As plunging GPU rental prices threaten AI hosting companies, Luxor, a company known for providing services to Bitcoin miners, is expanding into AI compute derivatives to help businesses hedge against these risks. The company is already brokering agreements, bringing its experience from hedging mining revenue to the AI sector.

Separately, CME Group is pursuing an exchange-traded version of this idea, having announced on August 11 its H100 and B200 rental-index futures, which were targeted for listing on October 5, subject to regulatory review.