TechFlow reports on January 21 that, according to The Block, Architect Financial Technologies—founded by former FTX US president Brett Harrison—plans to expand cryptocurrency-style perpetual futures into the AI computing market. The company is set to launch perpetual futures contracts tied to GPU rental and memory pricing, marking the financial industry's first exchange-traded futures contracts based on computing power. These products aim to provide AI companies, data center operators, and hardware suppliers with tools to hedge against price volatility in computing infrastructure, with margin support in either U.S. dollars or dollar-pegged stablecoins.
Architect has partnered with computing index provider Ornn Data to develop these contracts, which use benchmark prices derived from real-time GPU trading data. The company has completed multiple funding rounds, reaching a valuation of $187 million following its Series A round at the end of 2025, backed by prominent investors including Coinbase Ventures and Circle Ventures.
