Silicon Data

What Silicon Data does

Silicon Data (legal entity Silicon Derivatives, Inc.) is a New York-headquartered GPU market intelligence platform founded in 2024. The company aggregates GPU pricing data across hyperscalers, neoclouds, brokers, and marketplaces, applying normalization across machine specs, interconnect, region, and contract terms to publish standardized daily indices, forward curves, performance benchmarks, carbon models, and token-economics datasets. Its core platform, SiliconNavigator™, provides tiered access (Market Pulse, Regional Pricing Feed, Instance-level Intelligence) covering 50 GPU chipsets with up to 8 years of historical data, while adjacent modules include SiliconIndex™ (with the SDH100RT published on Bloomberg), SiliconMark™ (vendor-neutral benchmarking), SiliconPriceIQ™ (AI-driven forecasting), SiliconCarbon™ (carbon footprint modeling), GPU Forward Curve (36-month no-arbitrage term structure), and Token Market Pulse / Token Pricebook covering 142+ LLM models. The company claims 3.5M+ aggregated data points, coverage of 95% of neocloud providers and 100% of major hyperscalers, and a client base of 500+ enterprise, financial, and semiconductor firms including several top-20 asset managers.

The platform architecture combines a proprietary data collection and normalization pipeline with financial-grade index methodology, validated against independent oversight and distributed natively through Bloomberg Terminal, Refinitiv (via dxFeed), Kaiko, and direct REST API access. The technology stack spans structured time-series data ingestion, code-based benchmark execution (SiliconMark), no-arbitrage curve construction, and AI-driven predictive analytics, with the GPU Forward Curve representing a methodological extension of sovereign yield and commodity curve construction applied to compute rentals.

Silicon Data monetizes through a hybrid model: a $499/month self-serve base portal subscription with module-based add-ons (Market Trends, GPU Forward Curve, Token Market Pulse, Token Pricebook, GPU Index Feed, GPU Pricing by Country, GPU Pricing — Raw Data); three-tier SiliconNavigator™ subscriptions scaling from entry-level Market Pulse to full instance-level intelligence for quant and allocator use cases; enterprise licensing of standardized indices via Bloomberg, Refinitiv, and direct API; and forward-dated compute futures economics anchored on its CME Group partnership. GTM is multi-motion: self-serve PLG with 7-day trial, enterprise field sales, API-first distribution, channel partnerships (Bloomberg, Refinitiv, dxFeed, Kaiko, CME), and event-driven moments around NVIDIA GTC and major index launches. The company is backed by $4.7M in seed funding co-led by DRW and Jump Trading Group (May 2025), and counts CME Group, Bloomberg, Refinitiv, Kaiko, NVIDIA, and TSMC among its strategic partners.

Name

Silicon Data

Legal name

Silicon Derivatives, Inc.

Website

https://www.silicondata.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Silicon Data is a GPU market intelligence platform that aggregates pricing, performance benchmarks, and forward curves across hyperscalers, neoclouds, and brokers, publishing standardized indices (e.g., SDH100RT on Bloomberg) for financial institutions, AI compute buyers, and data centers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Silicon Data Portal Subscription: Recurring SaaS subscription at $499/month for base portal access with SiliconIndex, market direction tracking, PriceIQ predictive modeling, daily index values, NeoCloud vs Hyperscaler comparison, SiliconCarbon, and PDF performance reports; billed monthly with optional add-on modules (Market Trends, GPU Forward Curve, Token Market Pulse, Token Pricebook, GPU Index Feed, GPU Pricing by Country, GPU Pricing - Raw Data).
2. Tiered Data Subscriptions (SiliconNavigator™): Three-tier recurring subscriptions — Level 1 Market Pulse (free/entry), Level 2 Deep Pricing Feed (analyst/buyer), Level 3 Full Asset Intelligence (quant/allocator) — combining portal dashboard, API access, and CSV downloads of GPU pricing data; daily data volume scales from 50 to 2,000 average daily rows per tier.
3. Index Licensing & Data Distribution: Licensing of GPU price indices (SDH100RT, A100, B200, Hyperscaler) and historical archives via Bloomberg Terminal, Refinitiv (through dxFeed), and direct API access for internal use or product creation by financial institutions and enterprises.
4. Raw Data Delivery (GPU Pricing - Raw Data): Flat file and API delivery of structured, machine-readable GPU and accelerator pricing datasets (~30,000 rows daily) with provider-level granularity and benchmark/market activity data for enterprise and fintech clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion5 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Silicon Data operates a GPU compute market intelligence platform that aggregates 3.5M+ pricing data points across hyperscalers, neo-clouds, brokers, and marketplaces. It publishes standardized daily GPU price indices (SDH100RT, SDA100RT, SDB200RT), performance benchmarks, forward curves, token pricing datasets, and carbon footprint models, delivered via a self-serve web portal, REST API, and distribution through Bloomberg Terminal, Refinitiv, and Kaiko.

Product overview

Silicon Data operates a unified GPU compute intelligence platform-plus-modules architecture, anchored by the core SiliconNavigator™ market intelligence platform and extended through a portfolio of named sub-products: SiliconMark™ (benchmarking), SiliconIndex™ (standardized pricing indices such as SDH100RT and SDB200RT), SiliconPriceIQ™ (AI-powered pricing optimization and forecasts), SiliconCarbon™ (carbon footprint calculation), GPU Forward Curve (term-structure forward pricing), RAM Index, Token Market Pulse, and Token Pricebook. Customers access the offering via Silicon Data Portal Access (base package, $499/month) and unlock additional modules (Market Trends, GPU Forward Curve, Token Market Pulse, Token Pricebook, GPU Index Feed, GPU Pricing by Country, GPU Pricing – Raw Data) on top. Distribution of standardized indices extends through Bloomberg, Refinitiv, and Kaiko, with dxFeed providing market-data infrastructure and index management integration; Silicon Data's GPU indices also underpin CME Group's first compute futures contracts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SiliconNavigator™: Real-time GPU pricing and market intelligence platform providing tiered access to GPU rental and sales pricing data across clouds, brokers, and GPU design houses.
• SiliconMark™
• SiliconIndex™
• SiliconPriceIQ™
• SiliconCarbon™
• GPU Forward Curve

Products and services

• SiliconNavigator™ Core GPU pricing and market intelligence platform that aggregates 100+ data sources across cloud, marketplace, and bare-metal channels to surface GPU compute pricing, availability, configuration, and historical trends for compute buyers, sellers, and investors. Provides tiered access (Level 1 Market Pulse, Level 2 Deep Pricing Feed, Level 3 Full Asset Intelligence) with up to 8 years of historical data and API/portal delivery.
• SiliconMark™ Vendor-neutral GPU benchmarking solution that executes standardized workloads (FP32, FP16, memory bandwidth, GPU/cluster/LLM performance) to measure real-world performance, detect drift and variability over time, and produce benchmark certificates and a public scoreboard for cross-provider comparison. Supports pricing analytics, SLAs, and procurement validation.
• SiliconIndex™ (Silicon Data Indices: SDH100RT, SDA100RT, SDB200RT, Hyperscaler Indices) Standardized, exchange-grade GPU price indexing service delivering chip-agnostic indices including the H100 Rental Index (SDH100RT, on Bloomberg), A100 Index (SDA100RT), B200 Index (SDB200RT), and A100/H100 Hyperscaler Rental Indices. Built with disclosed normalization methodology, outlier removal, and independent validation for institutional financial use.
• SiliconPriceIQ™ AI-powered GPU pricing optimization and predictive analytics engine that forecasts rental market trends and prices across 100+ data sources, predicting pricing by model, configuration, region, and rental term (on-demand, reserved, spot). Recommends optimal rental, reservation, and purchasing decisions for compute buyers and sellers, with daily updates and REST API access.
• SiliconCarbon™ Real-time carbon footprint calculator for GPU-intensive compute workflows that quantifies emissions (kgCO2e) per job/chip/hour/region using regional grid intensity, GPU TDP/power draw, and workload inputs. Supports carbon-aware workload placement, sustainability reporting, and ESG mandates for financed AI infrastructure portfolios. Delivered via web tool and enterprise API.
• GPU Forward Curve Term-structure pricing product that derives implied forward rates for GPU rentals using no-arbitrage methodology across monthly and quarterly tenors over a 36-month horizon. Supports swap pricing, covenant modeling, parametric insurance triggers, hedging, contract structuring, and risk management for hyperscalers, neoclouds, and financial institutions.
• Silicon Data Portal Access Base subscription package priced at $499/month with a 7-day trial, providing entry to the SiliconNavigator dashboard, daily index values, 90-day historical, market direction tracking, PriceIQ predictive modeling, NeoCloud vs Hyperscaler comparison, SiliconCarbon, and PDF performance reports. Add-on modules (Market Trends, GPU Forward Curve, Token Market Pulse, Token Pricebook, GPU Index Feed, GPU Pricing by Country, GPU Pricing - Raw Data) are available for additional fees.
• RAM Index Tracks GDDR6 price-per-GB as a complement to GPU pricing intelligence, providing visibility into GPU memory cost trends.
• Token Market Pulse Daily-updated view of model token pricing across major providers, tracking 142+ LLM models with standardized pricing, cost/adoption/momentum panels, lifecycle coverage (active/legacy/deprecated), and price-performance and market-share views for AI model economics.
• Token Pricebook Unified, financial-grade standard for AI model economics covering 142+ models, enabling consistent comparison and benchmarking of token pricing across providers and modalities.
• GPU Pricing - Raw Data Flat file and API delivery of structured, machine-readable GPU and accelerator pricing datasets with approximately 30,000 rows daily, provider-level granularity, and benchmark/market activity data for enterprise and fintech clients.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability6 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• ProSharescoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 16 June 2026Within days of CME Group and Silicon Data's compute futures announcement, ProShares filed a proposal with the SEC for an exchange-traded fund tied to the proposed compute futures contracts, signaling early investor demand for AI compute as a tradeable asset class.
• Rex SharescoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 16 June 2026Within days of CME Group and Silicon Data's compute futures announcement, Rex Shares filed a proposal with the SEC for an exchange-traded fund tied to the proposed compute futures contracts, signaling early investor demand for AI compute as a tradeable asset class.
• CME GroupflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 May 2026Jointly announced the launch of the world's first compute futures market on May 12, 2026 (Chicago). CME will list cash-settled derivatives contracts tied to Silicon Data's daily GPU benchmark indices for on-demand rental rates across A100, H100, and B200. Pending CFTC regulatory review, launch targeted for H2 2026. The contracts will allow traders, financial institutions, AI builders, and cloud providers to hedge volatility and price risk in the multi-trillion-dollar compute market.
• College of William & Mary and Jefferson LabminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 April 2026Joint research with the College of William & Mary and Jefferson Lab published via IEEE Spectrum revealed significant variability in performance among GPUs of the same model, with the study testing 3,500 GPUs across multiple providers and finding performance differences up to 38% due to manufacturing variations.
• NVIDIAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 April 2026Silicon Data cites a partnership with NVIDIA providing upstream visibility into the supply side of the GPU forward curve. NVIDIA's chip generations and pricing decisions (e.g., H100, B200, B200 MSRP revisions in Feb 2026) directly influence Silicon Data's index methodology.
• TSMCcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 April 2026Silicon Data cites a partnership with TSMC providing upstream visibility into the supply side of the GPU forward curve. TSMC's manufacturing capacity and packaging constraints feed into Silicon Data's supply-side modeling for GPU rental price forecasting.
• Compute ExchangeflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 October 2025Compute Exchange, an AI compute infrastructure marketplace led by Silicon Data CEO Carmen Li, operates alongside Silicon Data as a sister company. DRW is also a founding backer of Compute Exchange. The two companies collaborate on GPU pricing index (Silicon Data) and a spot marketplace for GPU procurement (Compute Exchange), with Compute Exchange launching its RFQ Hub and Partnership & Referral Program in October 2025.
• dxFeedcoreTechnology or Integration · 8 October 2025Market data and index management services provider dxFeed (named Best Data Provider 2025 by Fund Intelligence Operations and Services Awards) integrated Silicon Data's H100 and A100 Indices into Refinitiv terminals; dxFeed supports distribution, API integration, and daily index recalculation for Silicon Data's indices.
• RefinitivflagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 31 July 2025By end of July 2025, both the flagship H100 Index and newly launched A100 Index became accessible to Refinitiv users, with dxFeed providing market data and index management integration. Designed to deliver transparency into AI compute economics for institutional investors, infrastructure consumers, and policymakers.
• BloombergflagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 20 May 2025Silicon Data publishes its GPU indices on the Bloomberg Terminal, with the H100 Rental Index listed under ticker SDH100RT. Indices are built to financial-index standards and serve institutional users including asset managers, exchanges, and hedge funds.
• KaikocoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 20 May 2025Silicon Data is working with Kaiko, a leading market data provider, to distribute the H100 Rental Index and additional indices to a broader set of market participants beyond Bloomberg and Refinitiv.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Compute Exchange: Sister company also led by CEO Carmen Li and backed by DRW; operates a spot marketplace for GPU procurement. Directly comparable because it sits at the intersection of GPU pricing transparency and physical GPU compute procurement, sharing data flows and customers with Silicon Data.
• Kaiko: Digital asset market data provider distributing institutional-grade indices on financial terminals. Directly comparable because Kaiko is itself a distribution partner for Silicon Data's H100 Rental Index and operates the same business model of normalizing fragmented venue data into standardized indices for financial institutions.
• Cast.ai: Cloud cost optimization and FinOps platform that automates GPU and compute spending across hyperscalers. Directly comparable because it serves the same compute-buyer persona with pricing intelligence and procurement optimization, competing for the same enterprise budget line.
• CloudZero: Cloud cost intelligence platform for engineering and finance teams managing AWS/Azure/GCP spend. Comparable because it targets the same FinOps buyer with cloud-pricing analytics and budget forecasting, and competes for procurement-tooling wallet share.
• MLPerf: Industry-standard GPU and AI benchmarking consortium maintained by MLCommons. Comparable because SiliconMark operates in the same GPU benchmarking category with comparable FP32/FP16/memory bandwidth tests and published scoreboards, targeting overlapping audiences of cloud buyers and hardware providers.

Broad incumbents

• CoreWeave: Large-scale GPU cloud provider offering H100/B200 instances and managed AI infrastructure. Comparable as a primary data source within SiliconNavigator's coverage and as a customer for benchmarking; overlapping as both a neocloud the platform tracks and a potential partner.
• Crusoe Energy: GPU neocloud built on stranded/clean energy, offering large-scale H100/B200 rentals. Comparable as a major neocloud in SiliconNavigator's covered universe and as a likely buyer of benchmarking/forecasting tools for its own sales motion.
• Lambda Labs: GPU cloud provider specializing in AI training and inference on H100/B200 hardware. Comparable as a covered neocloud provider and as a customer with parallel benchmarking/procurement-intelligence needs to those Silicon Data addresses.
• Together AI: AI cloud platform providing GPU-backed inference and training infrastructure. Comparable as a covered neocloud and as a participant in the same token-pricing ecosystem tracked by Token Market Pulse and Token Pricebook.

Emerging players

• Fluidstack: GPU neocloud offering large-scale H100/B200 capacity with focus on AI labs. Comparable as an emerging neocloud in SiliconNavigator's covered universe and as a buyer of market intelligence to inform its own pricing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses2 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors18 records

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M&A

Investments

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