OpenRelay

Inference and GPU compute company that runs a network of GPU and accelerator sites behind one OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible endpoint, sells per-token model inference, rentable GPU virtual machines billed by the second and a CLI and MCP server, and takes in hardware from providers; operated by OpenRelay, Inc.

StageUndisclosed

Founded2026

HeadquartersSan Francisco, USA

StatusPrivate

Founded — ycombinator.com · 20 Oct 2026

openrelay.inc

Product

Selected offerings — the AI products recorded here, not the vendor's full catalogue.

OpenRelay Infrastructure service Sold on its own

Inference and GPU compute platform with an OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible endpoint that routes each request to a site by latency, cost and availability, billed per token on demand, as dedicated capacity with an SLA, or in half-price batches, plus rentable GPUs such as the H100 SXM at $2.60 an hour and RTX 4090 at $0.35 an hour billed per second, driven from the orl CLI or MCP server; self-serve with a card and deposit, or by demo.

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RunPodLate-stageOpenRelay and Serverless do comparable work on GPU cloud and model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute and serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded.3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare NG

Nebius GroupPublicOpenRelay and Serverless AI do comparable work on GPU cloud and model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute and serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded.3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare M

ModalLate-stageOpenRelay and Modal do comparable work on GPU cloud and model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute and serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded.3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare V

Vast.aiUndisclosedOpenRelay and Vast.ai Serverless both list GPU cloud; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; scale not recorded for either.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare F

FalUndisclosedOpenRelay and fal Serverless do comparable work on GPU cloud and model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute and serve a model in production; scale not recorded for either.3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare NC

Nodus ComputeUndisclosedOpenRelay and Nodus both list GPU cloud; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute and serve a model in production; scale not recorded for either.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare L

LambdaLate-stageOpenRelay and Lambda Cloud both list GPU cloud; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute and serve a model in production; scale not recorded for either.3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare C

CrusoeLate-stageOpenRelay and Crusoe Cloud both list GPU cloud; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute and serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded.3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare R

ReplicateUndisclosedOpenRelay and Replicate both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; scale not recorded for either.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare O

OllamaEarly-stageOpenRelay and Ollama both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; scale not recorded for either.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare TA

Together AILate-stageOpenRelay and Together Dedicated Model Inference both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded.3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare V

VMwareAcquiredOpenRelay and VMware Cloud Foundation Private AI Services both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded; VMware is acquired, with no independent scale.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare T

TouchmarkUndisclosedOpenRelay and Touchmark both list GPU cloud; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute; scale not recorded for either; ships platform rather than the same layer.2 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare P

PacificUndisclosedOpenRelay and Pacific Pod both list GPU cloud; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute; scale not recorded for either.1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare C

CoreWeavePublicOpenRelay and CoreWeave AI Cloud both list GPU cloud; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute and serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare M

ModularAcquiredOpenRelay and MAX both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded; Modular is acquired, with no independent scale.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare O

OneTriangleUndisclosedOpenRelay and OneTriangle Inference both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; scale not recorded for either; ships model API rather than the same layer.2 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare B

BasetenLate-stageOpenRelay and Baseten Inference Runtime both serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare C

Core42UndisclosedOpenRelay and Core42 Sovereign AI Cloud both list GPU cloud; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute; scale not recorded for either.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare KE

Kakao EnterpriseUndisclosedOpenRelay and AI Insight both list GPU cloud; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute; scale not recorded for either; ships developer tool and platform rather than the same layer.3 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare R

RunAnywhereUndisclosedOpenRelay and Wally both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; scale not recorded for either; ships model API rather than the same layer.2 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare HF

Hugging FaceLate-stageOpenRelay and Inference Endpoints both serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare FA

Fireworks AILate-stageOpenRelay and Fireworks Inference both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare I

IsoquantUndisclosedOpenRelay and Isoquant both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; scale not recorded for either; ships model API rather than the same layer.2 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare NC

NAVER CloudUndisclosedOpenRelay and ML expert Platform do comparable work on GPU cloud and model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute and serve a model in production; scale not recorded for either; ships API service, application and 1 more rather than the same layer.3 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare HC

Huawei CloudUndisclosedOpenRelay and GPU Accelerated Cloud Server both list GPU cloud; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute; scale not recorded for either.3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare D

DatabricksLate-stageOpenRelay and AI Runtime both list GPU cloud; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute; OpenRelay's scale not recorded.3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare T

TencentPublicOpenRelay and Tencent Cloud HAI do comparable work on GPU cloud and model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute and serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded.3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare C

CivitaiEarly-stageOpenRelay and Civitai API both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; scale not recorded for either; ships API service and platform rather than the same layer.2 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare S

SenseTimePublicOpenRelay and Elastic Container Platform do comparable work on GPU cloud and model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute; OpenRelay's scale not recorded.3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare LS

LM StudioUndisclosedOpenRelay and LM Link both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; scale not recorded for either.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare T

TenstorrentLate-stageOpenRelay and Tenstorrent Cloud both list GPU cloud; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute; OpenRelay's scale not recorded.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare W&

Weights & BiasesAcquiredOpenRelay and Serverless Inference both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded; Weights & Biases is acquired, with no independent scale; ships API service, developer tool and 1 more rather than the same layer.3 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare H

HumainUndisclosedOpenRelay and HUMAIN COMPUTE both list GPU cloud; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute and serve a model in production; scale not recorded for either.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare A

AMDPublicOpenRelay and AMD Developer Cloud both list GPU cloud; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute and serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded.3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare A

AlibabaPublicOpenRelay and Alibaba Cloud Elastic GPU Service both list GPU cloud; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute and serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded.3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare C

CohereLate-stageOpenRelay and Model Vault both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare E

ElasticPublicOpenRelay and Elastic Inference Service both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare N

NVIDIAPublicOpenRelay and NVIDIA DGX Cloud both list GPU cloud; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute and serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded.3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare B

BaiduPublicOpenRelay and Baidu Baige AI Computing Platform both list GPU cloud; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute and serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare VE

Volcano EngineUndisclosedOpenRelay and Machine Learning Platform (机器学习平台) both serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; scale not recorded for either.1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare I

IntelPublicOpenRelay and Intel Cloud Services both list GPU cloud; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute and serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare C

ConiferUndisclosedOpenRelay and Conifer both list model hosting; scale not recorded for either; ships API service, application and 1 more rather than the same layer.2 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare O

OraclePublicOpenRelay and OCI Compute for GPUs both list GPU cloud; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute and serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare DT

Dell TechnologiesPublicOpenRelay and Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA both serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute and serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare H

HeliconeAcquiredOpenRelay and Helicone AI Gateway both list model hosting; OpenRelay's scale not recorded; Helicone is acquired, with no independent scale; ships API service and platform rather than the same layer.1 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare S

StoaUndisclosedOpenRelay and Stoa both list GPU cloud; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute; scale not recorded for either; ships application rather than the same layer.1 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare J

JFrogPublicOpenRelay and JFrog AI Catalog both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; scale not recorded for either.1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare T

TrueFoundryEarly-stageOpenRelay and AI Deployment Platform both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; scale not recorded for either.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare H

HuaweiUndisclosedOpenRelay and MindIE both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded; Huawei's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; ships application, developer tool and 1 more rather than the same layer.2 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare Q

QualcommPublicOpenRelay and Qualcomm AI Inference Suite both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded; ships application, developer tool and 2 more rather than the same layer.2 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare CC

Cactus ComputeUndisclosedOpenRelay and Cactus both serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; scale not recorded for either.1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare MA

Mistral AILate-stageOpenRelay and Mistral Compute do comparable work on GPU cloud and model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute; OpenRelay's scale not recorded; ships AI agent, API service and 3 more rather than the same layer.2 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare D

DecartLate-stageOpenRelay and Cogito both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare A

Alphabet (Google)PublicOpenRelay and AI Hypercomputer both serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute and serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare M

MossUndisclosedOpenRelay and Moss Inference both serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; scale not recorded for either.1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare MP

Meta PlatformsPublicOpenRelay and Meta Model API both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded; ships AI agent, agent platform and 2 more rather than the same layer.2 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare V

VercelLate-stageOpenRelay and Vercel AI Gateway both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded; ships AI agent, API service and 2 more rather than the same layer.2 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare S

SambaNovaLate-stageOpenRelay and SambaStack both serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute and serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded.1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare ST

SK TelecomPublicOpenRelay and SKT GPUaaS both list GPU cloud; both also serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute and serve a model in production; scale not recorded for either.1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare K

KuaishouPublicOpenRelay and Vanchin both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded; ships application, developer tool and 2 more rather than the same layer.2 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare A

AmazonPublicOpenRelay and Amazon SageMaker AI both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare H

HopperUndisclosedOpenRelay and Hopper both serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; scale not recorded for either; ships model API rather than the same layer.1 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare BA

Blackbox AIUndisclosedOpenRelay and Blackbox Enterprise Inference both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; scale not recorded for either.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare Y

YandexPublicOpenRelay and Yandex DataSphere both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded; ships API service, application and 2 more rather than the same layer.2 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare G

GitLabPublicOpenRelay and GitLab Duo Agent Platform Self-Hosted both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded; ships AI agent, agent platform and 4 more rather than the same layer.2 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare NR

Nous ResearchEarly-stageOpenRelay and Hermes Cloud both list model hosting; scale not recorded for either.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare O

OpenRouterLate-stageOpenRelay and OpenRouter both serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded; ships AI agent, developer tool and 1 more rather than the same layer.1 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare G

GroqLate-stageOpenRelay and GroqCloud both serve buyers who need to buy data-centre AI compute and serve a model in production; OpenRelay's scale not recorded; ships hardware and model API rather than the same layer.1 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare U

UnslothUndisclosedOpenRelay and Unsloth both serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; scale not recorded for either; ships developer tool rather than the same layer.1 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare EL

Experiential LabsUndisclosedOpenRelay and Experiential Labs Gateway both serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; scale not recorded for either; ships API service and developer tool rather than the same layer.1 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare M

MicrosoftPublicOpenRelay and Foundry Models both list model hosting; OpenRelay's scale not recorded; ships AI agent, API service and 6 more rather than the same layer.2 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare AA

Aleph AlphaLate-stageOpenRelay and PhariaOS both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to serve a model in production; scale not recorded for either.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare

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