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Powerful & persistent virtual machines

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machine0 provides persistent virtual machines for running compute-heavy workloads and long-running agents, with VMs that stay on until stopped or suspended. Machines run NixOS or Ubuntu with tools pre-installed, and offer dedicated resources, static IPs, and per-minute billing.

VMs scale up to 60 vCPUs and 240 GB RAM, with optional GPUs including H100, H200, L40S, MI300X, and RTX 4000/6000 Ada. Every operation is available as a CLI command with JSON output, and a remote MCP server lets agents drive the platform programmatically. VMs can be started, suspended, snapshotted, and resumed, with golden images for cloning. Profiles inject MCP servers, credentials, prompts, and environment variables into VMs, with integrations for Claude Code, Codex, and GitHub. NixOS flakes support reproducible builds with rollbacks, while Ubuntu images ship with Docker, Node, Python, Claude Code, and Codex. Each VM receives a static IP and HTTPS endpoint across five regions.

machine0 is packaged as pay-as-you-go, billed per minute, with CPU and GPU sizes ranging from 1 to 60 vCPUs. Suspending a VM stops compute billing; image storage is charged separately while suspended.

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