Name

Impossible Cloud Network

Legal name

Impossible Cloud Network Foundation

Website

https://icn.global

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Decentralized Cloud Infrastructure

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Computer Storage Device Manufacturing (334112)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Computer Storage Devices (3572)

akta.pro primary industry

Decentralized GPU/AI Compute Networks (training/inference, GPU renting, model hosting) (FSAPALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Decentralized Storage Networks (IPFS/Filecoin/Arweave, archival & retrieval) (FSAPALAA), General-Purpose Compute (VMs & Bare Metal IaaS) (HDABAAAA), DePIN Hardware, Devices & Supply Chain (miners/routers/hotspots, firmware, device management) (FSAPALAJ)

Keywords

• Decentralized cloud infrastructure
• GPU bare metal services
• Decentralized storage solutions
• AI compute infrastructure
• DePIN cloud protocol

Headquarters

HQ city

Zug

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. GPU Compute Services: Usage-based revenue from GPU bare metal compute services. Customers pay per GPU-hour for access to NVIDIA H100, H200, B200, B300 infrastructure. Pricing ranges from $0.29/GPU/hr (RTX 5090) to $6.83/GPU/hr (B300 in Switzerland) depending on GPU model, location, and contract term.
2. Storage Services: Revenue from decentralized storage services. ICN operates over 80 petabytes of live storage capacity across Europe and the United States. Storage is up to 80% more cost-efficient than AWS for high-throughput or multi-region deployments.
3. Node Sales and Ecosystem: ICN conducted node sales distributing over 29,000+ nodes worldwide in December 2024, generating $12M+. Node sale structure includes various tiers and allocations for participants.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Impossible Cloud Network (ICN) operates a decentralized, multi-service cloud infrastructure protocol that integrates GPU compute, storage, and networking into a unified platform. The company provides on-demand GPU bare metal access (NVIDIA H100, H200, B200, B300) across 20+ global data centers, decentralized storage infrastructure with 80+ petabytes of live capacity, and orchestrates the network through its $ICNT native token, HyperNode SLA oracle nodes, and ScalerNode consensus layer.

Product overview

Impossible Cloud Network (ICN) is a decentralized, multi-service cloud infrastructure protocol that integrates compute, storage, and networking into a unified on-chain platform, positioning itself as an open, enterprise-grade alternative to centralized cloud providers. The product portfolio centers on GPU bare metal infrastructure as the primary compute offering, complemented by a decentralized storage layer with over 80 petabytes of live capacity. The ICN ecosystem is anchored by the $ICNT token for staking, fee payment, and governance, supported by the HyperNode Network (SLA oracle monitoring) and ScalerNode Network (consensus and staking participation). A live GPU Cluster Inventory marketplace exposes 36+ GPU cluster offers via API and web UI, enabling on-demand access to NVIDIA H100, H200, B200, and B300 GPUs across global data centers. The ICN Console and Gitbook Documentation provide developer access and integration tooling for Hardware Providers, Builders, and node operators.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• $ICNT: Native token of the ICN ecosystem for staking, governance, and accessing network services.
• HyperNodes
• ScalerNodes
• HyperCloud

Products and services

• GPU Bare Metal Infrastructure On-demand GPU bare metal compute service providing access to NVIDIA H100, H200, B200, and B300 GPU servers across 20+ global data center locations. Customers can rent individual GPUs, custom GPU clusters (up to 2,160 GPUs), or storage-optimized configurations with BMC and SSH access, priced per card-hour from $0.29 to $6.83 depending on GPU model and contract term. Targeted at enterprise AI companies, gaming studios, and HPC workloads.
• Decentralized Storage Infrastructure Decentralized storage service integrated into the ICN multi-service cloud protocol serving over 1,000 enterprise customers with 80+ petabytes of live storage capacity across Europe and the United States. Offers up to 80% cost efficiency versus AWS for high-throughput and multi-region deployments, with data sovereignty guarantees.
• $ICNT Token Native utility token of the Impossible Cloud Network ecosystem. $ICNT powers the network by enabling staking, governance participation, fee payments for cloud services, and rewards for Hardware Providers and node operators (HyperNodes and ScalerNodes). The token launched with listings on major centralized exchanges.

Quantifiable outcome

• Storage up to 80% more cost-efficient than AWS
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• DCENTcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2025DCENT is a major Hardware Provider fully onboarded to ICN, securing the first substantial infrastructure capacity for the live network. Case study 'De-Risked Expansion: The DCENT Case Study' details the strategic partnership.
• KABATcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2025KABAT is a major Hardware Provider fully onboarded to ICN, contributing to the secured infrastructure capacity.
• NovoServecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2025NovoServe is a major Hardware Provider fully onboarded to ICN. Case study 'The New Reality of Infrastructure: How NovoServe is Building the Virtual Data Center with ICN' details the partnership leveraging NovoServe's bare metal resilience.
• BinanceminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBinance is listed on ICN's About page as a Web3 partner and exchange listing partner for $ICNT.
• BybitminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBybit is listed on ICN's About page as a Web3 partner and exchange listing partner for $ICNT.
• BitgetminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBitget is listed on ICN's About page as a Web3 partner and exchange listing partner for $ICNT.
• KuCoinminorGTM or Marketing PartnerKuCoin is listed on ICN's About page as a Web3 partner and exchange listing partner for $ICNT.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Akash Network: Decentralized cloud compute marketplace using a token-incentivized marketplace for renting compute capacity. Competes with ICN's bare-metal compute positioning and shares the same Web3-native infrastructure thesis.
• Filecoin: Decentralized storage network (backed by Protocol Labs, an ICN investor). Competes head-on with ICN's 80+ PB storage offering and is the reference decentralized storage network ICN benchmarks against.
• Arweave: Permanent decentralized storage network targeting archival and long-term data. Competes with ICN's storage offering for cost-sensitive, multi-region enterprise storage workloads.
• io.net: Decentralized GPU compute network aggregating GPU capacity for AI training and inference. Most direct competitor to ICN's GPU bare metal offering, targeting the same AI customer base with a comparable DePIN-incentivized model.
• Render Network: Decentralized GPU network originally for 3D rendering now expanding into AI compute. Direct competitor in the decentralized GPU compute category that ICN serves, with comparable node-operator economics.
• Fluence: Decentralized compute platform providing enterprise-grade serverless and VM compute. Direct competitor in decentralized cloud compute and a named ICN technology partner.
• Aethir: Decentralized GPU cloud targeting AI and gaming workloads. Already a named ICN partner and overlapping competitor in the same AI/gaming customer segments.

Broad incumbents

• CoreWeave: Large-scale GPU cloud provider specializing in NVIDIA H100/B200 infrastructure for AI customers. Competes with ICN for the same AI training/inference workloads but at a vastly larger scale without the decentralized token layer.
• Lambda Labs: GPU cloud and deep learning hardware provider offering on-demand H100/B200 clusters. Established AI-cloud incumbent that competes with ICN's GPU bare metal pricing and enterprise sales motion.
• Amazon Web Services (EC2/S3): Hyperscaler cloud that ICN explicitly benchmarks against on storage cost (claimed 80% cheaper). Represents the largest incumbent ICN is positioning to disrupt across both storage and compute.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/icn_protocol
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/impossible-cloud-network

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors5 records

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M&A

Investments

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