# SaladCloud: physical AI company

Canonical ID: `e88552f8-9ea8-4b51-8ded-c8b00b089713`

## Key facts

- **Business model:** Distributed GPU cloud aggregating idle consumer PCs ("Salad Chefs") and reselling capacity for AI/ML inference
- **Headquarters:** Salt Lake City, Utah (26 S Rio Grande St)
- **Founded:** 2018
- **Employee count:** ~44 (LinkedIn profiles, Aug 2026); self-reported band 11-50
- **Positioning:** Inference-focused, long-tail / consumer-GPU tier of the neocloud market; not a training cloud and does not carry hyperscale H100/B200 inventory
- **GPU inventory:** Not disclosed as an aggregate number; fleet is consumer RTX-class (30- and 40-series) contributed by individual node operators, not datacenter H100/B200
- **Datacenter footprint:** None owned; capacity is nodes in homes on residential broadband, so no MW figure or campus list is published
- **Public/private status:** Private company; last publicly reported priced round was a 2022 Series A, no disclosed round since

- **Slug:** salad-cloud
- **Status:** active
- **Founded:** 2018
- **HQ:** Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

## Models

_No models registered._

## Supplies to

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## Common questions

### What is SaladCloud?

SaladCloud (operated by Salad Technologies) runs a distributed GPU cloud built on consumer-grade hardware rather than datacenter-class accelerators. Home PC owners called "Salad Chefs" install a desktop client that rents out idle GPU cycles in exchange for gift cards, game credits and streaming subscriptions; SaladCloud resells that aggregated capacity to AI companies as a low-cost inference and batch-compute layer. The company is headquartered in Salt Lake City and was founded in 2018, initially as a way for gamers to monetize idle machines through cryptocurrency mining before pivoting to AI/ML workloads.

### What does SaladCloud make?

SaladCloud has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. SaladCloud builds physical robots.

### Is SaladCloud publicly traded?

No. SaladCloud is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

### How can I invest in SaladCloud?

SaladCloud is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today.

### Where is SaladCloud headquartered?

SaladCloud is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

### Who owns SaladCloud?

SaladCloud is privately held; ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

### Is SaladCloud a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, SaladCloud ranks in roughly the top 97% of companies tracked by the registry.

### When was SaladCloud founded?

SaladCloud was founded in 2018.


## Sources (3)

1. https://www.linkedin.com/company/salad-technologies
2. https://salad.com
3. https://docs.salad.com

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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