Setara Announces the Release of its Initial GPU Price Index

CHICAGO, Nov. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Setara Financial Corp. ("Setara"), a developer of independent benchmark and reference infrastructure for the global compute economy, today announced the release of the Setara Index, its initial  GPU price index. This represents the initial step toward the Setara Indices, a family of independently governed benchmarks designed to bring greater transparency, consistency, and institutional credibility to the rapidly expanding AI compute marketplace.

Calculated by Setara's proprietary Benchmark Creation Engine, the Setara Index covers seven GPU models using publicly available on-demand list prices across independent providers. The Setara Index is expressed in U.S. dollars per GPU-hour and updated daily. The  index is available at www.setarafinancial.com/gpu-index.

As compute becomes an increasingly important economic input, the market needs reliable, independent measures of pricing, capacity, availability and economic performance. The Setara Index is a neutral, governed reference framework designed to support price discovery, market comparisons, risk management and the development of institutional financial products.  Setara expects to release additional indices across compute pricing, capacity, availability, and economic performance.

"Every successful financial market requires a trusted reference point. My experience helping develop major benchmarks and financial market structures, including the S&P 500, Russell indexes, the S&P MidCap 400 and the E-mini futures complex, has reinforced that principle," said Jack Bouroudjian, CEO of Setara. "Compute is becoming one of the most important economic inputs in the global economy, yet it lacks the independent reference infrastructure necessary to measure its value consistently. The publication of our initial GPU price index is an important step toward building that foundation."

Advisory Committee

Setara also announced its Industry Advisory Committee, bringing together complementary expertise in data architecture, technology infrastructure, standards and institutional markets.

The committee includes:

• Matt Nelson — Metadata leadership, global SDMX standards and software architecture for global banking.
• Tony Mackevicius — Enterprise data management, data architecture and security, including experience with Dell and EMC.
• Tom Roberts — Senior data leadership, technology and data science, with experience across healthcare and banking.

"We are extremely pleased to have Matt, Tony and Tom contributing their experience to Setara," said Robert Alberghine, Setara's President and Chief Operating Officer. "Each brings a distinct area of expertise that is essential to building a credible and enduring reference framework for the compute economy. Their collective experience strengthens our ability to develop benchmarks that are transparent, independently governed, compliant with international statistical standards, and relevant to the entire marketplace."

Setara's broader mission is to establish the independent reference layer necessary for compute to develop into a mature, financeable and institutionally accessible asset class. Its framework is intended to connect diverse market data through standardized intake, validation, eligibility, metadata governance, and reproducible benchmark calculations. Setara retains authority over its methodologies, constituent eligibility, calculations, official index releases, corrections and permitted uses.

About Setara

Setara Financial Corp. develops independent benchmark and reference infrastructure for the global compute economy. Through the Setara Indices under development and its developing governed reference framework, the company seeks to establish standardized measures of compute pricing, capacity, availability and economic performance. Setara's mission is to provide the neutral and trusted market infrastructure required for transparency, price discovery, and institutional participation in compute markets.

Learn more at www.setarafinancial.com.

Media Contact
Robert Alberghine
President and Chief Operating Officer
Setara Financial Corp.
robert@setarafinancial.com

SOURCE Setara Financial Corp.