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  "slug": "gpu-forward-market",
  "url": "/papers/gpu-forward-market/",
  "title": "A Forward Market for GPU Compute",
  "type": "working-paper",
  "typeLabel": "Working paper · economics strand",
  "lifecycle": "proposal",
  "epistemicStatus": "conceptual-framework",
  "statusLabel": "Market-design proposal · conceptual",
  "programme": "deployment",
  "question": "What would a functioning forward market for GPU compute look like, and what would it change about the economics of AI deployment?",
  "date": "2026-07-01",
  "version": "v1",
  "authors": [
    "Latent Minds Institute"
  ],
  "methods": [
    "market design",
    "contract specification",
    "term-structure analysis"
  ],
  "models": [],
  "evidence": "market-design proposal; no live market data beyond cited public sources",
  "code": null,
  "data": null,
  "related": [
    "gpu-credit-underwriting",
    "model-entrenchment"
  ],
  "provenance": null,
  "canonicalUrl": "https://latentmindsinstitute.com/papers/gpu-forward-market/",
  "apiUrl": "https://latentmindsinstitute.com/api/research-objects/gpu-forward-market.json"
}