# RunPod (رن بود)

> RunPod is currently blocked in Syria, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: In Review
- Company: [RunPod](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/runpod.md)
- Categories: AI Infrastructure & Platforms, API Services, Cloud Hosting
- Official site: https://runpod.io
- Community votes: 3
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/runpod

## About

GPU cloud platform for deploying AI/ML workloads with serverless inference and scalable pod instances

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria, verified in March 2026 via a Cloudflare block page on its Webflow CDN. The team contacted the company in March 2026; support routed the request internally, and the operations team replied that it is willing to unblock Syria but cannot because its payment provider still restricts the country. No resolution yet.

## Community reports

- 2026-03-18 — Company Responded. RunPod's Business Operations team responded to the unblocking request via chris.love@runpod.io with a substantive human reply. The response confirmed that RunPod is willing to unblock Syria from their platform, but is unable to do so because their payment provider (Stripe) has Syria blocked. The response stated: "While we can unblock Syria from our platform we are unable to take payment as the payment provider has that blocked. If you can get Stripe to unblock things then the platform should be available." This directly links RunPod's continued blocking to Stripe's payment restrictions.
- 2026-03-16 — Company Responded. RunPod's support team responded to the unblocking request via help@runpod.io. A support engineer acknowledged the request and stated that service enablement by region is not handled by technical support, confirming that the email has been forwarded to the relevant internal team. The support ticket was closed on their end, but the request is now with the appropriate decision-making team. This appears to be a human response rather than an automated acknowledgment, as the agent specifically addressed the nature of the inquiry and took a deliberate forwarding action.
- 2026-03-15 — Contacted Company. A community volunteer emailed RunPod's support and press teams at help@runpod.io and press@runpod.io simultaneously, requesting that service access be enabled for users in Syria. The emails referenced the December 2025 U.S. Treasury announcement lifting the comprehensive trade embargo on Syria, the removal of EU sanctions, and included supporting documentation from unblocksyria.com/resources. This is the first outreach recorded for RunPod.
- 2026-03-14 — Investigated. Community testing confirmed that RunPod is blocked in Syria. Accessing runpod.io returns a Cloudflare block page with the message "Sorry, you have been blocked." The blocked resource is cdn.webflow.com, which hosts RunPod's website content via the Webflow platform. The block renders the entire site inaccessible from Syrian IP addresses. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/ya7xwh8ggc4222xidk0sk23c/t6h6tx6phhowoga0aomuo21s-runpod-15-march-2026.jpg)

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/runpod?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/runpod/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/runpod
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/runpod.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/runpod.md