# Nosana > Affordable GPU rental at scale for AI and high-performance workloads Nosana is a decentralized GPU cloud platform for AI and high-performance computing. It connects GPU owners with developers and teams who need on-demand access to distributed compute. Nosana is a decentralized GPU cloud company that provides on-demand compute for artificial intelligence and other high-performance workloads. It connects a global network of GPU providers with developers, teams, and researchers who need access to computing power without long-term contracts or reliance on a single vendor. The platform is built for tasks ranging from inference and model serving to agent execution, rendering, simulation, training, and fine-tuning. The platform addresses the cost and availability constraints of centralized cloud providers by aggregating distributed hardware into a peer-to-peer marketplace. GPU owners contribute idle capacity and are compensated for supplying compute to real workloads, while users pay only for the resources they consume. Coordination across the network, including scheduling, host verification, and payments, runs on top of a blockchain network, and the platform publishes documentation covering deployment, workload management, and provider participation. Nosana's core offering is its **GPU cloud**, supported by a token used to coordinate and secure the network and a staking mechanism that lets participants support network operations. The platform also runs a grants program supporting projects that build on top of its infrastructure. It is used by AI startups, research teams, and individual developers seeking distributed access to GPU hardware, as well as by GPU owners looking to monetize idle capacity. - Type: Company - Sector: Infrastructure - Status: Active - Founded: 2021-06-01 - Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/Nosana ## Products - [Nosana Grid Network](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Nosana): Nosana Grid Network is a Solana-based decentralized GPU compute marketplace that connects GPU owners with users needing computing power for AI training, inference, and other high-performance workloads. It works through a set of on-chain programs that coordinate job posting, staking, node registration, and reward distribution, allowing GPU providers to list hardware and workload owners to rent capacity on demand. Users can deploy AI workloads through a dashboard, API, SDK, or CLI, while GPU providers earn network rewards for hosting hardware and participating in staking pools. (DePin, Live, Main Product) ## Assets - [Nosana token (NOS)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Nosana): NOS is the utility token of the Nosana Network, a Solana-based decentralized GPU grid platform. It is used to pay for GPU compute deployments, stake as collateral to secure the network and earn rewards, and vote on governance proposals such as network upgrades and parameter changes. The token coordinates incentives between GPU providers and users through staking-based network security. 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