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Lilac

Summer 2025 · Active

Spot GPUs that use idle GPUs from enterprises

Location: San Francisco, US

Founded: 2025

Team size: 2

About

Lilac taps idle GPUs from cloud providers and enterprises, giving startups and researchers cheaper compute while letting companies monetize unused capacity. Fully automated with Kubernetes integration.

Founders

  • Ryan EwingFounder

    I'm Ryan, a software engineer with a background in building cloud and networking services at AWS. Currently working on Lilac, a spot GPU marketplace that leverages idle GPUs in data centers and on-prem clusters. www.getlilac.com

  • Lucas EwingFounder

    I'm Lucas, born and raised in Stockholm Sweden, and moved to the US for High School and College (Harvey Mudd '23!) Working on democratizing GPUs!