PR Newswire · Jul 2026
Saturn Cloud said it selected Lilac as a GPU network provider so customers can route model serving and per-token inference to idle enterprise GPU capacity already powered on.
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Updated Jul 29, 2026
Lilac is a YC-backed GPU cloud and inference startup that monetizes idle enterprise GPUs while also selling dedicated GPU capacity and OpenAI-compatible inference, batch jobs, and commitment resale tools.
Primary product
GPU cloud and OpenAI-compatible inference platform
Founded
2025
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
GPU cloud / AI infrastructure
Business model
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Stage
Seed
Total raised
$3M
Latest round
Seed · Sep 2025
Latest amount
$2.5M
Sep 2025 · cyber•Fund
May 2025 · Y Combinator
Investors
YC-backed, engineering-led, and open-source oriented; the public voice emphasizes speed, self-serve access, and turning underused infrastructure into productive capacity.
Pricing
Per-token inference pricing, per-second batch-job pricing, dedicated capacity quotes, and subscription credits; no minimums or contracts are publicly advertised for inference.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
≈$220K ARR (public estimate)
Estimated monthly visits
2.8K
Traffic estimate as of Sep 2025
PR Newswire · Jul 2026
Saturn Cloud said it selected Lilac as a GPU network provider so customers can route model serving and per-token inference to idle enterprise GPU capacity already powered on.
Lilac Blog · May 2026
Lilac announced a commercial partnership to serve MiniMax M2.7 through its hosted, OpenAI-compatible API and explained why commercial rights matter for the model.
Lilac Blog · May 2026
Lilac added Kimi K2.6 to its model catalog with OpenAI-compatible chat completions, long context, cache-read pricing, and no commitments.
Lilac Blog · Apr 2026
Lilac moved to self-serve sign-up and launched GLM 5.1 and Gemma 4 on its shared inference endpoints with pay-per-token billing.
Lilac Blog · Mar 2026
A pricing comparison post explaining Lilac's lower-cost inference position versus major cloud and specialized providers, centered on idle-GPU economics.