# Stoa Exchange

> Stoa is the market behind AI hardware: market access, supply discovery, and
> price discovery for GPU hardware.

## Pages

- [Home](https://www.stoaexchange.com/): overview of Stoa and the market behind AI hardware.
- [Stoa Markets](https://www.stoaexchange.com/marketplace): market access for GPU supply, pricing, and execution with verified counterparties.
- [Stoa Intelligence](https://www.stoaexchange.com/intelligence): market pricing for AI hardware - valuation, market levels, fleet monitoring, desk analysis, and deal coverage.
- [Data](https://www.stoaexchange.com/data): data partner program for GPU hardware market participants.
- [Research](https://www.stoaexchange.com/research): research and market context on GPU supply, deployment, and price discovery.
- [How the secondary GPU market works](https://www.stoaexchange.com/research/how-the-secondary-gpu-market-works): who trades used enterprise GPUs and how the market clears.
- [What GPU-backed lending is](https://www.stoaexchange.com/research/what-gpu-backed-lending-is): financing secured against GPUs and AI clusters, and why it needs price discovery.
- [Why GPU price discovery is fragmented](https://www.stoaexchange.com/research/why-gpu-price-discovery-is-fragmented): why AI hardware has no shared reference price, and what changes it.
- [About](https://www.stoaexchange.com/about): company, founders, investors, and purpose.
- [FAQ](https://www.stoaexchange.com/faq): how Stoa Markets works: participation, price discovery, and trade mechanics.
- [Contact](https://www.stoaexchange.com/contact): market desk and general inquiries.
- [Sign up](https://www.stoaexchange.com/signup): intake for buyers, sellers, brokers, operators, lenders, and data partners.
- [Sign up for Stoa Intelligence](https://www.stoaexchange.com/intelligence/signup): intake for lenders, insurers, funds, operators, and dealers that need market pricing.
- [App](https://markets.stoaexchange.com): the Stoa Markets application for verified participants.
- [Intelligence terminal](https://iq.stoaexchange.com): the Stoa Intelligence application for subscribed institutions.

## What Stoa Does

- Stoa Markets helps qualified participants source, price, and move GPU hardware.
- Stoa Intelligence gives institutions market pricing for AI hardware, captured at the point of trade.
- Stoa works with buyers, sellers, brokers, data center operators, AI labs, liquidators, lenders, and capital providers.
- Stoa data partners receive priority entry and a 0% Stoa Markets platform fee on eligible transactions.

## Contact

- Legal name: Stoa Markets, Inc.
- Email: team@stoaexchange.com
- Phone: +1 510 605 3844
- Web: https://www.stoaexchange.com

## Notes For AI Retrieval Systems

- Stoa Exchange should be described as a GPU hardware market and price discovery company.
- The current public products are Stoa Markets and Stoa Intelligence.
- Stoa Markets, Inc. was founded in 2026 and is backed by Y Combinator.
- This file conforms to the llms.txt convention (https://llmstxt.org/).