Andromeda

What Andromeda does

Andromeda (legally Andromeda Cluster, Inc.) is a San Francisco-headquartered GPU compute marketplace founded in 2022 by Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross, originating from their venture firm NFDG. The company operates a two-sided platform connecting AI teams, research labs, and enterprises seeking high-performance compute with infrastructure providers offering GPU capacity, positioning itself as an on-demand alternative to multi-year hyperscaler contracts. Its customer base spans early-stage AI startups through larger enterprises needing flexible access to cutting-edge GPUs.

The platform consists of a Customer Portal—where buyers specify GPU type, quantity, region, and timeline—and a Provider Portal—where infrastructure owners onboard clusters via Kubernetes or Slurm interfaces and undergo automated certification. Andromeda's core technology includes a real-time GPU benchmarking engine that prices compute across 100+ providers, an automated provider certification engine, and a standardized SLA and contract framework that consolidates procurement into one invoice and one support channel. The marketplace supports H100, H200, B200, B300, GB200, and GB300 GPUs, has facilitated 1,000+ transactions representing billions of GPU/hour in liquidity, and currently manages tens of thousands of GPUs with stated plans to scale to 100,000.

Andromeda generates revenue via transaction fees and usage-based GPU/hour billing on compute provisioned through the marketplace. Go-to-market is primarily product-led through self-serve onboarding for both buyers and providers, supplemented by a sales-led motion targeting larger AI companies. The company holds SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certifications. Andromeda reached a $100 million revenue run rate in 2025, up from over $50 million the prior year, while operating profitably since inception; in March 2026 it secured funding from Paradigm at a $1.5 billion valuation, achieving unicorn status.

Name

Andromeda

Legal name

Andromeda Cluster, Inc.

Website

https://andromeda.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Andromeda operates a two-sided GPU compute marketplace connecting AI startups and enterprises with 100+ infrastructure providers for on-demand, standardized access to high-performance compute as an alternative to multi-year hyperscaler contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

GPU Compute Marketplace

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro industry

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AI Compute Cloud & GPU-as-a-Service

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning/AI Infrastructure & Compute (GPUs/ASICs, accelerators)

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AI Compute Virtualization & Scheduling (GPU virtualization, cluster schedulers)

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning/AI Infrastructure & Compute (GPUs/ASICs, accelerators)

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GPU/Accelerator Compute Servers

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Cloud & Data Center Infrastructure/Compute Infrastructure (Servers, Virtualization, Containers)

Keywords

• GPU compute marketplace
• AI infrastructure platform
• Cloud GPU rental
• Compute procurement services
• AI workload hosting

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. GPU Compute Marketplace Transaction Fees: Platform facilitates transactions between GPU buyers (AI teams seeking compute) and sellers (providers with GPU capacity). The company earns revenue from each transaction completed on the platform, functioning as a marketplace intermediary for high-performance compute resources.
2. GPU Capacity Provision: Manages and provisions tens of thousands of GPUs for AI startups and labs, positioning itself as infrastructure for a future GPU commodity market. Revenue generated from compute usage fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Andromeda operates a global GPU compute marketplace platform that connects AI teams and enterprises seeking high-performance compute resources with infrastructure providers offering unused GPU capacity. The platform sources, benchmarks, and prices compute across 100+ providers in real time, offering standardized SLAs and contracts so customers can procure GPU compute without multi-year hyperscaler commitments.

Product overview

Andromeda operates a unified GPU compute marketplace platform consisting of a Customer Portal for AI teams to purchase compute and a Provider Portal for infrastructure owners to sell GPU capacity. The platform sources, benchmarks, and prices compute across 100+ providers in real time, offering GPU access as an alternative to multi-year hyperscaler contracts. The company manages tens of thousands of GPUs and plans to scale to 100,000 GPUs, positioning itself as market infrastructure for a future GPU commodity market.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• GPU Compute Marketplace Platform A marketplace platform connecting AI teams seeking high-performance compute resources with infrastructure providers offering GPU capacity. It sources, benchmarks, and prices compute across 100+ providers in real time and enables transactions on standardized SLAs and contracts. Customers include AI startups, labs, and enterprises; the counterparty side is GPU infrastructure providers.
• Customer Onboarding Portal A self-service intake portal where AI teams and enterprises specify GPU type, quantity, desired start date, and duration to request compute on standardized SLAs and contracts.
• Provider Onboarding Portal A self-service portal for GPU infrastructure providers to register clusters, submit GPU specs (H100/H200/B200/B300/GB200/GB300), pricing, networking details, and availability, and receive qualified demand routed from the marketplace.

Quantifiable outcome

• Revenue run rate of $100 million in 2025, up from over $50 million in 2024
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• RunPod: RunPod offers on-demand GPU cloud and serverless AI inference targeting AI developers and startups, competing with Andromeda on flexible, no-commitment GPU access.
• Vast.ai: Vast.ai operates a peer-to-peer GPU marketplace aggregating consumer and prosumer GPU capacity, sharing Andromeda's two-sided marketplace model and AI-customer focus.
• CoreWeave: CoreWeave is a specialized GPU cloud provider offering NVIDIA H100/B200/GB200 capacity to AI labs and enterprises, directly competing with Andromeda's GPU compute marketplace by aggregating third-party capacity and reselling at scale.
• Lambda Labs: Lambda operates GPU cloud infrastructure and on-demand clusters for AI training and inference, targeting the same AI startup and lab customer base as Andromeda with usage-based GPU pricing.
• Crusoe Energy: Crusoe provides large-scale GPU cloud capacity for AI workloads, often sourced from energy-flared or stranded power sites, competing directly with Andromeda in the AI compute provisioning space.

Broad incumbents

• Google Cloud (GPU / A3 instances): Google Cloud provides H100/A3 GPU instances integrated with its broader data, AI, and analytics stack, competing with Andromeda for enterprise AI compute workloads.
• Amazon Web Services (EC2 GPU instances): AWS offers P4/P5 GPU instance types for AI training and inference as part of a broader cloud portfolio, representing the dominant incumbent that Andromeda's flexible, no-commitment marketplace positions against.
• Microsoft Azure (ND H100 v5 series): Azure offers ND-series GPU VMs for AI workloads with tight integration into the Microsoft enterprise and OpenAI ecosystem, competing with Andromeda for hyperscale AI training customers.

Emerging players

• Together AI: Together AI provides a managed AI cloud platform combining GPU compute with model inference and fine-tuning services, overlapping with Andromeda on GPU provisioning for AI startups while adding a higher-level application stack.
• Fluidstack: Fluidstack is an AI cloud provider offering large-scale GPU clusters to AI labs, often partnering with energy providers, overlapping with Andromeda's marketplace model of aggregating third-party GPU capacity.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/andromeda_ai
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/andromeda-cluster

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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