San Francisco Compute – 512 H100s at <$2/hr for research and startups

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San Francisco Compute provides access to a 512 H100 GPU cluster designed for startups and researchers training large generative models. Users can rent compute capacity on flexible short-term allocations without long-term contracts or upfront annual payments, paying less than $2 per hour per H100. The service targets teams that need bursty compute resources for tasks like training generative AI models, offering the flexibility previously available only to large research labs.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

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In the maker’s words, at launch

Hey folks! We're Alex and Evan, and we're working on putting together a 512 H100 compute cluster for startups and researchers to train large generative models on. - it runs at the lowest possible margins (<$2.00&#x2F;hr per H100) - designed for bursty training runs, so you can take say 128 H100s for a week - you…

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