Rival

What is Rival?

Think of Rival as an app store for AI that actually runs things. Instead of hunting through GitHub repos or stitching together API keys, you browse a marketplace of pre-built AI functions, agents, and workflows, pick what you need, and run it. No prompt engineering. No model selection. No infrastructure headaches. The platform is powered by CortexOne, Rival's own compute routing layer. Every function you trigger gets automatically sent to the fastest available hardware across AWS, GCP, Azure, NVIDIA, AMD, and TPU clusters. The routing is real-time, based on latency and availability, and you never touch a config file to make it happen. Rival advertises **no vendor lock-in** and processor-level encryption, which matters if you're running anything sensitive. For users, the value is speed and simplicity. You search across categories (Data and Analytics, Developer Tools, Business Intelligence, Cybersecurity, and more), find a function built by a verified developer, and run it. Each listing shows total run counts, ratings, versioning history, and changelogs, so you can see whether something has real-world traction before you commit to integrating it. The builder side is equally…