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TensorDock 推出 GPU 云,最低 $0.29/小时,7 个月测试版后上线;Show HN 获 147 分
一家源自波士顿加密货币挖矿机的 GPU 云厂商,以 $0.29/小时起的价格出售数据中心 GPU,支持可调整大小的虚拟机;其 2022-07-28 Show HN 获得了 147 分。
TensorDock
做的是什么生意
TensorDock rents GPU and CPU virtual machines for machine learning — from $0.29/hour for an NVIDIA RTX 4000 up through V100s, A100s and ten GPU types — on its own hardware plus resold capacity from large data-center partners, with a REST API, community CLI and, later, a marketplace where hosts list their own compute.
起因
TensorDock started as the founders' own crypto-mining operation just outside Boston. When wholesale consumers approached in 2020 during pandemic surges, they added business internet and power backups and found themselves running a rudimentary office data center, with reseller sites selling on their fully-owned hardware. Boston electricity at $0.23/kWh pushed them toward cheaper tier-3/4 data centers, and the founders set out to build a platform that combined the functionality of large clouds with pricing somewhere between a dedicated server and the big clouds.
经过
After about seven months in beta, Core Cloud launched on 2022-07-28 with GPU VMs deployable in 45 seconds: CPU-only servers from $0.027/hour, RTX 4000s from $0.29/hour and Tesla V100s from $0.52/hour, across three US locations (New York, Chicago, Las Vegas). Differentiators included storage-only billing when a VM is stopped ($0.073/GB/month), editing a VM after creation — for example downsizing an A6000 to an A5000 without recreating it — 3x-replicated NVMe network storage, 10 Gbps networking, ready ML images, a REST API and a community CLI. In the thread the founders said they owned hardware in Boston and at Equinix Singapore and resold capacity from four large 1,000+ GPU operators, and they planned a marketplace launching later in August where hosts running OpenStack would set prices and customers would deploy directly.
结果
TensorDock is still operating: the homepage fetched on 2026-09-05 sells GPU cloud globally — H100s from $2.25/hour, up to 30,000 GPUs through close partners across 100+ locations, instant VMs in beta and a host marketplace where independent suppliers set prices — evidence the marketplace bet materialized.
背景
TensorDock 始于波士顿郊外的加密货币挖矿业务。2020 年疫情期间批发客户联系创始人,设备增加了商业互联网和电源备份,变成一个简单办公数据中心,其完全拥有的硬件已被经销商网站出租。
押注点是机器学习团队希望以专用服务器价格获得大型云功能。经过七个月的测试版,创始人于 2022-07-28 推出 Core Cloud,GPU 虚拟机 45 秒内可部署——RTX 4000 从 $0.29/小时,V100 从 $0.52/小时,十种 GPU 类型,美国三个地点——以及大型云让人头疼的功能:停止虚拟机时仅存储计费,调整实例大小(例如 A6000 到 A5000)无需重建。
Show HN 于 2022-07-28 获得 147 分和 52 条评论。评论者将 TensorDock 与 Lambda Labs、Coreweave 和 Paperspace 在五种 GPU 类型上进行比较,提出关于转售硬件安全性的尖锐问题,几位表示当周末注册;创始人回答说他们在波士顿和新加坡拥有硬件,转售四个 1000+ GPU 运营商的容量,并计划允许主机方设定价格的市场。
市场押注已实现:2026-09-05 抓取的主页将 TensorDock 描述为独立主机竞争价格的市场,提供高达 30,000 个 GPU,通过 100+ 地点的紧密合作伙伴提供,H100 从 $2.25/小时起,消费级 GPU 从 $0.12/小时起,即时虚拟机以及 CPU 云。
这件事要成立,得有什么
- 出身是真实基础设施而非空谈:拥有的挖矿硬件已成为付费数据中心,为低于专用服务器和超大规模云的价格提供单位经济性。
- 切入点是开发者灵活性:可调整虚拟机、网络存储、仅存储计费和 45 秒部署解决了为 GPU 工作负载调整规模时迁移数据的痛点。
- 有日期的吸引力:2022-07-28 的 Show HN 获得 147 分和 52 条评论,评论者逐卡比较价格,数人承诺尝试该服务。
- 双边市场消除了资本支出上限:合作伙伴提供 1000+ GPU 机队,TensorDock 提供软件,类似“计算领域的亚马逊”,无需购买每台机器。
可借鉴之处
将自有未充分利用的硬件转化为服务可为小型玩家提供相对超大规模云的价格优势,而添加主机市场则可以在不增加自身资本支出的情况下扩展供应。
后续进展
截至 2026-09-05,TensorDock 仍在运营:其主页宣传“适用于所有 AI 的实惠 GPU 服务器”,H100 从 $2.25/小时起,消费级 GPU 从 $0.12/小时起,45 种 GPU 型号,即时虚拟机处于测试阶段,以及 CPU 云,作为跨越 20+ 国家 100+ 地点的独立主机市场运营,通过合作伙伴提供高达 30,000 个 GPU,并列出 airgpu、ELBO 和 Creavite 为客户。2022 年的 Show HN 记录了发布状态:45 秒部署、十种 GPU SKU、美国三个地点、仅存储计费以及计划于 2022 年 8 月下旬推出的市场。
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