CAPU is compute you own, not compute you rent. Stake your CAP once, mint CAPU, and earn $1 of inference usage per day — every day — without ever giving up your capital.

Each CAPU token is a permanent, transferable claim on OpenCAP Gateway capacity. No subscriptions. No variable bills. No expiry. The compute is yours as long as you hold it.

CAPU are ERC20 tokens on Base — tradeable, stakeable, and composable with the rest of DeFi. The only way to mint new CAPU is by locking sCAP, anchoring compute supply directly to committed capital.

What this unlocks:
- For users: stake CAPU once, get $1/day of inference — indefinitely
- For CAP holders: one capital commitment earns both staking yield and compute access at the same time
- For builders: predictable AI costs at the protocol level, not the billing-dashboard level
- For agents: own the intelligence that powers you — no API key, no monthly renewal

CAPU makes AI compute a first-class onchain asset: programmable, ownable, and as composable as any other token.