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Daily snapshots derived from observable marketplace data. We publish what we see — nothing more, nothing less.
These aren't guidelines. They're constraints built into our system.
If data is sparse, inconsistent, or insufficient, we publish nothing. An empty cell is a signal — not a failure. We never interpolate or estimate.
We publish deterministic daily snapshots at 07:00 UTC, after all marketplace collectors finish. Partial days are never published. 'Latest' means the most recent complete collection.
We report what we observe: listing prices, availability counts, sample sizes. We never publish predictions, recommendations, or profitability projections.
Daily benchmark prices are computed using a listing-weighted methodology: every observed listing from an authorized partner counts as one data point. Marketplaces offering more supply are reflected in proportion, so the figure tracks the price a renter would actually encounter shopping the market today.
Each listing from an authorized partner is recorded at its published per-GPU hourly price — no inference, no smoothing, no interpolation. Missing data shows as an em dash, never an estimate.
The daily price is the median across all observed listings for each GPU per day. Every listing is one data point, so marketplaces offering more supply are reflected in proportion — the figure tracks the price a renter would actually encounter shopping the market today.
Listings above 10× a GPU's recent median are filtered as mispriced outliers; beyond that, prices are published exactly as observed — a representative market rate from raw listing snapshots, not a smoothed or modeled index.
Catalog-priced GPUs — chips with stable pricing across the marketplaces that carry them — may appear flat in time series. This reflects real market behavior, not a flaw in the chart.
The AIMC Market Index is a 0–100 daily score measuring GPU rental market conditions across five pricing tiers (on-demand, spot, reserved, community, hyperscaler). Built entirely from observable marketplace data — no predictions, no sentiment, no estimates.
Each tier is scored independently using only the listings that belong to it:
Each tier's score is built from six observational components measuring:
The headline Index score is the simple average of all five tier scores:
Equal weights chosen for transparency — every tier's shifts are equally visible. Per-tier scores are always published alongside the composite for full attribution.
Methodology v3 became effective 2026-06-02, adding the hyperscaler tier (public reference pricing from 10 major cloud providers). Methodology v2 (effective 2026-05-31) introduced 4-tier composite scoring across on-demand, spot, reserved, and community. Earlier records (May 7–30, 2026) use v1, which scored only on-demand listings. All three methodologies remain queryable in the underlying database — every Index record stores its methodology_version for full audit traceability.
We either have the data or we don't. If we have it, we publish it with full precision. If we don't, we show an em dash — no estimates, no gap-fills.
Data available from authorized marketplace partners. Published with full precision and listing counts visible.
Insufficient data to publish responsibly. Shows as empty — a deliberate signal.
We operate as an independent benchmark publisher. Our governance is informed by how established benchmark administrators operate: independence from the markets we price, a versioned and openly published methodology, documented conflict-of-interest constraints, and a formal process for queries and complaints — each described below.
Ai Mining Co. holds no positions in GPUs or compute derivatives, owns no GPU marketplace or trading venue, and earns no affiliate or referral revenue from the marketplaces it tracks. Our benchmark determinations are independent of any party with a financial interest in the prices we publish.
Every methodology revision is versioned, dated, and recorded. Each published record stores its methodology version for full audit traceability, and prior versions remain queryable. We do not revise published figures retroactively.
When input data is insufficient to publish a determination responsibly, we publish nothing — shown as an em dash — rather than estimate or interpolate. Absence is a documented signal, not a gap to be filled.
Stakeholders who rely on our benchmarks may raise questions or formally challenge a determination by contacting lucas@aiminingco.com. We review every submission, respond directly, and document any resulting methodology change in the versioned record above.
We're building partnerships with GPU rental marketplaces. If you operate a marketplace or want to contribute data, let's talk.
Ai Mining Co. is a product of AIMC Technologies, LLC