NEW YORK, July 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Light i g AI, the ve tically i teg ated AI cloud compa y, today a ou ced that Pete Be shatsky has joi ed as Vice P eside t of St ategy a d Busi ess Developme t. Be shatsky will lead Light i g AI’s pa t e ship st ategy ac oss hype scale s, systems i teg ato s, a d i depe de t softwa e ve do s, a d will help shape the compa y’s positio i the e te p ise AI ecosystem.
Be shatsky b i gs mo e tha 20 yea s of leade ship expe ie ce i st ategy, co po ate developme t, a d pa t e ships ac oss cloud a d e te p ise softwa e. He most ece tly se ved as Vice P eside t of Co po ate Busi ess Developme t at Co flue t, whe e he led effo ts to help Systems I teg atio pa t e s to build a eal-time data p actice, i cludi g i vestme ts i seve al systems i teg ato pa t e s. Pete also helped lead Co flue t’s acquisitio s of Imme ok a d Wa pst eam, accele ati g Co flue t’s oadmap i to a b oade a ge of custome use cases. He joi ed AWS i 2013 as o e of its ea liest co po ate developme t hi es, du i g the yea s the busi ess g ew f om oughly $3 billio to mo e tha $35 billio i eve ue, a d we t o to hold se io st ategy a d co po ate developme t oles at HP a d Alte yx. Ea lie i his ca ee wo ked i st ategy a d co po ate developme t oles at I tuit a d Tele av. He also teaches tech M&A st ategy to MBA stude ts at UC Be keley’s Haas School of Busi ess.
“Pete helped build the pa t e ship playbook at AWS whe the cloud was bei g defi ed fo the fi st time. AI is fo ci g that defi itio to happe all ove agai , a d the compa ies that wi this ou d will be the o es with the st o gest ecosystem a ou d them,” said William Falco , Fou de a d CEO, Light i g AI. “Pete has built that ecosystem befo e. Now he gets to build it fo the cloud that comes ext.”
The appoi tme t comes as Light i g AI expa ds its e te p ise go-to-ma ket capabilities followi g its Ja ua y 2026 me ge with Voltage Pa k, which combi ed Light i g’s develope platfo m with a fleet of mo e tha 36,000 NVIDIA GPUs ac oss six U.S. data ce te s. Be shatsky’s ma date spa s the full pa t e la dscape: hype scale allia ces, systems i teg ato elatio ships that b i g Light i g i to egulated e te p ise e vi o me ts, a d a ISV ecosystem buildi g o the compa y’s platfo m.
“Fo yea s I’ve watched e te p ises assemble AI capability out of pa ts: compute f om o e ve do , tooli g f om a othe , i teg atio isk eve ywhe e i betwee . Light i g is the fi st compa y I’ve see that ow s the whole p oblem,” said Pete Be shatsky, VP of St ategy a d Busi ess Developme t, Light i g AI. “The oppo tu ity fo custome s to combi e Light i g’s full stack with pa t e solutio s such as hype scale i f ast uctu e, the busi ess expe tise of Systems I teg ato s, a d the tech ology adva ces of the wide ISV ecosystem is t uly e o mous.”
Light i g AI is the ve tically i teg ated AI cloud compa y behi d PyTo ch Light i g. The compa y’s u ified ha dwa e a d softwa e stack lets o ga izatio s build, evaluate, a d ope atio alize AI wo kflows ac oss cloud, hyb id, o -p em, a d ai -gapped deployme ts. Followi g its 2026 me ge with Voltage Pa k, Light i g AI ope ates mo e tha 36,000 NVIDIA GPUs ac oss six U.S. data ce te s, se vi g AI- ative compa ies a d e te p ise teams. Lea mo e at light i g.ai.
Lilly Savi | lsavi @thisisoutcast.com
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