Meet the Startup: Connecting with CPUsage

I know you. You're working hard while you're sitting at your computer. But what if your computer could be doing hard work for other hardworking folks while you're away from the keyboard?

That's the question that CPUsage is answering. It's kind of like AirBnB or Second Porch for your latent processing power. Learn more.

CPUsage is Airbnb for CPU

Just like Airbnb enables you to make money from your spare property space, CPUsage harnesses the unused processing power of idle computers rewarding owners and enabling others to benefit from that processing power. Learn more.

Need cash? Forget plasma, and donate CPU time instead

Do you sleep? Have a laptop or desktop that sits idle during those eight hours? Need an extra $10 a month? If so, startup CPUsage has a proposition that you should hear. The eight-month-old startup wants to pay folks so it can harness their idle compute time to sell to corporations. CEO and Co-Founder Jeff Martens estimates an average user donating four hours of compute time every day could score about $10 a month. Learn more.

CPUsage, a Grid Computing Infrastructure-as-a-Service

CPUsage provides developers with a SETI@home-style grid computing platform. CPUsage offers computer owners rewards in exchange for access to their unused CPU resources. It then licenses those resources to customers for CPU intensive applications such as scientific analysis and graphic rendering. All the data stored on users' computers is encrypted. Learn more.

Startup Weekend Portland progeny CPUsage ready to put your machine's idle time to good use

Now, I know you're on your computer quite a bit. Trust me. I know. But there are times when your machine is just sitting there. Idle. Still on. But idle. What if instead of sitting there all lonely it could be doing good? Learn more.