‍Setting the Stage: Innovation Takes the Spotlight at SuiFest

At SuiFest 2025, builders from around the world took the stage to showcase what’s next for Web3. Among them was Flashback, pitched on stage by Co-Founder Zac Steele, whose vision for the future of multi-cloud infrastructure earned the top investment award at Sui Tank 2025 — a live pitch competition judged by Kevin O’Leary and Mysten Labs co-founders Adeniyi Abiodun and Kostas Chalkias.

Hosted by the Sui Foundation, Sui Tank brought together the brightest founders in emerging tech to pitch live in front of thousands. The event turned high-stakes pitching into an opportunity to get feedback from some of the most recognizable names around and some funding.

Flashback’s Vision: Federating the Cloud

Flashback is redefining how organizations manage and optimize data across multiple cloud environments. Instead of locking users into a single provider, Flashback enables unified multi-cloud orchestration — allowing data to flow intelligently between cloud providers such as AWS, Google Cloud, and decentralized networks like Walrus.

The platform helps companies reduce cost, improve reliability, and maintain data sovereignty, while using agentic AI to dynamically recommend and automate decisions about where data should live and how it should move.

As part of its broader mission, Flashback also serves as a universal gateway for AI and cloud services. It gives enterprises unified access to models and infrastructure through one intelligent interface for deploying, scaling, and optimizing workloads anywhere.

This vision resonated strongly with the judges, who recognized how Flashback’s approach could redefine how businesses interact with cloud infrastructure in an AI-driven world.

Earning the Top Investment

Competing against four other teams at Sui Tank, Flashback was awarded the highest possible investment amount and strong endorsement from the judging panel.

The recognition highlights Flashback’s strong product-market fit and its relevance to the broader Web3 ecosystem, where scalability, composability, and performance are core values. The competition not only tested pitching skills but also rewarded teams that demonstrated tangible value to real-world builders.

Strengthening Ties with the Sui Ecosystem

Winning at Sui Tank reinforces Flashback’s commitment to building within Web3 and AI ecosystems. The competition underscored how Sui’s growing developer community, focus on innovation, and open collaboration create the ideal environment for companies like Flashback to accelerate adoption and expand integrations

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Flashback’s federated approach to cloud management complements the technical direction of Sui’s network — emphasizing interoperability, performance, and user autonomy across digital infrastructure.

What’s Next for Flashback

This milestone marks a new chapter in Flashback’s journey toward open and intelligent cloud infrastructure. Following the recognition at SuiFest, the team is focusing on:

• Launching new agentic automation features for dynamic data routing.
• Expanding multi-provider analytics dashboards for cross-cloud insights.
• Developing its AI Engine, enabling access to multiple AI models through one API for greater enterprise control, cost efficiency, and compliance.

Zac Steele, Co-Founder of Flashback, said the team’s goal is to make cloud orchestration as simple, efficient, and intelligent as possible, bridging AI and infrastructure through a unified control layer.

Key Takeaways

• Flashback won the top investment award at Sui Tank 2025, judged by Kevin O’Leary and Mysten Labs founders.
• Recognized for leading innovation in multi-cloud orchestration and AI-native data infrastructure.
• Strengthens collaboration within the Sui ecosystem and showcases the potential of federated cloud models.
• Reinforces Flashback’s mission to simplify and unify global cloud management for businesses worldwide.
• Established its role as a universal gateway connecting AI and cloud ecosystems worldwide.

About Flashback

Flashback Inc. builds intelligent infrastructure tools that connect, automate, and optimize data across multiple cloud environments. The platform enables companies to achieve greater control, efficiency, and resilience by combining cloud-agnostic architecture with AI-driven insights — all within a unified control layer.

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