---
title: "Ambient cloud"
description: "Sam Goodwin describes a cloud experience where credentials and accounts become available through one interface."
plain: "Sam Goodwin describes an ambient cloud: your accounts and credentials sit behind one login and a cloud wallet."
group: concept
terms:
  - "ambient cloud"
sources:
  - url: https://youtu.be/MtKHzAH6uXM?t=2580
    title: "Sam Goodwin - Alchemy - YouTube"
    publisher: "Sam Goodwin"
    note: "Ambient-cloud discussion; used for Sam's login and cloud-wallet framing."
    accessed: "2026-10-01"
---

# Ambient cloud

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At 43:00, Sam describes an ambient cloud: cloud accounts and credentials available through one Alchemy login.
He proposes a cloud wallet that manages API keys and cloud access. [Watch the moment](https://youtu.be/MtKHzAH6uXM?t=2580).

See [Sam Goodwin on Alchemy](/lore/devtools-fm-sam-goodwin-alchemy).

## Sources

1. [Sam Goodwin - Alchemy - YouTube](https://youtu.be/MtKHzAH6uXM?t=2580)
   Sam Goodwin. Ambient-cloud discussion; used for Sam's login and cloud-wallet framing. Accessed 2026-10-01.

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