Inference providers offload idle GPU risk by forcing throughput reservations
AAAzzam · x · 2026-09-16
Dev thdxr complains that all inference providers, including big clouds, make customers take the risk for idle GPUs by forcing them to reserve throughput. He notes that before AWS, you couldn't rent servers by the minute at scale — so this feels like a regression. AAAzzam sarcastically wishes for a "dream inference provider" that lets you get GPUs without reserving throughput, highlighting an unmet market need for true pay-per-use.
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