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Order a Wick.
From your first configuration to a written price you accept.
How do I order a Wick?
Configure a system, choose its storage and tell Wick the work: running models, fine-tuning, training or evaluation. Save the build to your Wick Account and send it.
Wick reviews your room with you, then sends a written price. Delivery, the outdoor unit, Wick OS and the first year of service are included in it. Nothing is charged until you accept that price.
Choose a systemMeet Wick UltraDoes sending a build cost anything?
No. Saving or sending a build takes no payment and commits you to nothing. It starts the review of your configuration and your site.
What happens after I send a build?
Wick contacts you within 24 hours of sending a build. The build appears in Wick Account with the configuration you chose, and Wick's replies and each status change arrive in that build's conversation.
Open Wick AccountWhich system is the right size?
Wick Ultra for a team running frontier open models or fine-tuning toward the 70B class: 1,152 GB of GPU memory holds a 1.6-trillion-parameter model's weights at 4-bit. Wick suits one researcher, Wick Pro a small team. A Cluster node is for models past 1,152 GB and training across eight GPUs in one fabric.
Wick UltraWick Pro or UltraDo I need to pick a model first?
No. The model planner is optional. Use it to check whether a model's weights fit in a system's GPU memory at a chosen precision. That check covers capacity only. It does not measure speed, and training needs far more memory than the weights alone.
Check a modelCan I share a build with colleagues before we decide?
Yes. On Review or Send in the configurator, choose Share with finance. It copies a link to a one-page brief of the build: price and payment, what is included, the room and security. The link carries the hardware choices and any work you chose, never contact details. Your account and messages stay private.
Price and payment.
List prices are on the site. You pay the balance only once your Wick is running.
| System | From | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Wick | $262,000 | Delivery and outdoor unit. First year of service. Wick OS. |
| Wick Pro | $351,000 | Delivery and outdoor unit. First year of service. Wick OS. |
| Wick Ultra | $688,000 | Delivery and outdoor unit. First year of service. Wick OS. |
| Wick Cluster | $1,361,000 per node | Delivery. First year of service. Wick OS. Outdoor units or building water, confirmed in your written price. |
What does a list price cover?
The complete system as listed, with mirrored protected SSD storage (7.68 TB on Wick and Wick Pro, 15.36 TB on Wick Ultra and per Wick Cluster node): Wick from $262,000, Wick Pro from $351,000, Wick Ultra from $688,000, Wick Cluster from $1,361,000 per node.
Every list price includes delivery, Wick OS and the first year of service. Wick, Wick Pro and Wick Ultra also include their own outdoor unit, fitted the same day. Wick Cluster's outdoor units or building-water connection are confirmed in your written price.
What costs extra?
If your room needs a new circuit, Wick arranges it and adds it to your written price. Tax is extra.
Storage upgrades show their price in the configurator. The 491.52 TB capacity module is priced in your quote. Your written price lists every line before you accept.
See storage optionsWhen do I pay?
Saving and sending a build is free, with no card and no commitment.
When you accept your written price, a 20% deposit holds your build, and it comes back in full if you change your mind before it ships.
The balance is due once your Wick is running in your room, by wire or ACH.
See the timelineHow much is the deposit?
20% of your written price, due when you accept it. On a Wick Ultra at its $688,000 list price that is $137,600, with $550,400 due once it runs. Cancel before it ships and the deposit comes back in full.
How do we pay?
By wire or ACH, against your written price. Wick takes no card and no payment on the site.
Can we expense or depreciate a Wick?
Ask your accountant. Tax treatment depends on your business, and Wick does not give tax advice. Your written price itemizes the system, its options and any site work.
What does the warranty cover?
One-year limited warranty. If a part fails from a defect in materials or workmanship within a year of delivery, Wick repairs or replaces it at no charge. Accidental damage and changes made inside the system by someone other than Wick are not covered.
The first year of service is included in every list price.
Who sells Wick?
Wick, Inc., 560 Alabama St., San Francisco, CA 94110.
Ready the room.
Wick stands against an outside wall near its circuit. Wick reviews your room with you before you accept a price.
| System | Circuit | Cooling | Where it lives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wick | 240 V, 30 A circuit | Liquid, with its own outdoor unit | A house, an office or a lab |
| Wick Pro | 240 V, 50 A circuit | Liquid, with its own outdoor unit | An office, a lab or a house |
| Wick Ultra | 240 V, 60 A circuit, like an EV charger | Liquid, with built-in coolant distribution and its own outdoor unit | An office, a lab or a house |
| Wick Cluster | Three-phase power | Liquid, outdoor units or building water | A facility with coolant and three-phase power |
Power, heat and sound figures are design targets from reported component power.
What circuit does each Wick need?
Wick needs a 240 V, 30 A circuit; Wick Pro needs a 240 V, 50 A circuit; Wick Ultra needs a 240 V, 60 A circuit; Wick Cluster needs three-phase power. If your room needs a new circuit, Wick arranges the electrician and the permit, and the cost appears as one line in your written price. You never hire the electrician yourself.
Where does the heat go?
Outdoors, mostly. Liquid carries heat off the GPUs and CPUs through one sealed line to Wick's own outdoor unit. It has no compressor and no refrigerant. The small remainder leaves as warm air: it enters through the front flutes and leaves through the flutes at the back of each rounded end. Stand it against an outside wall, a hand's width off it, so the line can pass through the wall and the warm air can leave. Nothing exits the top.
Wick Cluster can also connect to building water.
How Wick coolsWhere does the outdoor unit go?
On a pad or a wall bracket within 15 m of the system, joined through one wall opening. It is about the size of a home heat pump's outdoor unit, and Wick fits it on delivery day.
How loud is it?
Design targets at 1 m under sustained load: Wick 35 dB(A), Wick Pro 35 dB(A), Wick Ultra 40 dB(A), Wick Cluster 45 dB(A). They are targets until measured.
How big is each system?
Width × depth × height: Wick 760 × 560 × 480 mm; Wick Pro 1,200 × 600 × 600 mm; Wick Ultra 1,700 × 640 × 720 mm; Wick Cluster 1,800 × 760 × 1,400 mm. Wick confirms the floor and the way in for delivery when it reviews your room with you.
What happens if the outdoor unit stops?
Wick is designed to keep running at the power the room can carry: about 15% for Wick Ultra.
Can Wick Ultra live in a house?
Yes. It runs on a 240 V, 60 A circuit, the kind an EV charger uses, and sends its heat to its outdoor unit. It needs an outside wall and a spot outside for that unit, which Wick confirms with you before you accept a price.
What does Wick check before pricing?
Power, the route for the outdoor unit's line, your network and the way in for delivery. Wick confirms each before it sends your written price.
Prepare your roomNetwork and security.
Work from the laptop you own. Wick sits in the same room or down the hall.
Do we need an IT team?
No. Wick connects power and network on delivery day and your laptop reaches it over your own network. Want a hand getting started? A Wick specialist can set it up with you.
How do I connect to Wick?
Every Wick includes 10 GbE and Wi-Fi 7 for everyday access from your laptop. Fiber carries heavy data and joins units together.
Fiber by system: Wick: 2 × 400 Gb/s fiber, 10 GbE; Wick Pro: 2 × 400 Gb/s fiber, 10 GbE; Wick Ultra: 4 × 800 Gb/s fiber, 10 GbE; Wick Cluster: 8 × 800 Gb/s fiber per node, 10 GbE.
Does it work with our identity provider?
With Wick OS, yes: team accounts are created from your Google Workspace or Microsoft Entra ID sign-in, with roles and folder access set once and kept on every Wick.
How are updates, encryption and access handled?
With Wick OS: signed updates you schedule or hold for testing, plus remote lock and erase; encrypted storage with keys kept on the machine, and an audit log with an admin API.
Can we run our own operating system?
Wick OS is included in every list price and optional to install. Install it on delivery day, or run your own operating system and tools on the bare hardware.
Does Wick have Thunderbolt?
Yes. Wick has two Thunderbolt 5 ports. For Wick Pro, Wick Ultra and Wick Cluster, add the optional Thunderbolt 5 desk bridge, which links back to the system over the network. It is priced in your quote.
Thunderbolt connects your laptop for files and control. GPU work runs on Wick.
Does Wi-Fi carry training traffic?
No. Wi-Fi 7 handles setup, control and laptop access. Training data and the links between units run over wired fiber.
Store and back up.
7.68 TB protected to start, 15.36 TB on Wick Ultra. Up to 522.24 TB per unit.
Is 15.36 TB storage or memory?
Storage. On Wick Ultra, two 15.36 TB enterprise SSDs hold matching copies of your files. GPU memory is separate: 1,152 GB of HBM4.
How far does storage grow?
Move up to the fastest, largest storage Wick fits, two 30.72 TB PCIe Gen6 SSDs mirrored. Add two or four 122.88 TB capacity drives beside the fast storage, or a capacity module of 491.52 TB, for up to 522.24 TB protected per unit.
Compare storage and pricesDo I still need a backup?
Yes. Two matching drives survive one failed drive. They cannot bring back a deleted file or protect against damage to the unit itself. Keep a copy of anything you cannot recreate somewhere else, such as your NAS or object store over fiber or the 10 GbE port.
Add another Wick.
Identical units stack flush and join over fiber.
How does a second Wick attach?
Set one unit on another. Faces, corners and the vertical light line up with no feet or spacers between them. Each unit keeps its own power, cooling and service access, and the two join over fiber.
Wick stacks four high. Wick Pro and Wick Ultra stack two high. Wick Cluster nodes stand side by side on fiber.
Plan an expansionDoes stacking combine GPU memory?
No. Each Wick keeps its own GPU memory and runs as its own computer. Software built for several machines spreads work across units over the fiber fabric.
Wick OS.
Wick OS is included in every list price and optional to install. Install it on delivery day, or run your own operating system and tools on the bare hardware.
Your own models: what can Wick OS do?
Run open models as large as your Wick holds, with no queue.
Fine-tune a model on your own documents with one command.
Serve your models to your team behind one private endpoint.
Checkpoints, datasets and runs kept and versioned on Wick.
Agents that work while you sleep: what can Wick OS do?
Agents connected to your email, calendar, files and browser.
Long tasks run overnight and report back in the morning.
Reach Wick from your phone, wherever you are.
Every agent action is logged, and you choose what it may do without asking.
Your team and every Wick, from one place: what can Wick OS do?
Team accounts created from your Google Workspace or Microsoft Entra ID sign-in.
Roles and folder access for each person, set once and kept on every Wick.
A new Wick arrives already set up with your team, models and settings.
Work email, calendar and a company directory on your own domain.
Signed updates you schedule or hold for testing, plus remote lock and erase.
Encrypted storage with keys kept on the machine, and an audit log with an admin API.
Your files, private and searchable: what can Wick OS do?
Ask for any file, photo or recording in plain language.
Faces, places, objects and text found across your photo library.
Voice notes and meetings transcribed and summarized on the machine.
Phones and laptops back up to Wick automatically.
Does Wick OS cost extra?
Wick OS is included in every list price and optional to install. Install it on delivery day, or run your own operating system and tools on the bare hardware.
Your Wick Account.
One sign-in for your builds, messages and security.
Where are my builds?
Sign in to Wick Account and open Home. Each build keeps the configuration you sent and its conversation.
Go to HomeIs a build I haven't sent saved to my account?
No. An unsent build stays in the browser you made it in. Send the build to keep it in your account. Room preparation progress saves to your account when you are signed in.
How do I sign in?
Enter your email and choose Email me a sign-in link. Open the link and you are signed in. There is no password to create or remember, and the first link you open creates your account.
Sign inI can't sign in. What now?
Each link works once and expires 15 minutes after it is sent. If yours has expired or was already used, request a new one with the same email. Open it in the browser where you asked for it, so you return to the build you were saving.
A sign-in ends after 7 days without use and after 30 days in any case, so you may simply need a new link. Use the same email every time: a second address starts a separate account that does not carry over your builds.
Sign-in and security