/FounderCEO/Founder GameServers.com Mar 2003 - Feb 2021

(As someone who played a bunch of TFC, UT, Quake 3 and Counter-Strike back around the turn of the century it's fun to see someone from that world who rode the wave all the way to modern GPU hosting.)

wut42 · 2024-12-18T14:41:48 1734532908

it was Choopa before being Vultr. They had other brands. Current holding has renamed to "The Constant Company" or something.

nickdothutton · 2024-12-18T14:48:17 1734533297

All of this just makes me suspicious, perhaps unnecessarily so. I'm old enough to remember ENRON stashing a load of debt in their various "Raptor" LLCs before the final implosion.

wut42 · 2024-12-18T18:21:41 1734546101

I get you! In this case it was mostly legitimate. Each brand had a segment; just like Vultr had the cloud segment. It only ate the other ones.

I don't see why Constant exist now tho that it's all Vultr.