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OpenRelay

OpenRelay is a Y Combinator-backed distributed GPU cloud for production AI inference — "the CDN of inference." It runs a global mesh of GPUs (RTX 4090/5090, A100, H100) that teams reach through a single API: rent dedicated GPU VMs with SSH and persistent volumes, stand up autoscaling inference clusters behind an endpoint, or call hosted open models via an OpenAI-compatible (and Anthropic Messages-compatible) API. Anyone can also join as a provider and earn on idle compute. The control-plane REST API (api.openrelay.inc) manages orgs, VMs, clusters, snapshots, billing, usage, transfers, provider nodes, batches, files, and webhooks, and is fully driveable from the first-party `orl` CLI — which also ships an official MCP server for agents. Traffic reroutes across healthy nodes in milliseconds, with pricing OpenRelay claims is up to 90% cheaper than the hyperscalers.

OpenRelay publishes 19 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Account API, API Keys API, Batches API, and 16 more. Tagged areas include Company, GPU, Inference, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning.

The OpenRelay catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

OpenRelay’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, signup flow, pricing, engineering blog, support, and 27 more developer resources.

55.1/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 41/100 agent native Front door AI 5/6 prominent saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-25 · rubric v0.23.0
1 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyGPUInferenceArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningCloud ComputeInfrastructureOpenAI-CompatibleGPU CloudLLM

What this lets a business do 4

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Information Technology Management
BC-600
ClustersVMs
POST /v1/orgs/{orgId}/vms/create POST /v1/vms/{id}/reboot POST /v1/vms/{id}/resize-disk POST /v1/clusters/{id}/scale
Subscription Billing & Revenue Management
BC-4250
BillingUsage
POST /v1/orgs/{orgId}/billing/deposit GET /v1/orgs/{orgId}/usage/current
Developer Platform & API Ecosystem Management
BC-4270
Webhooks
POST /v1/orgs/{orgId}/webhooks/create GET /v1/orgs/{orgId}/webhooks/{id}/deliveries
Software Release & Deployment Management
BC-4210
Runners
GET /v1/orgs/{orgId}/runner-pools GET /v1/orgs/{orgId}/runner-pools/connect-url GET /v1/orgs/{orgId}/runner-pools/{id} GET /v1/orgs/{orgId}/runner-pools/{id}/jobs

Kin Score

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scored 2026-09-25 · rubric v0.23.0
Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform) regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.
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The six quality facets above are damped to 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.
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Standards implemented 1

Interfaces this provider implements that became standards by being copied rather than ratified. Each is profiled by the API Commons, and the evidence column says how the claim was established — not that it was made.

declared — publishes a spec that declares them
2 core of 338 operations graded · api-commons/models

APIs 19

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

OpenRelay Inference API

OpenAI-compatible chat completions API (POST /v1/chat/completions) and, for supporting models, an Anthropic-compatible Messages API (POST /v1/messages). Drop-in: point the offic...

OpenRelay Account API

The signed-in user: profile, memberships, and first-time onboarding.

OpenRelay API Keys API

Programmatic access keys (vl_…) used to authenticate with this API.

OpenRelay Batches API

Batch inference jobs: submit a JSONL file of requests, poll status, and download results at a discounted rate. Served by the inference endpoint (inference.openrelay.inc). Batch ...

OpenRelay Billing API

Prepaid balance, saved cards, deposits, and auto-recharge.

OpenRelay Catalog API

Public catalog: GPU models, availability, pricing, templates, and locations.

OpenRelay Clusters API

Autoscaling inference clusters that serve a container image behind an endpoint.

OpenRelay Files API

Input and result files for the Batch API (JSONL, up to 200 MB and 50,000 records). Served by the inference endpoint (inference.openrelay.inc).

OpenRelay Internal API

Machine-to-machine endpoints used by platform infrastructure. Not part of the public API.

OpenRelay Organizations API

Organizations and their members. Most resources are scoped to an org.

OpenRelay Provider API

For GPU providers: applications, nodes, provisioning tokens, and earnings.

OpenRelay Registry Credentials API

Private container-registry credentials for pulling images.

OpenRelay Runners API

Managed GitHub Actions runner pools.

OpenRelay Snapshots API

Point-in-time VM snapshots and forking new VMs from them.

OpenRelay SSH Keys API

Org-level SSH public keys that can be attached to VMs.

OpenRelay Transfers API

Move resources between organizations you belong to.

OpenRelay Usage API

Current-period usage and cost breakdowns.

OpenRelay Webhooks API

Subscribe to platform events with signed HTTP callbacks.

OpenRelay V Ms API

GPU virtual machines: lifecycle, disks, SSH access, and console links.

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Open Collections 19

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

OpenRelay Account API

OPEN COLLECTION

OpenRelay Account VMs API

OPEN COLLECTION

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MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

OpenRelay MCP Server

Official Model Context Protocol server shipped inside the OpenRelay CLI (orl). It exposes the entire OpenRelay control-plane REST API to Claude and other MCP clients as tools, e...

MCP SERVER

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Openrelay Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Openrelay Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: openrelay
name: OpenRelay
description: 'OpenRelay is a Y Combinator-backed distributed GPU cloud for production AI inference — "the CDN of inference."
  It runs a global mesh of GPUs (RTX 4090/5090, A100, H100) that teams reach through a single API: rent dedicated GPU VMs
  with SSH and persistent volumes, stand up autoscaling inference clusters behind an endpoint, or call hosted open models
  via an OpenAI-compatible (and Anthropic Messages-compatible) API. Anyone can also join as a provider and earn on idle compute.
  The control-plane REST API (api.openrelay.inc) manages orgs, VMs, clusters, snapshots, billing, usage, transfers, provider
  nodes, batches, files, and webhooks, and is fully driveable from the first-party `orl` CLI — which also ships an official
  MCP server for agents. Traffic reroutes across healthy nodes in milliseconds, with pricing OpenRelay claims is up to 90%
  cheaper than the hyperscalers.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openrelay/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- y-combinator
x-tier: profile
x-tier-reason: enriched-from-live-api
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://openrelay.inc/og-image.png
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- GPU
- Inference
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- Cloud Compute
- Infrastructure
- OpenAI-Compatible
- GPU Cloud
- LLM
tags_raw:
- Company
- GPU
- Inference
- AI
- Machine Learning
- Cloud Compute
- Infrastructure
- OpenAI-Compatible
- GPU Cloud
- LLM
- Machine-Learning
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
apis:
- name: OpenRelay Inference API
  description: 'OpenAI-compatible chat completions API (POST /v1/chat/completions) and, for supporting models, an Anthropic-compatible
    Messages API (POST /v1/messages). Drop-in: point the official OpenAI SDKs at the base URL with an OpenRelay key. Also
    offers an asynchronous Batch API over JSONL files.'
  humanURL: https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/inference
  baseURL: https://inference.openrelay.inc/v1
  tags:
  - Inference
  - OpenAI-Compatible
  - LLM
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/inference
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/inference/quickstart
- aid: openrelay:openrelay-account-api
  name: OpenRelay Account API
  description: 'The signed-in user: profile, memberships, and first-time onboarding.'
  humanURL: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  baseURL: https://api.openrelay.inc
  tags:
  - Account
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openrelay-account-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/account/overview
- aid: openrelay:openrelay-api-keys-api
  name: OpenRelay API Keys API
  description: Programmatic access keys (vl_…) used to authenticate with this API.
  humanURL: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  baseURL: https://api.openrelay.inc
  tags:
  - APIKeys
  tags_raw:
  - API Keys
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openrelay-api-keys-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/account/overview
- aid: openrelay:openrelay-batches-api
  name: OpenRelay Batches API
  description: 'Batch inference jobs: submit a JSONL file of requests, poll status, and download results at a discounted rate.
    Served by the inference endpoint (inference.openrelay.inc). Batch access is enabled per organization; without it these
    endpoints return 404.'
  humanURL: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  baseURL: https://api.openrelay.inc
  tags:
  - Batches
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openrelay-batches-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/account/overview
- aid: openrelay:openrelay-billing-api
  name: OpenRelay Billing API
  description: Prepaid balance, saved cards, deposits, and auto-recharge.
  humanURL: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  baseURL: https://api.openrelay.inc
  tags:
  - Billing
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openrelay-billing-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/account/overview
- aid: openrelay:openrelay-catalog-api
  name: OpenRelay Catalog API
  description: 'Public catalog: GPU models, availability, pricing, templates, and locations.'
  humanURL: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  baseURL: https://api.openrelay.inc
  tags:
  - Catalog
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openrelay-catalog-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/account/overview
- aid: openrelay:openrelay-clusters-api
  name: OpenRelay Clusters API
  description: Autoscaling inference clusters that serve a container image behind an endpoint.
  humanURL: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  baseURL: https://api.openrelay.inc
  tags:
  - Cluster
  tags_raw:
  - Clusters
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openrelay-clusters-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/account/overview
- aid: openrelay:openrelay-files-api
  name: OpenRelay Files API
  description: Input and result files for the Batch API (JSONL, up to 200 MB and 50,000 records). Served by the inference
    endpoint (inference.openrelay.inc).
  humanURL: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  baseURL: https://api.openrelay.inc
  tags:
  - File
  tags_raw:
  - Files
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openrelay-files-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/account/overview
- aid: openrelay:openrelay-internal-api
  name: OpenRelay Internal API
  description: Machine-to-machine endpoints used by platform infrastructure. Not part of the public API.
  humanURL: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  baseURL: https://api.openrelay.inc
  tags:
  - Internal
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openrelay-internal-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/account/overview
- aid: openrelay:openrelay-organizations-api
  name: OpenRelay Organizations API
  description: Organizations and their members. Most resources are scoped to an org.
  humanURL: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  baseURL: https://api.openrelay.inc
  tags:
  - Organization
  tags_raw:
  - Organizations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openrelay-organizations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/account/overview
- aid: openrelay:openrelay-provider-api
  name: OpenRelay Provider API
  description: 'For GPU providers: applications, nodes, provisioning tokens, and earnings.'
  humanURL: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  baseURL: https://api.openrelay.inc
  tags:
  - Providers
  tags_raw:
  - Provider
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openrelay-provider-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/account/overview
- aid: openrelay:openrelay-registry-credentials-api
  name: OpenRelay Registry Credentials API
  description: Private container-registry credentials for pulling images.
  humanURL: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  baseURL: https://api.openrelay.inc
  tags:
  - Registry Credentials
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openrelay-registry-credentials-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/account/overview
- aid: openrelay:openrelay-runners-api
  name: OpenRelay Runners API
  description: Managed GitHub Actions runner pools.
  humanURL: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  baseURL: https://api.openrelay.inc
  tags:
  - Runners
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openrelay-runners-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/account/overview
- aid: openrelay:openrelay-snapshots-api
  name: OpenRelay Snapshots API
  description: Point-in-time VM snapshots and forking new VMs from them.
  humanURL: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  baseURL: https://api.openrelay.inc
  tags:
  - Snapshots
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openrelay-snapshots-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/account/overview
- aid: openrelay:openrelay-ssh-keys-api
  name: OpenRelay SSH Keys API
  description: Org-level SSH public keys that can be attached to VMs.
  humanURL: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  baseURL: https://api.openrelay.inc
  tags:
  - SSH Keys
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openrelay-ssh-keys-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/account/overview
- aid: openrelay:openrelay-transfers-api
  name: OpenRelay Transfers API
  description: Move resources between organizations you belong to.
  humanURL: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  baseURL: https://api.openrelay.inc
  tags:
  - Transfers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openrelay-transfers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/account/overview
- aid: openrelay:openrelay-usage-api
  name: OpenRelay Usage API
  description: Current-period usage and cost breakdowns.
  humanURL: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  baseURL: https://api.openrelay.inc
  tags:
  - Usage
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openrelay-usage-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/account/overview
- aid: openrelay:openrelay-webhooks-api
  name: OpenRelay Webhooks API
  description: Subscribe to platform events with signed HTTP callbacks.
  humanURL: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  baseURL: https://api.openrelay.inc
  tags:
  - Webhook
  tags_raw:
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openrelay-webhooks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/account/overview
- aid: openrelay:openrelay-vms-api
  name: OpenRelay V Ms API
  description: 'GPU virtual machines: lifecycle, disks, SSH access, and console links.'
  humanURL: https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/inference
  baseURL: https://inference.openrelay.inc/v1
  tags:
  - VMs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openrelay-vms-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/account/overview
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/openrelay-plans-pricing.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.openrelay.inc/
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/openrelay-capability-edges.yml
  name: OpenRelay Business Capability Map
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/openrelay-openapi-overlay.yaml
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://app.openrelay.inc
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.openrelay.inc
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/account/overview
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.openrelay.inc/docs/quickstart
- type: SignUp
  url: https://app.openrelay.inc/get-started
- type: Pricing
  url: https://openrelay.inc/pricing
- type: Blog
  url: https://openrelay.inc/blog
- type: Support
  url: https://forum.openrelay.inc
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/OpenRelayInc
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://openrelay.inc/status
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/openrelay-changelog.yml
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://openrelay.inc/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://openrelay.inc/privacy
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/openrelay-authentication.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/openrelay-domain-security.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/openrelay-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: security/openrelay-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: conformance/openrelay-conformance.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/openrelay-conformance.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/openrelay-well-known.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/openrelay-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/openrelay-llms.txt
- type: CLI
  url: cli/openrelay-cli.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/openrelay-packages.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/openrelay-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/openrelay-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/openrelay-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/openrelay-data-model.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/openrelay-webhooks.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 18
  pass: local-v1

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