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Yuchen Jin, who builds AI systems and products at Databricks, reports worsening GPU shortages as H100 prices exceed three-year-old levels and on-demand availability disappears due to major labs' multi-year contracts

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Developers increasingly rely on older A100 GPUs amid constraints.

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GPU shortage is worse than ever. H100s cost more today than they did 3 years ago, and you cannot get them on-demand. The big AI labs have locked up most of the supply for years. I’m worried university researchers and individual developers simply won’t be able to get GPUs.

8:43 PM · May 17, 2026 View on X
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the gpu crunch is real

Yuchen JinYuchen Jin@Yuchenj_UW

GPU shortage is worse than ever. H100s cost more today than they did 3 years ago, and you cannot get them on-demand. The big AI labs have locked up most of the supply for years. I’m worried university researchers and individual developers simply won’t be able to get GPUs.

3:43 AM · May 18, 2026 · 225.9K Views
1:17 PM · May 18, 2026 · 12.2K Views

So much for technological obsolescence of GPUs.

Yuchen JinYuchen Jin@Yuchenj_UW

GPU shortage is worse than ever. H100s cost more today than they did 3 years ago, and you cannot get them on-demand. The big AI labs have locked up most of the supply for years. I’m worried university researchers and individual developers simply won’t be able to get GPUs.

3:43 AM · May 18, 2026 · 225.9K Views
11:11 AM · May 18, 2026 · 9.4K Views

@mattshumer_ forgot to paste this:

Alex VolkovAlex Volkov@altryne

H100 is more expensive now than it was when released, ,is a 3 y/o hardware, and you can't find any available on demand! Inference is everything. The stock market has no idea

2:24 PM · May 18, 2026 · 3.6K Views
5:04 PM · May 18, 2026 · 310 Views

H100 is more expensive now than it was when released, ,is a 3 y/o hardware, and you can't find any available on demand!

Inference is everything.

The stock market has no idea

Yuchen JinYuchen Jin@Yuchenj_UW

GPU shortage is worse than ever. H100s cost more today than they did 3 years ago, and you cannot get them on-demand. The big AI labs have locked up most of the supply for years. I’m worried university researchers and individual developers simply won’t be able to get GPUs.

3:43 AM · May 18, 2026 · 225.9K Views
2:24 PM · May 18, 2026 · 3.6K Views

currently using A100s like an animal

Yuchen JinYuchen Jin@Yuchenj_UW

GPU shortage is worse than ever. H100s cost more today than they did 3 years ago, and you cannot get them on-demand. The big AI labs have locked up most of the supply for years. I’m worried university researchers and individual developers simply won’t be able to get GPUs.

3:43 AM · May 18, 2026 · 225.9K Views
6:09 AM · May 18, 2026 · 3.2K Views