GPUS ARE FINANCED FOR YEARS. AI WORKLOADS RUN FOR WEEKS

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GPU supply contracts lock capacity for 36 months while AI workloads demand compute for weeks. Hyperbolic exploits the duration mismatch by buying multi-year bare-metal capacity at contracted rates and reselling short-duration slots at a premium, growing from near-zero to $80M annualized revenue run-rate between June 2025 and September 2026. Neocloud lenders require contracted off-take, which structurally biases supply toward long-term commitments, and Hyperbolic hedges Year 3 tail risk with put options on compute prices to protect the back end. Exchange-traded GPU rental contracts are forming as compute follows the commodity arc from bilateral deals to traded benchmarks, with physical settlement as the foundation derivative indices build on, mirroring electricity's 30-year path from vertically integrated utilities to CME/ICE contracts.