Ask HN: What if anyone could sell AI tokens from their idle GPU?

A Hacker News user posting as edurights-team floated an idea to let individuals turn idle GPUs into APIs on a shared network, similar to OpenRouter, with a proposed $10/month plan. The Ask HN post, submitted 15 minutes before the snapshot, drew 1 point and 2 comments and asked whether readers would be interested in joining.

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