diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fee1ec4ebf..233a410717 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/xyproto/ainur v1.3.3
 	github.com/zcalusic/sysinfo v1.1.3
 	github.com/zeebo/xxh3 v1.1.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.60.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.60.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/httptrace/otelhttptrace v0.60.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.60.0
@@ -159,7 +160,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v1.60.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/xconsumer v0.154.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.60.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.60.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.154.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.10.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
diff --git a/metricexport/exporter.go b/metricexport/exporter.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79518212aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metricexport/exporter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The Parca Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// Package metricexport provides a small OTLP metrics egress path for
+// parca-agent. It is deliberately generic: a Producer collects gauge/sum
+// metrics in the background and renders them into a pmetric.MetricSlice on
+// demand, and the Exporter periodically batches every producer's output into a
+// single OTLP ExportMetricsServiceRequest and ships it over an existing
+// remote-store gRPC connection (the same one used for profiles).
+//
+// The GPU metrics collector (package gpumetrics) is the first Producer, but
+// nothing here is GPU-specific — any subsystem that wants to emit metrics to
+// the remote store can register a Producer.
+package metricexport
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"math/rand/v2"
+	"time"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pmetric"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pmetric/pmetricotlp"
+	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+)
+
+// Producer collects metrics in the background (Collect, blocking until ctx is
+// cancelled) and renders the metrics accumulated so far into ms (Produce,
+// called periodically by the Exporter). Implementations must be safe for
+// Produce and Collect to run concurrently.
+type Producer interface {
+	// Produce appends the metrics collected since the last call to ms.
+	Produce(ms pmetric.MetricSlice) error
+	// Collect runs the background collection loop until ctx is cancelled.
+	Collect(ctx context.Context) error
+}
+
+// ProducerConfig pairs a Producer with the OTLP instrumentation scope its
+// metrics are reported under.
+type ProducerConfig struct {
+	Producer  Producer
+	ScopeName string
+}
+
+// Exporter periodically renders all registered producers into a single OTLP
+// metrics request and sends it over conn.
+type Exporter struct {
+	client        pmetricotlp.GRPCClient
+	interval      time.Duration
+	producers     []ProducerConfig
+	resourceAttrs map[string]any
+}
+
+// NewExporter builds an Exporter that ships metrics over conn (typically the
+// agent's existing remote-store connection) every interval. resourceAttrs are
+// attached to the OTLP Resource (e.g. {"node": <node name>}).
+func NewExporter(conn *grpc.ClientConn, interval time.Duration, resourceAttrs map[string]any) *Exporter {
+	return &Exporter{
+		client:        pmetricotlp.NewGRPCClient(conn),
+		interval:      interval,
+		resourceAttrs: resourceAttrs,
+	}
+}
+
+// AddProducer registers a producer. Call before Run/Collect.
+func (e *Exporter) AddProducer(p ProducerConfig) {
+	e.producers = append(e.producers, p)
+}
+
+func (e *Exporter) report(ctx context.Context) error {
+	m := pmetric.NewMetrics()
+	r := m.ResourceMetrics().AppendEmpty()
+	if err := r.Resource().Attributes().FromRaw(e.resourceAttrs); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	for _, p := range e.producers {
+		s := r.ScopeMetrics().AppendEmpty()
+		s.Scope().SetName(p.ScopeName)
+		if err := p.Producer.Produce(s.Metrics()); err != nil {
+			log.WithError(err).WithField("scope", p.ScopeName).Warn("metrics producer failed to produce")
+		}
+	}
+
+	dpc := m.DataPointCount()
+	if dpc == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	req := pmetricotlp.NewExportRequestFromMetrics(m)
+	start := time.Now()
+	resp, err := e.client.Export(ctx, req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("otlp metrics export failed: %w", err)
+	}
+	if ps := resp.PartialSuccess(); ps.RejectedDataPoints() > 0 || ps.ErrorMessage() != "" {
+		log.WithFields(log.Fields{
+			"rejected": ps.RejectedDataPoints(),
+			"message":  ps.ErrorMessage(),
+		}).Warn("otlp metrics partial success")
+	}
+	log.WithFields(log.Fields{
+		"data_points": dpc,
+		"duration":    time.Since(start),
+	}).Debug("gpu metrics export succeeded")
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Run starts every producer's background collection loop and the periodic
+// export loop, blocking until ctx is cancelled or a fatal error occurs.
+func (e *Exporter) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
+	if len(e.producers) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("metricexport: no producers configured")
+	}
+	log.WithField("producers", len(e.producers)).Info("starting otlp metrics exporter")
+
+	g, ctx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
+
+	// Background collection loops, one per producer.
+	for _, p := range e.producers {
+		g.Go(func() error {
+			return p.Producer.Collect(ctx)
+		})
+	}
+
+	// Periodic export loop.
+	g.Go(func() error {
+		tick := time.NewTicker(e.interval)
+		defer tick.Stop()
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-ctx.Done():
+				return nil
+			case <-tick.C:
+				if err := e.report(ctx); err != nil {
+					// Don't tear the agent down over a transient export
+					// failure; log and keep collecting.
+					log.WithError(err).Warn("failed to send otlp gpu metrics")
+				}
+				tick.Reset(addJitter(e.interval, 0.2))
+			}
+		}
+	})
+
+	return g.Wait()
+}
+
+// addJitter adds +/- jitter (jitter is [0..1]) to baseDuration.
+// Originally copied from go.opentelemetry.io/ebpf-profiler.
+func addJitter(baseDuration time.Duration, jitter float64) time.Duration {
+	if jitter < 0.0 || jitter > 1.0 {
+		return baseDuration
+	}
+	//nolint:gosec
+	return time.Duration((1 + jitter - 2*jitter*rand.Float64()) * float64(baseDuration))
+}