Salad

What is Salad?

Salad is a compute-sharing platform that connects businesses needing affordable GPU resources for AI and machine learning tasks with individuals who share their idle PC processing power. Its mission is to democratize access to high-performance computing by leveraging latent consumer GPUs, reducing costs for companies while rewarding users with digital and real-world rewards. The platform supports a variety of workloads, including AI inference, batch processing, and molecular dynamics, offering up to 90% cost savings compared to traditional cloud providers. SaladCloud ensures security through SOC2 certification and a patented approach to isolating customer environments. For users, known as 'Salad Chefs,' the platform provides an easy way to monetize unused hardware, earning rewards like gift cards, games, and PayPal credits. The service is accessible globally, with over 1 million nodes across 180+ countries.

Salad's Core Features

• SaladCloud provides access to over 10,000 consumer-grade GPUs for AI/ML inference at up to 90% lower costs than hyperscalers.

• Users can earn rewards like Steam games, Discord Nitro, and PayPal credits by sharing idle PC GPU, CPU, or bandwidth resources.

• The platform supports containerized workloads, allowing businesses to deploy AI models securely without managing infrastructure.

• Dynamic resource allocation enables seamless scaling to meet fluctuating computational demands without over-provisioning.

• Salad’s desktop app automatically detects idle PC resources and allocates them to the most profitable workloads.

• The Salad Transcription API offers cost-effective AI transcription, delivering 10X-2000X more inferences per dollar compared to managed services.

• Pre-built containers on RTX 5090 GPUs enable superfast image generation, achieving 1.2s per image with Flux.1-Schnell.

• The platform is SOC2 certified, ensuring secure isolation of customer data and environments across its distributed network.

• Users can redeem over 3 million digital and real-world rewards annually through the Salad Storefront.

• Salad supports most modern GPUs with at least 2GB VRAM, making it accessible to a wide range of consumer hardware.