Silicon Data is a technology company.
Silicon Data has raised $5.0M across 1 funding round.
Silicon Data has raised $5.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Silicon Data is a market intelligence platform providing real-time GPU pricing, performance benchmarking, and sustainability data for the AI compute economy. It serves traders, financial institutions, builders, and enterprises by aggregating over 3.5 million data points across 50 GPU chipsets, enabling optimized procurement, cost forecasting, and ESG reporting through tools like SiliconNavigator, SiliconMark, SiliconPriceIQ, and SiliconCarbon.[2][3][4][5]
The company solves opacity in GPU markets amid surging AI demand, where compute is emerging as a key commodity. With $4.7M in seed funding raised in March 2025 from DRW, Jump Trading Group, and others, Silicon Data is scaling its suite to power indices, hedging, and infrastructure decisions, positioning itself as TSMC's official Open Innovation Partner.[3][4][5]
Silicon Data was founded by Carmen Li, who serves as CEO, emerging from the need for transparency in GPU markets as AI demand exploded.[2][3][5] Li identified compute as "the world’s most valuable resource" and built the company to deliver real-time pricing, benchmarking, and sustainability insights, starting with the flagship SDH100RT (H100 Rental Index) for hourly GPU rental costs.[2][3]
Early traction came from aggregating vast datasets and launching AI-powered tools, culminating in the $4.7M seed round announced on March 20, 2025. Backed by finance leaders like DRW's Donald Wilson—who praised its role in navigating compute volatility—the company quickly expanded collaborations with cloud providers and positioned for compute indices akin to commodity benchmarks.[3][4][5]
Silicon Data rides the AI compute boom, where GPU scarcity and pricing volatility mirror commodity markets, fueled by hyperscale AI training needs.[2][3][5] Timing is ideal post-2024 AI surge, as enterprises seek data-driven tools amid cloud spot/reserved instance fluctuations and sustainability mandates.[4][5]
Market forces like exploding demand (compute as "world’s largest commodity") favor it, enabling price discovery, risk management, and derivatives.[2][3] It influences the ecosystem by democratizing access—empowering builders to optimize spend, financiers to hedge, and providers to benchmark—while fostering indices that could standardize global GPU trading.[3][5]
Silicon Data is primed to dominate as the compute intelligence standard, expanding AI-driven benchmarks, indices, and cloud collaborations with fresh seed capital.[3][5] Trends like GPU commoditization, regulatory ESG pressures, and multi-cloud fragmentation will amplify its tools, potentially birthing a derivatives market for compute.[2][4]
Influence may evolve into a full platform for trading infrastructure assets, scaling from transparency to liquidity enabler—cementing its role in the AI economy where data unlocks efficiency.[3][5] This positions it as essential infrastructure, much like early indices transformed commodities.
Silicon Data has raised $5.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Silicon Data's investors include Alloy Fund, Builders, Ponte Partners.
Silicon Data has raised $5.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $5.0M Seed in March 2025.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2025 | $5.0M Seed | Alloy Fund, Builders, Ponte Partners |