OpenRelay

Artificial Intelligence · AI Compute & Inference

Overview

OpenRelay provides hosted model inference and dedicated GPU VMs, with per-token and usage-based pricing.

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Y Combinator
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News

Blog 2 months ago
Gemma 4 Optimization with Agentic Kernel Engineering
How OpenRelay's kernel agents got 1.5x more traffic out of each AMD MI355X serving Gemma 4 31B, at the same latency target and the same accuracy. We are open-sourcing all of it.
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Blog 2 months ago
orl 0.4: GPU pods, VM sizing, and spend in the OpenRelay CLI
orl 0.4 adds GPU pods, VM sizing checks before launch, per-VM burn rates, and expedited batch inference. Install it and rent a GPU from your terminal.
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Blog 3 months ago
AI Best Practices: Cutting LLM Pipeline Costs Without Losing Quality
Two changes that cut most LLM pipeline bills 3-10x: right-size the model so a 20B screens the easy majority, and cache the shared prefix so repeated system prompts bill at one tenth the rate.
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Blog 5 months ago
OpenRelay is Backed by Y Combinator
We're building the CDN of inference: a distributed GPU network that makes fast, affordable, fault-tolerant AI compute available to everyone. Here's why, and what comes next.
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Blog 7 months ago
How One Team Cut $4,000/mo in Vercel Build Costs with OpenRelay Runners
Replacing Vercel's build infrastructure with OpenRelay self-hosted GitHub runners saved $4,000/month in build minutes: with faster builds and zero config overhead.
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Blog 10 months ago
The Environmental Case for Distributed GPU Computing
Why reusing existing consumer GPUs for AI inference is greener than building new data centers. The environmental argument for distributed networks.
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Blog 10 months ago
Next-Gen GPUs Explained: H200, GB200, B200, MI300X for AI Inference
A complete guide to NVIDIA H200, GB200 NVL72, B200, and AMD MI300X GPUs. Specs, pricing, availability, and when each GPU makes sense for your AI workloads.
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Blog 10 months ago
Distributed GPU Inference Explained: How Overlay Networks Power Fault-Tolerant AI
How distributed GPU inference works, why overlay networks enable automatic failover, and how OpenRelay built a fault-tolerant inference platform on consumer hardware.
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Blog 10 months ago
How to Reduce LLM Inference Costs by 80% in 2026
Practical strategies to cut your GPU inference bill: from right-sizing GPUs and quantization to distributed inference on consumer hardware.
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Blog 10 months ago
Best GPU Cloud for LLM Inference in 2026: Complete Guide
Compare the top GPU cloud providers for LLM inference. Side-by-side analysis of OpenRelay, RunPod, Vast.ai, Lambda, AWS, and GCP for models from 7B to 70B parameters.
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
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Hiring now
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Countries
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San Francisco United States
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