Question 1

How do I run my first job?

Accepted Answer

Use the Ocean Network dashboard to select the resources you need, then push them to Ocean Orchestrator. Ocean Orchestrator works in VS Code, Cursor, Antigravity, and Windsurf. If you prefer CLI, you can use ocean-cli to submit the job and pull results when processing is complete.

Question 2

Can I run my jobs from IDEs?

Accepted Answer

Yes. You can run AI jobs in VS Code, Cursor, Antigravity, and Windsurf using the Ocean Orchestrator extension, with job orchestration handled behind the scenes, and outputs saved to your chosen results folder.

Question 3

What types of workloads can I run on an Ocean Node?

Accepted Answer

You can run containerized compute jobs like embeddings, model inference jobs, data cleanup, batch processing, and fine-tune model workloads that finish within the job window and produce outputs you can download.

Question 4

What programming languages are supported?

Accepted Answer

Currently we provide templates for Python and JavaScript in the extension workflow, but you can also add your custom container, allowing you to use any programming language you prefer.

Question 5

What is Ocean Network?

Accepted Answer

Ocean Network is a decentralized, peer-to-peer (P2P) compute network for pay-per-use compute jobs that turns idle or underutilized GPUs into usable distributed compute resources. It lets you choose a preferred Ocean Node with the resources you need, submit a containerized job, and get results back without managing servers or infrastructure.

Question 6

What is decentralized compute?

Accepted Answer

Decentralized compute means the resource comes from many independent machines in a P2P compute network, so your job can run on distributed GPU or CPU capacity and return outputs. With Ocean Network, you select the Ocean Node and resources you want, submit the job, and get results back without managing servers.

Question 7

Do I need to set up servers as a compute user?

Accepted Answer

No. There is no server setup required. You choose a preferred Ocean Node with the resources you need, submit a containerized job, and get results back without managing servers or infrastructure.

Question 8

Is there free compute available?

Accepted Answer

Yes, there are 3 types of free compute: test CPU compute environments offered by Ocean Network, Complimentary Credits giving access to GPU compute worth $100 USD, and test compute environments offered by node operators for users to experiment with.

Question 9

What happens if a node fails during my job?

Accepted Answer

If a node goes down mid-run, the job can be restarted on the same node once it becomes available again. Funds are released from escrow only when the node explicitly marks a job as successful. Rerouting is handled by the user, giving full control over which resources are used.

Question 10

How does job scheduling work on Ocean Network?

Accepted Answer

Ocean Network does not auto-assign your job to random machines. You pick the node or compute environment you want based on resource price limits and current availability, then submit the job to that specific resource. The dashboard shows availability and max duration per environment.