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A Marketplace for GPUs and AI Servers
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We’re building Stoa (https://www.stoaexchange.com), a marketplace for new and used GPUs and AI servers. GPUs are the collateral in the data center buildout. Today, financing terms mostly depend on the offtaker, meaning the company that has committed to use the compute.
Short excerpt from the founders’ Launch HN post. Read the full original at the link below.
Read the launch post on Hacker News Company website
Posted 2026-08-10 · 77 points · 51 comments. Batch as stated by the founders in the post title.
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