diff --git a/dev/providers/runpod/Dockerfile b/dev/providers/runpod/Dockerfile
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+FROM runpod/pytorch:1.0.3-cu1281-torch291-ubuntu2404
+
+# ── System packages ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y git nano curl ca-certificates screen && \
+    apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# ── Python dependencies (into system Python, torch already in base image) ───
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir \
+    "datasets>=4.0.0" \
+    "fastapi>=0.117.1" \
+    "kernels>=0.11.7" \
+    "psutil>=7.1.0" \
+    "rustbpe>=0.1.0" \
+    "tiktoken>=0.11.0" \
+    "tokenizers>=0.22.0" \
+    "uvicorn>=0.36.0" \
+    "wandb>=0.21.3"
+
+WORKDIR /workspace
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diff --git a/dev/providers/runpod/build_and_push.sh b/dev/providers/runpod/build_and_push.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+
+usage() {
+    echo "Usage: $0 <docker-hub-repo> [tag] [--no-push]"
+    echo ""
+    echo "Examples:"
+    echo "  $0 myuser/nanochat-runpod"
+    echo "  $0 myuser/nanochat-runpod v1.0"
+    echo "  $0 myuser/nanochat-runpod latest --no-push"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+[[ $# -lt 1 ]] && usage
+
+DOCKER_REPO="$1"
+TAG="${2:-latest}"
+NO_PUSH=false
+
+for arg in "$@"; do
+    [[ "$arg" == "--no-push" ]] && NO_PUSH=true
+done
+
+IMAGE="${DOCKER_REPO}:${TAG}"
+
+echo ">>> Building ${IMAGE} ..."
+
+docker build -t "$IMAGE" "$SCRIPT_DIR"
+
+echo ">>> Built ${IMAGE}"
+
+if [[ "$NO_PUSH" == true ]]; then
+    echo ">>> Skipping push (--no-push)"
+else
+    echo ">>> Pushing ${IMAGE} ..."
+    docker push "$IMAGE"
+    echo ">>> Pushed ${IMAGE}"
+fi