people · May 21, 2026
Runpod named OpenAI's infrastructure partner for Model Craft Challenge Series with up to $1M credits
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Runpod announced partnership with OpenAI on March 18 2026 for the Model Craft Challenge Series. The deal distributes up to $1M in compute credits for the Parameter Golf challenge. Key details include Runpod serving 500K developers and surpassing $120M ARR as of January 20 2026. Zhen Lu as co-founder and CEO highlighted the partnership in press materials.
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