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GPU job cold start

Two consecutive runs per cloud, shown separately — a single headline number hides GCP's 1.7× spread.

Azure Container Apps, run 1 2.50/min 24.0 s Azure Container Apps, run 2 2.07/min 29.0 s GCP Cloud Run job, run 1 0.88/min 67.9 s GCP Cloud Run job, run 2 0.53/min — 1.7× spread 113.7 s platform-reported start→finish, not CLI wall clock; AWS cold start is unverifiable (RunInstances denied)
cloud: Azure Container Apps (gpu-t4) / GCP Cloud Run job · measured 2026-08-29, docs/measured.md § cold start · hero built 2026-09-02 by the Visuals Lead