Hyperbolic Labs is backed for $20M

But WTF is that?

Let me unbox it with IRL examples

@hyperbolic_labs is like Airbnb for GPUs, but instead of renting rooms, you rent powerful GPU rigs (H100s, RTX 4090s), super fast and way cheaper than AWS.

But who needs it?

- College coding a project

- Solo dev launching an app

- Researcher training big AI models

Real‑life example:

Imagine you need a kitchen to bake 1,000 cookies.

Buying ovens is expensive & limited.

AWS - super expensive rental.

Hyperbolic is Uber‑kitchen - rent ovens on demand, pay hourly, save $$$.

Their stack:

• Serverless Inference

hit run‑button, spin Llama‑3 or Diffusion, get output without setup hassle.

• On‑Demand GPU rentals

click, deploy H100s at ~$0.99/hr (up to 3‑10× cheaper)

• Reserved Clusters

need 24/7 ovens? Lock in dedicated rigs via clear hourly pricing (no heavy sales ping‑pong)

• Verification (Proof‑of‑Sampling)

everyone trusts no smoke‑and‑mirrors in how AI was served

Another metaphor:

They’re building an AI Rainforest - diverse, open, alive.

You plant ideas (your models), it grows together, others benefit, you get rewarded

Why it matters:

• Save money (up to 75% cheaper than legacy clouds)

• Speed is real (spin up in ~60 s, no paperwork)

• Open access (for hobbyists, students, small teams, researchers)

Why it looks so good ?

• They’re backed by Variant & Polychain

• Followed by 424 Moni Smarts

• Serving Hugging Face, Stanford, NYU, Cornell & more

The GPU cloud that doesn’t care if you're a big corp or solo grinder