- Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud delivers cutting-edge performance at up to 86% lower costs than AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Designed for AI builders, it eliminates vendor lock-in, hidden fees, latency challenges, and GPU bottlenecks. Experience scalable, future-ready infrastructure built to power innovation without compromise.
- Aethir’s Baremetal GPU-as-a-Service provides developers with unparalleled flexibility by eliminating the need to manage additional software components. This solution also ensures enhanced security and full control over your infrastructure. As your business grows, Aethir partners with you to scale your operations seamlessly.
- Exclusive benefits for AI developers: Aethir Compute grants and credits, as well as AI LLM aggregator credits from Aethir partners, available to developer teams with 50% discounts.
- Community benefits for Aethir Dev ecosystem: Supporting and sponsoring hackathons, Aethir community spotlights to bring users to new apps, and marketing support for visionary developer teams.
GPU infrastructure reliability is a key component of success for AI businesses. High-performance, scalable, and cost-effective GPU compute is critical to powering advanced AI workloads and launching next-generation applications. Without reliable GPU infrastructure, developers face significant challenges in scaling their operations and bringing their ideas to life.
In the Web3 era, decentralized and accessible GPUs are crucial for meeting the increasing demands of AI-driven platforms. Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud infrastructure delivers a high-performance, cost-effective alternative to traditional solutions like AWS, empowering developers with the tools they need to succeed. With over 435,000 state-of-the-art GPU Containers supporting applications across 93 countries, Aethir already works with more than 150 partners and clients, offering seamless, ultra-low-latency compute capabilities.
As the AI revolution raises the bar for computational power, developers must prioritize robust, affordable GPU infrastructure to ensure the success of their applications. Aethir ensures businesses have uninterrupted access to scalable GPU compute resources, enabling them to build, innovate, and scale faster. With Aethir, the proper infrastructure becomes the key to success in this rapidly evolving space.
Aethir’s Key Benefits for AI & Web3 Developers
Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud offers industry-leading compute services and benefits for AI and Web3 developers. The Aethir ecosystem supports developer teams with the resources needed to launch innovative, compute-intensive solutions.
Aethir provides developers with:
- Aethir’s Baremetal GPU-as-a-Service empowers developers with unparalleled flexibility by eliminating the need to manage additional software components. This solution also ensures enhanced security and complete developer control over their infrastructure.
- Ultra low-latency, scalable, on-demand GPU-as-a-service for AI and Web3 development.
- Grants, subsidies, and compute credits for Aethir’s AI GPU hosting network.
- Hackathons, demo days, and other IRL event opportunities.
- Ecosystem support for blockchain and AI infrastructure from Aethir’s partners in the AI Unbundled alliance.
- Marketing support and introductions to partners for selected developer teams.
- Cloud computing service discounts for promising builders.
- Flexible computing contracts with no vendor lock-in risks, hidden fees, latency issues, or GPU supply bottlenecks.
Aethir’s GPU Cloud for Web3 & AI Developers: An AWS Alternative for AI GPU Compute
Aethir delivers superior GPU compute pricing through its extensive network of distributed GPUs across 93 countries and over 200 locations worldwide. Unlike traditional hyperscale providers and emerging neoclouds, which prioritize profit margins, Aethir's decentralized architecture connects developers with independent GPU providers competing on both performance and price. This enables Aethir to offer unbeatable prices for high-performance GPUs, unlike expensive centralized cloud providers.
Every GPU node undergoes blockchain-verified performance monitoring, ensuring guaranteed compute performance without the opacity of traditional cloud environments. With 435,000+ GPU Containers and access to NVIDIA H200s, B200s, and GB200s, Aethir provides enterprise-grade inventory scaling from single nodes to 4,000+ GPU clusters, all backed by enterprise SLAs and 24/7 developer support.
Whether compared to AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or specialized neoclouds, Aethir's distributed model consistently delivers better value. Traditional providers impose high hourly costs, egress fees, and vendor lock-in, while many neoclouds still operate centralized models that limit pricing flexibility. Aethir's community-driven network eliminates these constraints through global GPU capacity focused on performance over profit maximization.
“We are forty to sixty percent cheaper than the neo clouds and maybe eighty to ninety percent cheaper than the public hyperscale clouds, while still backed by SLAs and without vendor lock-in. We do not charge hidden fees for ingress, egress, data transfer, storage, or API calls. " - Kyle Okamoto, Aethir’s Chief Technology Officer.
Over 150 clients trust Aethir's infrastructure for mission-critical Web3 and AI applications. The platform offers zero bandwidth fees, transparent pricing, complete infrastructure portability, and round-the-clock technical support, delivering predictable costs and reliable service without the pricing surprises or restrictive contracts common across traditional and emerging cloud platforms.
Aethir supports AI developers with GPU computing services through various initiatives, including compute credit grants and subsidies, as well as strategic partnerships and hackathons.
Supporting AI Innovation with AI Unbundled
Together with 19 partners from across the AI, Web3, and infrastructure sectors, Aethir launched AI Unbundled, an alliance of industry leaders that supports developers with the resources needed to build and launch innovative AI solutions. The goal of AI Unbundled is to provide all the necessary infrastructure for Web3 AI builders who have promising product visions. Through AI Unbundled, Aethir provides grants to developers in the form of compute credits, as well as data storage, blockchain infrastructure, and more, with the help of ecosystem partners.
Aethir strongly believes that the lack of funds for infrastructure expenses shouldn’t prevent developer teams from building mindblowing AI innovations. That’s why Aethir assembled AI Unbundled, gathering a growing roster of premium infrastructure providers to create a one-stop shop for Web3 AI builders. The alliance provides grants to selected projects, supporting their development journey and enabling teams to focus on building their products without worrying about the underlying infrastructure.
Aethir supports both large-scale AI inference and smaller teams in need of a GPU cloud for startups, specializing in AI GPU hosting.
LLM Aggregator Credits for Aethir’s Decentralized GPU Cloud
Aethir is introducing AI aggregator services through third-party partners to give developers building on Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud infrastructure a reliable LLM aggregator option. This enables developers to integrate various top-tier LLMs into their applications and utilize generative AI, as well as other computationally intensive AI workloads.
With Aethir under the hood, developers don’t need to worry about supply chain bottlenecks and scalability issues due to sudden spikes in app usage or rapid user base growth. Aethir’s decentralized AI GPU hosting network can handle large-scale AI inference with ease.
As part of this new service, Aethir will provide LLM aggregator credits to selected AI and Web3 developer teams at a 50% discount rate. This cuts Aethir’s already industry-leading, affordable GPU service prices by half for AI development.
Aethir’s Web3 and AI Hackatons
Hackathons are an excellent way to connect with promising AI and Web3 developer teams that require funding and infrastructure support to help them grow and launch their products. Aethir offers affordable GPUs to developers through its AI GPU hosting infrastructure.
Over the past nine months, Aethir supported multiple high-profile Web3 and AI hackathons, providing developers with Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud infrastructure.
Recent + Upcoming!
- Aethir participated in the Web3 & AI Pitch Competition (August 15) organized by Ga^3in Ventures and Boosty Labs at ETHGlobal New York.
- Aethir joined the ShellStorm 2.0 (18 August - 8 September) hackathon by MyShell, supporting participants with 100K $SHELL in rewards.
- Aethir was a partner at the Aya AI Hackathon in Bangalore (August 16-17).
- Aethir supported the HackX Buildathon (August 21) by AthenaX by providing compute credits to hackathon participants.
- Aya AI Hackathon is coming to Taipei Blockchain Week, and Aethir will once again be a key event partner.
- Aethir will be the judge at the upcoming AthenaX hackathon (September 21 - October 4)
Past hacks!
- Aethir joined the Solana AI Hackathon (December 10 - 23, 2024) as a track sponsor, sponsoring the "MEME agents track" with $15,000 in prizes for humorous AI agents.
- Aethir continued to support builders in the Solana ecosystem by serving as a platinum sponsor for the Seoulana 2025 Hackathon (April 4 - 6), providing GPU credits worth up to $15,000 for winners.
- Aethir was one of the organizers of the Solana Breakout Hackathon (April) and provided $10,000 in compute grants for DePIN, AI, Gaming, and RWA tracks.
- Aethir joined the Great AI Odyssey (April) together with 0G Labs and CapX AI, offering compute grants for AI agent development.
- Aethir participated in the Global AI Conference & Hackathon Tokyo 2025 (June 7 - 8) as an official partner, providing GPU resources for AI and Web3 projects during the conference and hackathon.
University Partnerships & AI Research Collaborations
Educational institutions and university scientific research labs are key drivers of AI innovation and blockchain integrations across different industries and use cases. Many top-tier universities worldwide have dedicated research departments and initiatives focused on implementing AI solutions in everyday life and various industrial sectors. These initiatives require affordable GPUs to empower developers and drive AI research and innovation.
Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud has teamed up with the prestigious Arizona State University (ASU) to launch a landmark global AI and blockchain education initiative. This collaboration marks the first in-depth partnership between Aethir, a leader in decentralized cloud computing, and a top US state university, aimed at advancing AI and blockchain innovation in education.
Benefits for Students and Researchers
- Access to scalable, high-performance decentralized GPU compute
- Hands-on opportunities in AI and blockchain game-based learning
- Collaboration with leading AI researchers and industry experts
- Subsidized compute grants enabling advanced research projects
- Participation in immersive, real-world AI education initiatives
Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud is open to collaboration with university research hubs and educational initiatives that support AI and Web3 innovation, encouraging participants to explore the use of visionary technological solutions. Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud infrastructure boasts a global reach and expertise, enabling it to provide GPU cloud computing support to university AI hubs. This support allows them to pursue their research missions without the constraints of centralized cloud providers.
University research teams require the best cloud for AI and Web3 projects to facilitate compute-intensive workloads, which is precisely where Aethir excels as an AWS alternative for AI GPU computing.
Aethir’s Decentralized GPU Cloud Advantages for AI & Web3 Developers
Source: Aethir GPU Dashboard
As AI continues to evolve and Web3 integrations bring truly life-changing apps and platforms, the demand for affordable GPUs for developers is also expected to grow. Centralized hyperscale cloud providers struggle to keep up with computing demand due to supply chain bottlenecks, and they often come with vendor lock-in risks as well as high prices, which are unaffordable for smaller developer teams.
Aethir believes in supporting innovators every step of the way from ideation to product development and launch. That’s why Aethir is especially excited about providing the infrastructure needed by AI and Web3 developer teams, enabling them to create the platforms of tomorrow. Our decentralized, flexible, and cost-effective AI GPU hosting positions Aethir as the best cloud for AI and Web3 projects. With Aethir, developers can build, fine-tune, and launch all types of AI and Web3 apps without compute limitations or scalability issues.
Aethir continues to support AI developers through various work tracks, including hackathons, compute grants, subsidies, and special compute deals for developer teams, as well as discounts to API vendors to offer developers lower compute credit prices.
Learn more about Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud computing infrastructure for AI and Web3 development here.
For more details and educational content about Aethir’s GPU cloud, browse our official blog.
Apply for compute grants from Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud today and switch from AWS or Azure to Aethir, saving up to 86% in service fees.
Aethir for Developers - FAQs
Why should AI developers choose Aethir over AWS GPU cloud?
Aethir’s pricing structure and service flexibility make it a cost-effective AWS alternative for AI GPU compute. There are no centralized GPU supply bottlenecks, long queue times, vendor lock-in, or hidden expenses.
Is Aethir more affordable for startups and small developer teams?
Yes, Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud for startups offers a custom approach for each client, tailoring AI GPU hosting services according to their specific needs. It’s perfect for smaller developer teams because they only pay for the compute they use.
Which GPUs are available on Aethir’s decentralized cloud?
Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud features over 435,000 GPU Containers available for use, including thousands of high-performance GPUs such as NVIDIA H100s, H200s, and GB200s, designed for advanced AI workloads.
How does Aethir support AI hackathon participants?
Aethir provides, grants, subsidies, and compute credit prizes for its decentralized GPU cloud infrastructure. Developers use these prizes to build and launch innovative AI apps powered by Aethir’s GPU cloud for startups.
Can universities use Aethir for AI research?
Yes, university AI and Web3 initiatives can utilize Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud as an AWS alternative for AI GPU compute. With Aethir’s AI GPU hosting, university AI hubs have streamlined access to scalable and cost-effective computing services.
