01 · 1999 · PIXELS
Built to draw triangles.
The graphics processing unit arrives as a dedicated chip for 3D games. Its trick is doing thousands of small, identical calculations at the same time, one per pixel.
Asset class / Compute
GPUcompute.trade
Oil was measured in barrels. Electricity in kilowatt-hours. The resource behind modern AI is measured in GPU-hours, and it is bought and sold like any other commodity.
Chapter 01 / From pixels to parameters
How a gaming chip became a commodity.
02 · 2007 · PROGRAMMABLE
Graphics card, general computer.
CUDA lets developers program GPUs directly. Scientists start running physics, finance and biology on hardware designed for games.
__global__ void saxpy(int n, float a, float *x, float *y) { int i = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x; if (i < n) y[i] = a * x[i] + y[i]; } // one line, a million threads
03 · 2012 · NEURONS
Deep learning wakes up.
AlexNet, trained on two consumer GPUs, wins the ImageNet challenge by a wide margin. Neural networks and GPUs become inseparable.
04 · 2020s · SCALE
Compute becomes the bottleneck.
Frontier models train on clusters of thousands of GPUs. Access to compute decides who can build, and how fast.
05 · NEXT · THE EXCHANGE
Compute, priced by the hour.
Spot, reserved, forward. When a resource is scarce, standard and in demand, it gets a market. GPU compute is that resource.
Chapter 02 / The trading floor
What a compute market could look like.
Each instrument is one hour on one GPU. Buyers bid for capacity, data centres post asks, and the price settles in between.
Instruments ● Live
H100 · 80GB · SpotVol 0
$0.00USD / GPU·hr+0.00%
Order book H100
PriceGPU·hrTotal
$0.000spread 0.0%
Simulated data for illustration only. Not live prices, not an offer to trade.
Chapter 03 / Reading the name
GPUcompute.trade
GPU compute
Processing power from graphics processors, rented by the hour to train and run AI models, render films, and simulate everything from proteins to weather.
.trade
To buy, sell or exchange. A marketplace. The place where supply meets demand and a price is discovered.
| Domain | gpucompute.trade |
|---|---|
| Length | 16 characters · 3 plain-English words |
| Reads as | "GPU compute trade" |
| Category | AI infrastructure · Marketplaces · Fintech |
| Search intent | Rent GPU · buy compute · GPU price per hour |
| Fits | Exchange · broker · reseller · index · DePIN |
| Status | Available for acquisition |
Scarce resourceDemand for GPUs outpaces supply.
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Standard unitOne GPU for one hour, comparable anywhere.
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A marketAnd every market needs a name. This is it.
Chapter 04 / Who should own it
One name, many trading floors.
GPU rental marketplace
Match idle data-centre capacity with teams that need it today.
NAME FIT92
Compute exchange & index
Spot and forward contracts, a reference price, an API for quants.
NAME FIT96
Broker & reseller
Negotiate reserved clusters for AI labs and enterprises.
NAME FIT88
Decentralised compute
A DePIN network where anyone can sell GPU time and get paid.
NAME FIT90
Chapter 05 / Closing bell
Compute is the new commodity.
Every commodity has a trading floor. This one still needs a name on the door.