Overview

Render sits at the intersection of AI, AR/VR tech, and blockchain. The Render Network is a decentralized network that uses blockchain technology to facilitate distributed GPU rendering, as opposed to centralized GPU rendering providers like Amazon AWS and Google Cloud.

You can think of the Render Network’s business model as somewhat similar to Airbnb’s. With Airbnb, idle homes can be rented for very specific windows of time. Travelers or people with a dynamic demand for short-term housing can simply book a home to live in for the specific period of time they would actually live in it, as opposed to signing a rental contract or purchasing the home outright.

In this same vein, Render connects idle GPUs with content creators who have demand for the rendering power these GPUs provide. These content creators can simply pay for how much processing power they will actually use, rather than agreeing to longer-term contracts with centralized providers that would result in money being paid even when the GPUs aren’t in use.