Built in Montana. For the Long Game.
CubCloud AI is a sovereign AI infrastructure and services company headquartered in Missoula, Montana.
Our Story
Montana has always been built by people who do things themselves. Ranchers who run their own land. Builders who own their own equipment. Businesses that aren't beholden to distant corporations for the infrastructure they depend on.
We applied that same philosophy to AI.
When we looked at the GPU cloud market, we saw an industry dominated by a handful of coastal hyperscalers offering shared infrastructure, opaque pricing, and no meaningful answer to where your data actually lives. For regulated industries — healthcare, finance, government, telecom — that's not just inconvenient. It's a compliance liability.
And when we looked at the AI tools market, we saw products built for Silicon Valley enterprises — not for the rancher who wants AI to help manage his herd, or the Missoula boutique that wants to automate customer communications, or the rural cooperative trying to modernize with a modest budget.
So we built both. Dedicated NVIDIA GPU infrastructure for organizations that need sovereign compute. And AI products — CubDen, CubCode, CubPlay, agentic systems, RAG — that make that infrastructure useful for businesses of every size.
CubCloud AI was founded by Joshua Rhines, Brandon Smith, Joshua Nowak, and Drew Surratt, and is headquartered at 400 West Broadway St, Suite 102 in Missoula.
The CubCloud Ecosystem
- CubCloud AI — The innovation and services arm. CubDen, CubCode, CubPlay, agentic AI, RAG, consulting, and custom development.
- CubCloud Campus — The infrastructure arm. Physical data center operations, GPU fleet management, and colocation services.
- CubCloud Community (Nonprofit) — The community investment arm. 15% of profits reinvested into Montana AI education, workforce development, and community programs.
Our Mission
To build the foundation of Montana's AI future — and to prove that world-class AI infrastructure and AI tools can be built, operated, and owned locally, in service of the communities they power.
Founding Team
Joshua Rhines
CEO & Founder
Joshua founded CubCloud AI with the conviction that every Montana business deserves access to sovereign, world-class AI — regardless of size, budget, or technical sophistication. His path to AI infrastructure runs through an unlikely background: professional audio recording. Joshua spent years engineering and producing studio-quality recordings, developing a practitioner's instinct for the relationship between hardware, signal, and output quality — an instinct that translates directly to GPU infrastructure. He leads CubCloud's strategy, business development, and enterprise relationships, and serves as a founding member of the MontanAI Alliance. Joshua is active in the Montana High Tech Business Alliance, the MontanAI Alliance, and the Missoula Area Chamber of Commerce.
Brandon Smith
CTO & Co-Founder
Brandon Smith is the CTO of CubCloud AI — the Montana born organization developing micro AI processing centers in Montana, for Montana businesses, schools, facilities, and non-profits.
As a Chief Technology Officer and film director, Brandon operates at the intersection of creative and technical disciplines. His work spans the creation and development of blockchain technologies and autonomous robotics, alongside the writing and directing of several feature films — plus contributions to over 30 others, including classics such as Austin Powers, Blade, The Lord of the Rings, and many more.
Beyond technology and entertainment, Brandon has taught at multiple universities — including Salish Kootenai College and the University of Montana — in the areas of technology, leadership, and film production.
Joshua Nowak
CIO & Co-Founder
Joshua Nowak brings a background in software and streaming technology to CubCloud through his work founding and leading ZestStream LLC. His experience building software products and navigating the technical and commercial complexity of streaming infrastructure gives CubCloud a practitioner's perspective on the convergence of real-time compute, software delivery, and end-user experience. Title and specific role at CubCloud to be confirmed.
Drew Surratt
Executive Community Officer & Co-Founder
MontanAI Alliance
CubCloud is the founding organization of the MontanAI Alliance, a 501(c)(6) advocacy organization dedicated to building Montana's AI infrastructure ecosystem and shaping Montana's AI policy ahead of the 2027 legislative session.
Community Involvement
Active members of MHTBA and participants in the MHTBA AI Task Force. We host and participate in Higherland networking events, business roundtables, and community AI education sessions.
Locations
Command Center: 400 West Broadway St, Suite 102 · Missoula, MT 59801 — Walk-ins welcome.
Contact
General inquiries: joshua@cubcloud.ai
Sales & partnerships: joshua@cubcloud.ai
Press & media: joshua@cubcloud.ai
Phone: 406-241-5395
Hours: Monday – Friday, 8am – 6pm Mountain Time