Hi, guys!
This is Carl, co-founder of Thunder Compute.
After going through YC this summer and two years of building we're thrilled to show off our product. ⚡
Thunder Compute is the best way for scrappy teams to get cloud GPUs for AI/ML. Our mission is to give everyone access to the top-of-the-line hardware used by frontier labs like OpenAI.
✨ Why Thunder Compute?
1. Thunder Compute has the world's cheapest GPUs. By over 40%. For example, the lowest-cost budget providers today sell NVIDIA A100s for ~$700/month. We sell the same GPU for $415/month.
2. Thunder Compute has a dead-simple user experience. With our templates, it only takes a few clicks to start up an instance pre-installed with your AI tools. We provide simple GUI and CLI options for users to create instances without the complexity of AWS.
3. We have active support and a great community. If anything goes wrong, you can directly message our team on Discord (https://discord.gg/nwuETS9jJK). This may seem trivial, but the same service on AWS costs thousands of dollars per month. I promise it will come in handy when you're troubleshooting the latest Flux-v158.23 model and the docs are in German.
💸 How are you so cheap? The price seems too good to be true.
We invented a new type of GPU virtualization which eliminates idle time, using each GPU 6x more efficiently. This lets us undercut all of our competitors while sourcing GPUs from data centers with top-tier reliability (AWS and GCP).
🔮 What's Next?
Today, Thunder Compute is optimized for development workflows. Over time we plan to build out tooling for production inference and large-scale training.
🚀 Get Started Today!
If you are an indie dev or work with a small startup, Thunder Compute is the best cloud platform for your next project. Try out Thunder today with $20/month of free credit.
Congratulations on the launch of Thunder Compute! This offering addresses the significant cost barrier for individuals and teams looking to self-host AI and machine learning projects effectively.
What specific optimizations do you employ to achieve cost savings on GPU usage without compromising performance or reliability for user s?
Amazing product, i've been recommending Thunder Compute to all companies who have asked for recommendations on GPUs
About Thunder Compute (YC S24) on Product Hunt
“Self-host AI/ML with the world's cheapest GPU cloud”
Thunder Compute (YC S24) launched on Product Hunt on February 25th, 2025 and earned 116 upvotes and 10 comments, placing #17 on the daily leaderboard. Get your hands dirty with the same GPUs powering OpenAI, virtualized to save 40% beyond even the cheapest budget options.
Thunder Compute (YC S24) was featured in SaaS (41.6k followers), Artificial Intelligence (466.5k followers) and Data Science (3.8k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 128.8k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Thunder Compute (YC S24)?
Thunder Compute (YC S24) was hunted by Carl Peterson. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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