What 1LEGION TECHNOLOGIES LTD does

1Legion Technologies Ltd (legal entity Lynx Cloud Corp.) is a private Canadian infrastructure provider founded in 2023 that rents dedicated, non-virtualized bare-metal GPU servers to AI startups, media technology vendors, VFX studios, and enterprise research teams. The company offers an 8-GPU or 4-GPU full-server rental model — no single-GPU or virtualized instances — spanning NVIDIA hardware from entry-level RTX A4000 ($0.39/GPU/hr on 12-month terms) to flagship 8x B300 servers ($7.00/GPU/hr), with 12- and 24-month commitments that carry progressively lower per-GPU rates. Infrastructure is deployed across 116 MW+ of Tier III+ capacity in 12 countries on four continents, with published pricing, no egress fees, unmetered bandwidth, and InfiniBand-enabled clusters of up to 2,000+ H100 machines.

The company's business model is a recurring subscription rental with annual billing cadences on 12- or 24-month commitments, supplemented by marketplace distribution (Inflect), usage-based SMB/developer reach (Cloudrift), and vertical-channel partnerships such as StreamVX in media. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales with engineer-led configuration and onboarding via Slack and Zoom, supported by technical content marketing and event presence (IBC 2025, NY Tech Week 2026). In May 2026 the company formed Ousia Compute LLC, a joint venture with Classover deploying up to $50M in dedicated GPU infrastructure. SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, and HIPAA certifications are pending, and the company is led by CEO David Vargas.

Name

1LEGION TECHNOLOGIES LTD

Legal name

Lynx Cloud Corp.

Website

https://1legion.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

1Legion Technologies Ltd is a private Canadian provider, founded in 2023, that rents dedicated bare-metal NVIDIA GPU servers on 12- and 24-month terms to AI startups, media technology vendors, VFX studios, and research teams across 12 countries, with transparent pricing and no egress fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

GPU Cloud Infrastructure

NAICS

Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing (53249)

SIC

Services-Computer Rental & Leasing (7377)

akta.pro primary industry

AI Compute Cloud & GPU-as-a-Service (HDAAAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

GPU/Accelerator Compute Servers (HDABADAC), Cloud Gaming Infrastructure & GPU Cloud Providers (IaaS/PaaS for gaming) (MPAFAHAC)

Keywords

• Bare metal GPU servers
• GPU cloud infrastructure
• AI training compute
• GPU cluster hosting
• High performance computing

Headquarters

HQ city

Coquitlam

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Bare Metal GPU Server Rental: Full bare metal servers rented exclusively — minimum commitment is the complete 8-GPU machine. Pricing is per GPU per hour, billed for the full 8-GPU server. 12-month and 24-month terms available at progressively lower per-GPU-hour rates. No egress fees, no hidden storage charges.
2. Dedicated GPU Infrastructure Rental: Hourly GPU rental model with tiered pricing based on commitment length (monthly, 12-month, 24-month terms). RTX A4000 at $0.39/hr (12mo) to B300 at $7.00/GPU/hr (12mo). All configurations are dedicated full-server bare metal.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

1Legion rents dedicated full bare metal 8-GPU servers (and select 4-GPU configurations) on 12-month and 24-month terms to AI startups, ML teams, media tech vendors, and VFX studios running production AI training, LLM inference, video transcoding, VFX rendering, and HPC workloads. All rentals are full-server, no-virtualization, no-shared-tenancy deployments priced per GPU per hour with no egress or hidden storage fees, supported by 24/7 engineer access via Slack and Zoom and deployed across Tier III+ data centers in 12 countries.

Product overview

1Legion provides dedicated bare metal GPU infrastructure as a service, built specifically for companies running AI and media workloads in production. The core offering consists of GPU-instances (bare metal GPU servers) and GPU clusters, supplemented by AI infrastructure services. GPU products range from entry-level RTX A4000 (4-GPU, 16 GB VRAM) through RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell (8-GPU, 96 GB VRAM per GPU) to enterprise B300 servers (288 GB VRAM per GPU). All infrastructure is bare metal with no virtualization, no shared tenancy, and no egress fees. Pricing is transparent with 12-month and 24-month commitment options. The company operates across 12 countries in North America and Europe with 24/7 engineer support, serving AI startups, media tech vendors, VFX studios, and broadcast operators.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bare Metal GPU Servers Dedicated bare metal GPU servers for AI, ML, and graphics workloads, available in 4-GPU and 8-GPU configurations with NVIDIA GPUs ranging from RTX A4000 to B300, featuring no virtualization, no shared resources, predictable performance, and transparent pricing.
• GPU Clusters Advanced clustering solutions for high-performance computing and scalable AI model training, supporting deployments of 2,000+ H100 machines with InfiniBand connectivity across 12 countries in North America and Europe.
• AI Infrastructure Bare metal GPU infrastructure service providing dedicated compute capacity across 116 MW+ total power capacity, deployed in Tier 3+ data centers on 4 continents with 24/7 engineer support and unmetered bandwidth.
• NVIDIA B300 8-GPU Server 8x B300 configuration with 288 GB HBM3e VRAM per GPU, delivering 15 petaFLOPS dense FP4 compute per GPU with 8 TB/s memory bandwidth, optimized for large-scale LLM training and HPC workloads at scale. Priced at $7.00/GPU/hr (12-month) or $6.00/GPU/hr (24-month).
• NVIDIA B200 8-GPU Server 8x B200 configuration with 192 GB VRAM per GPU, providing high-performance compute for advanced AI training and inference workloads.
• NVIDIA H100 SXM 8-GPU Server 8x H100 SXM 80 GB HBM3 GPU server with NVLink 4.0 interconnect, delivering top-tier scalability for AI training and HPC workloads. Priced from $1.99/GPU/hr (12-month) or $1.74/GPU/hr (24-month).
• NVIDIA H200 SXM 8-GPU Server 8x H200 SXM 141 GB VRAM GPU server providing unmatched speed and scalability for large-scale AI applications. Priced from $2.49/GPU/hr (12-month) or $2.36/GPU/hr (24-month).
• 8x RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Server Full 8-GPU bare metal server with 96 GB GDDR7 ECC VRAM per GPU (768 GB total), purpose-built for AI inference, rendering, and media production pipelines. Priced from $1.34/GPU/hr (12-month) or $1.19/GPU/hr (24-month).
• NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell (Europe & Canada) RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell server with 96 GB GDDR7 ECC per GPU, purpose-built for AI video, VFX rendering, and always-on production pipelines, made available in Europe and Canada.
• NVIDIA RTX 5090 8-GPU Server 8x RTX 5090 32 GB GDDR7 GPU server with Blackwell architecture delivering industry-leading performance for AI, VFX, and HPC workloads. Priced from $0.59/GPU/hr (12-month) or $0.52/GPU/hr (24-month).
• NVIDIA RTX 4090 8-GPU Server 8x RTX 4090 24 GB VRAM GPU server providing high-performance compute for AI and rendering workloads. Priced from $0.43/GPU/hr (12-month) or $0.38/GPU/hr (24-month).
• NVIDIA L40S 8-GPU Server 8x NVIDIA L40S 48 GB VRAM GPU server optimized for AI inference and video processing workloads. Priced from $0.70/GPU/hr (12-month) or $0.62/GPU/hr (24-month).
• NVIDIA A100 SXM 8-GPU Server 8x A100 SXM 80 GB GPU server for proven AI and HPC performance. Priced from $0.93/GPU/hr (12-month) or $0.74/GPU/hr (24-month).
• NVIDIA RTX A6000 8-GPU Server 8x RTX A6000 48 GB VRAM GPU server providing high-performance compute for professional rendering and AI workloads. Priced at $0.72/GPU/hr.
• NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada 4-GPU Server 4x RTX 4000 Ada 20 GB VRAM GPU server for creators and AI workloads, supporting next-gen NVENC/NVDEC for H.264, HEVC, and AV1 encoding. Priced from $0.27/GPU/hr (12-month) or $0.24/GPU/hr (24-month).
• NVIDIA RTX A4000 4-GPU Server 4x RTX A4000 Ada 20 GB VRAM server providing pro-grade rendering and AI at $0.39/hr for entry-level professional GPU workloads.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 50% lower total cost of ownership vs hyperscalers, with comparable or better training throughput
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability10 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

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

• ClassoverflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 May 20261Legion and Classover formed Ousia Compute LLC, a joint venture deploying up to $50M in dedicated bare-metal GPU infrastructure for production AI workloads. This is a flagship partnership involving significant capital commitment and joint venture formation to deploy GPU infrastructure at scale.
• StreamVXcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 May 20261Legion partnered with StreamVX, a software-defined video platform with 25+ years serving broadcasters and OTT operators. StreamVX runs GPU-intensive transcoding, packaging, and distribution workloads on 1Legion's RTX 4000 Ada and A4000 servers. The partnership provides broadcasters and OTT platforms with dedicated bare metal performance at half the cost of hyperscalers.
• InflectminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 4 February 20261Legion expanded its presence on Inflect's infrastructure marketplace, listing NVIDIA RTX 5090 and RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell GPU servers. This enables customers to discover, compare, and request pricing for 1Legion's GPU offerings alongside other infrastructure providers.
• CloudriftcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 August 20251Legion partnered with Cloudrift, a developer-first GPU platform, to offer NVIDIA RTX 5090 on demand via www.cloudrift.ai. The partnership combines 1Legion's GPU infrastructure with Cloudrift's usage-based billing platform, enabling developers and AI teams to instantly access RTX 5090 performance with full transparency and fractional GPU access.
• DVEO / Stream Republic by DVEOminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 August 20251Legion exhibited alongside DVEO and Stream Republic by DVEO at IBC 2025 in Amsterdam (Booth 5.B53). The three companies formed an ecosystem of infrastructure + managed services + AI-powered media solutions, delivering an end-to-end workflow for broadcasters, content owners, and AI innovators.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Crusoe Energy: Crusoe builds large-scale, sustainable GPU data centers (often co-located with energy assets) and rents dedicated AI compute to enterprises. It is comparable to 1Legion in dedicated-infrastructure model and AI-startup / hyperscaler-displacement positioning.
• CoreWeave: CoreWeave is a leading GPU cloud provider purpose-built for AI workloads, offering bare-metal and virtualized NVIDIA GPU infrastructure at large scale. It is the closest comp to 1Legion in product (dedicated H100/B200/H200 capacity), target customers (AI startups and enterprises), and commercial model (committed capacity contracts).
• Vast.ai: Vast.ai runs a marketplace for renting GPU compute from distributed providers, with a strong focus on affordable and flexible access to consumer and prosumer NVIDIA GPUs (including RTX 4090/5090). It competes for the same price-sensitive AI-startup and developer segment that 1Legion's Cloudrift channel serves.
• Lambda Labs: Lambda operates dedicated GPU cloud instances and on-prem GPU systems for AI training and inference, competing head-to-head on H100/H200 pricing and targeting AI researchers and startups — directly comparable to 1Legion's value proposition of affordable, dedicated NVIDIA capacity.
• Genesis Cloud: Genesis Cloud operates bare-metal GPU cloud instances across European and North American data centers, with a similar cost-efficient, transparent-pricing positioning. It overlaps directly with 1Legion's Europe/North America footprint and bare-metal NVIDIA offering.
• Together AI: Together AI offers a cloud platform for training, fine-tuning, and serving open-source LLMs on dedicated GPU clusters. It targets the same AI-startup buyer that 1Legion courts, with overlapping emphasis on cost-effective, predictable GPU access for inference and training.
• Fluidstack: Fluidstack provides large-scale dedicated GPU compute (especially H100 capacity) to AI labs and enterprises, often via long-term reservation contracts. It is comparable to 1Legion in targeting capacity-constrained AI customers with multi-month commitments.
• Paperspace (DigitalOcean): Paperspace, now part of DigitalOcean, offers GPU cloud instances and dedicated GPU machines for AI/ML workloads. It is comparable to 1Legion in offering both on-demand and reserved dedicated GPU servers to AI developers and SMBs at transparent pricing.
• RunPod: RunPod provides on-demand and dedicated GPU cloud instances (including H100 and consumer Blackwell GPUs) with per-second billing, targeting AI developers and startups. It competes with 1Legion's flexible end of the market while also offering dedicated bare-metal options.

Broad incumbents

• OVHcloud: OVHcloud is a large European cloud provider offering dedicated GPU servers (including H100 and L40S) alongside its broader bare-metal and hosting portfolio. It competes with 1Legion in the European dedicated-GPU segment but as part of a much wider cloud and hosting catalog.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/1legiontech
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/1legion

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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