Stoa

Buyers and sellers of AI hardware such as GPUs operate in a market with no shared price discovery layer. Supply is scattered across OEM allocation, cloud capacity, brokers, operators, and secondary sellers, each exposing only a slice of the market. Price depends on context like SKU, delivery timing, region, quantity, condition, financing, and urgency, so there is no single clearing price. As a result, buyers and sellers rely on private quotes, stale lists, and partial broker color, trading in DMs and spreadsheets with unverified counterparties, indicative rather than firm prices, and wire-and-hope settlement risk.

Stoa is a marketplace that combines supply, pricing, and execution in one venue for GPU transactions. Users describe a trade in plain language or by attaching a quote PDF, and the platform drafts a structured RFQ. Verified dealers respond with firm quotes, and accepting one creates a binding trade with grade, condition, and verification expectations on record. Settlement then runs on a recorded step by step timeline (confirmed, payment, shipped, delivered, inspected, settled) with evidence required along the way, and payment is held until delivery confirms. The site also references a separate Stoa Intelligence product for market pricing data and lists illustrative pricing for SKUs like A100, H100, H200, B200, and GB200 NVL, along with an example comparison showing savings versus off-market pricing for an 8-node H100 deal.