Host compute · a new line of revenue

The machines you already own can pay you back.

Membership is a flat, modest fee per machine. The idle cycles you already pay for earn from real demand on the Citrate marketplace. Public institutions, including schools and libraries, join at no cost.

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Plain English

Idle machines, paying work.

A marketplace for verifiable compute pays your idle machines to run vetted AI work. You keep control of your environment, your perimeter, and your policies.

Organizations are spending hundreds of billions of dollars on AI compute, and almost all of it flows to a small number of cloud data centers. Meanwhile, the hardware you already bought sits idle most of the day.

Citrate connects your existing machines to the marketplace, and the cycles you are not using take on real, paying work. You keep control of your environment, your perimeter, and your policies.

Every job is checked, not trusted. The result is proven and leaves an auditable receipt. You earn from real demand, not token emissions, and for most members the earnings outrun the membership fee.

Membership

Flat fee per machine. Idle cycles earn.

Four tiers, priced per machine per year. Earnings run from $120 to $2,400 per device per year, depending on the hardware and how much demand the network is carrying. Public institutions join at no cost.

Membership

Office

$24 / machine / yr

Everyday desktops and laptops. Light idle cycles put to work overnight and between shifts.

Membership

Workstation

$36 / machine / yr

Engineering and creative workstations with real headroom when nobody is at the keyboard.

Membership

Pro GPU

$48 / machine / yr

Machines with a capable GPU. The accelerated work the network pays the most for.

Membership

Server

$100 / machine / yr

Rack and on-prem servers that already run around the clock. Idle capacity becomes revenue.

Who can join

Anyone with hardware sitting idle.

Corporate AI & data teams
Research institutions and labs
Higher education (colleges, universities)
K-12 school districts
Public libraries & library systems
County and city offices
Public hospitals and clinics
State agencies
Other institutions with idle hardware

What participation involves

Connecting your machines

We work with your IT team to bring your existing hardware to the marketplace in a way that fits your environment.

Onboarding support

A direct relationship with our deployment team during onboarding. Questions, paperwork, and integration steps go through real people.

Local control

You set your own participation policies. Workloads are vetted, and every result is checked, not trusted, before it touches your environment.

Public institutions at no cost

Schools and libraries join free. The paying side of the network underwrites the institutions doing public good.

How it works

Apply, connect, earn.

From application to first earnings, every member moves at its own pace. We confirm fit first, then work through the rest in conversation.

Step 01

Apply for the Founding 100

Submit the application below. We confirm fit within five business days. No commitment at this stage.

Step 02

Connect

We help you connect your existing machines to the marketplace. Hardware footprint, network requirements, and support model are settled during onboarding so the integration fits your environment.

Step 03

Earn from idle cycles

Once connected, idle cycles take on vetted, audited AI work and earn from real demand. Every settled job leaves a receipt you can export.

Privacy & safety

Checked, not trusted.

The audit is the system. Your machines run vetted work behind strict separation, and no patron, student, or patient data touches the network. Every settled job leaves an exportable receipt.

Verification path

What you can examine before signing.

●Twelve-document compliance package, ready for review
●Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) on file
●State-by-state privacy matrix for all fifty states + DC
●District onboarding checklist with five-phase gates
●FERPA, COPPA, CIPA, AB 1584, SOPIPA architectural reviews completed for K-12 use

Common questions

Plain answers to the questions members ask.

How does this pay me back?

Membership is a flat, modest fee per machine, per year. In return, the idle cycles on those machines earn from real demand on the network. For most members the earnings outrun the fee.

Is this cryptocurrency?

No. The marketplace runs on standard commercial agreements, settled in dollars. The network uses advanced cryptography, the same kind that secures banks and federal agencies, but you never handle it. You earn from real demand, not token emissions.

What does a machine need to participate?

A connection between your existing hardware and the marketplace. The exact integration model, footprint, and support arrangement are confirmed during onboarding so the deployment fits your environment.

What happens if something breaks?

A dedicated support relationship handles operational issues. We settle that during onboarding so you are not left to debug network problems alone.

What do buyers use the compute for?

AI inference and training workloads sold to vetted, paying buyers, typically corporate AI teams, defense contractors, and research institutions. Every job is checked, not trusted. Results are proven and leave an auditable receipt. We do not accept workloads from buyers who fail our vetting.

Can I opt out?

Yes. Participation can be unwound with reasonable notice. Notice periods and any exit obligations are addressed in the conversation we have with each member.

Apply for the Founding 100

Put your compute to work.

We respond within five business days. Your information is never sold and never shared outside the application review.

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Questions before applying?

We will take a fifteen-minute call with anyone evaluating membership. No commitment.

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