- Through this agreement, a functional test is being conducted with the purpose of determining whether or not DePIN protocols, namely Golem, are capable of supporting the diverse range of client and workload profiles.
- After seeing the maturation of the prospects presented by Web3, Salad started examining the different DePIN protocols in the third quarter of 2025.
Golem Network, which is one of the first decentralized computing protocols, and Salad.com, which is an established GPU Cloud Platform that is powered by worldwide distributed infrastructure, have announced that they would be working together. Through the use of Golem’s Web3 infrastructure, this cooperation will determine whether or not it is possible to satisfy Salad’s current need for computing resources.
In the first step of an engineering test, Salad plans to make use of Golem’s permissionless execution layer in order to “mirror” and map a portion of its present commercial activity. This activity will include the whole spectrum of Salad’s cloud computing goods and services. Through this agreement, a functional test is being conducted with the purpose of determining whether or not DePIN protocols, namely Golem, are capable of supporting the diverse range of client and workload profiles that are presently employing Salad’s cloud infrastructure.
For the purpose of enabling client payments and the distribution of incentives to its network of infrastructure providers, Salad currently depends on a stack of centralized services. Salad’s software stack, which includes conventional payment processors, usage-based billing systems, and incentive suppliers, represents a substantial amount of complexity and operational expense. Salad has a worldwide presence that includes both clients and computing providers. It is possible that Salad’s goods and services may see large efficiency advantages if they were to include crypto payments and a permissionless compute-execution layer, which is comparable to what Golem Network provides.
Bob Miles, CEO of salad.com, added:
“By pairing Salad’s globally distributed infrastructure with Golem’s decentralized compute layer, we’re exploring how customer workloads, revenue, and our extensive rewards program can flow through DePIN. I first read the Golem whitepaper in 2017, and this collaboration reflects a shared vision of making advanced computational power more accessible by enabling millions of individuals to contribute underutilized devices.
This initial test phase aims to demonstrate whether Web3 can enhance centralized cloud platforms with greater efficiency and openness, while helping us understand how Salad’s margin profile could fit into a sustainable tokenomics model as we scale mirrored traffic through Golem Network.”
Through this partnership, the goal is to demonstrate that a conventional Web2 company like Salad is capable of integrating with a permissionless and decentralized protocol like the Golem Network. Through the course of the test, fundamental components, such as the decentralized marketplace and settlement infrastructure, will be evaluated to see how they may provide Salad with a platform for value exchange that is both more transparent and more cost-effective.
Paweł Burgchardt, CPO of Golem Network, commented:
“Our collaboration with Salad allows us to explore how Golem’s protocol can integrate with complementary marketplaces for computational resources. The insights gained from this experiment will help us refine Golem’s SDK and strengthen support for future integrations.”
After seeing the maturation of the prospects presented by Web3, Salad started examining the different DePIN protocols in the third quarter of 2025. Initial testing have provided substantial insights for Salad’s technical team, and Golem Network was the platform that gave the closest match to Salad’s current infrastructure.
Kyle Dodson, Salad’s CTO, shares:
“The architecture provided by Golem, connecting compute requestors and compute providers via a decentralized protocol, has significant overlap with how Salad’s platform operates today. As Salad works towards supporting a frequently requested feature, crypto payments, I am excited to collaborate with the Golem team to further enhance the efficiency of both cost and the compute-orchestration of our platform.”
Salad and Golem Network are both working toward the same objective, which is to make accelerated computing power more accessible to a wider audience. For example, in silico drug development simulations, artificial intelligence inference, and 3D rendering are only some of the workload profiles that are supported by both systems.
The purpose of this alliance is to demonstrate how Web2 and Web3-based markets, which have historically been kept separate, may be connected. This will allow participants to take use of characteristics that complement one another while also setting the framework for future resource-sharing across networks that are now compartmentalized.
As the Salad and Golem teams continue to collaborate on this engineering test, more engineering and product updates that are more specific will be disclosed and made accessible on salad.com and golem.network respectively.
The Golem Network is a decentralized network that is open-source and provides a marketplace for anyone to purchase computational resources and services. Golem’s permissionless protocol makes it possible for anybody to join the network by either contributing their resources to the network or exchanging those resources for GLM tokens.
Salad is the biggest cloud platform in the world, and it is supported by infrastructure that is scattered around the globe. Salad, which has been in business for eight years, provides help to a diverse variety of clients, ranging from AI Startups to Fortune 500 Enterprise Organizations that are listed. With Salad’s application, individuals and datacenters alike are able to share idle processing resources, so transforming unused hardware into valuable incentives. Salad is able to power cutting-edge computing applications at a cost that is far lower than that of hyperscale providers. Salad has thousands of current customers who are actively executing production workloads across tens of thousands of machines.