Nvidia launches revenue-sharing model for AI startups
Key takeaways
- Revenue from both product sales and cloud operations flows back to Nvidia under the arrangement, as AI cloud companies provide Nvidia-powered services to their end customers.
- Token credits are also part of the offering, giving startups a way to access compute resources without upfront capital outlays.
- Sharon AI will deploy up to 40,000 Nvidia Grace Blackwell GB300 GPUs.
Nvidia launches revenue-sharing model for AI startups Nvidia launches revenue-sharing model for AI startups · Quartz · VCG / Getty Images Colleen Cabili Thu, July 2, 2026 at 8:18 PM GMT+7 2 min read NVDA Nvidia announced a revenue-sharing program on Thursday designed to give AI startups, model builders, and enterprises access to its computing infrastructure without requiring them to finance hardware buildouts themselves.
Revenue from both product sales and cloud operations flows back to Nvidia under the arrangement, as AI cloud companies provide Nvidia-powered services to their end customers. Kress, writing in a blog post according to Bloomberg, called the resulting income a "recurring, usage-linked earnings stream" for Nvidia; on the customer side, she said the model removes the need to navigate site selection, power procurement, construction, and hardware bring-up before accessing large-scale compute.
Token credits are also part of the offering, giving startups a way to access compute resources without upfront capital outlays.