GPU cloud
RunPod
A container-oriented GPU Pod API suited to experiments, inference workers, and direct GPU selection.
- API
- REST Pods API · POST /v1/pods
- Auth
- Bearer API token
Provisioning API directory · Reviewed August 2, 2026
Know the control plane before choosing the GPU.
Each entry links to an official resource-creation API and explains the credential, lifecycle, and operational responsibilities a Run Any AI wrapper would inherit.
GPU cloud
Lambda Cloud
A focused REST API for launching and managing GPU instances, images, SSH keys, filesystems, and firewalls.
- API
- Lambda Cloud REST API · instance-operations/launch
- Auth
- Bearer API key
Hyperscaler
AWS EC2
A broad infrastructure API with GPU instance families, networking, IAM, storage, Spot, and mature lifecycle controls.
- API
- EC2 Query API · RunInstances
- Auth
- IAM credentials with Signature Version 4
Hyperscaler
Google Compute Engine
A REST and client-library surface for creating VMs with attached accelerators, IAM, networks, disks, and reservations.
- API
- Compute Engine REST API · instances.insert
- Auth
- OAuth access token through IAM or workload identity
Hyperscaler
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure Resource Manager API for creating GPU VMs within subscriptions, resource groups, networks, and identity controls.
- API
- Azure Compute REST API · Virtual Machines Create or Update
- Auth
- Microsoft Entra OAuth through a managed identity or service principal
AI infrastructure
CoreWeave
A Kubernetes-first AI cloud whose CKS API creates and manages clusters before GPU node pools and workloads are attached.
- API
- CKS REST API · POST /v1beta1/cks/clusters
- Auth
- Bearer API access token