diff --git a/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt b/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
index 4e9e554..5962132 100644
--- a/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ target_link_libraries(raw_speed_cpu benchmark::benchmark)
 include(CheckLanguage)
 check_language(CUDA)
 if (CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER)
-        message(STATUS "CUDA FOUND")
+        message(STATUS "CUDA FOUND: building CUDA benchmarks")
         enable_language(CUDA)
         add_executable(raw_speed_cuda raw_speed_cuda.cu)
         target_include_directories(raw_speed_cuda PRIVATE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 else()
-        message(STATUS "CUDA not available")
+        message(STATUS "skipping: CUDA benchmarks, CUDA not found")
 endif()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index e9daeb1..2943873 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,17 @@
 add_executable(basic_usage basic_usage.cpp)
 add_executable(pi_openmp pi_openmp.cpp)
 
+
+include(CheckLanguage)
+check_language(CUDA)
+if (CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER)
+        message(STATUS "CUDA FOUND: building CUDA examples")
+        enable_language(CUDA)
+        add_executable(pi_cuda pi_cuda.cu)
+        target_include_directories(pi_cuda PRIVATE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
+        set_property(TARGET pi_cuda PROPERTY CUDA_STANDARD 17)
+
+else()
+        message(STATUS "skipping: CUDA examples, CUDA not found")
+endif()
+
diff --git a/examples/pi_cuda.cu b/examples/pi_cuda.cu
index d0bfd13..dc9e427 100644
--- a/examples/pi_cuda.cu
+++ b/examples/pi_cuda.cu
@@ -24,3 +24,64 @@
 // SOFTWARE.                                                                     *
 //********************************************************************************
 // @HEADER
+
+/**
+ * Compute Pi using monte carlo method.
+ *
+ * For simplicity, we ignore usual error checking here.
+ */
+
+#include <curand_kernel.h>
+#include <openrand/tyche.h>
+
+#include <cmath>
+#include <iostream>
+
+const int N = 100000000;                      // Number of points
+const int SAMPLES_PER_THREAD = 1000;          // Number of samples per thread
+const int NTHREADS = N / SAMPLES_PER_THREAD;  // Number of threads
+const int THREADS_PER_BLOCK = 256;            // Number of threads per block
+
+typedef openrand::Tyche RNG;
+
+__global__ void monteCarloPi(int *d_sum) {
+  int idx = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;
+
+  RNG rng(idx, 0);
+  int localHits = 0;
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < SAMPLES_PER_THREAD; i++) {
+    // Generate random numbers in [0, 1]
+    float x = rng.rand();
+    float y = rng.rand();
+    if (x * x + y * y <= 1.0f) localHits++;
+  }
+
+  atomicAdd(d_sum, localHits);
+}
+
+int main() {
+  int *d_sum;
+
+  std::cout << "Number of samples: " << N << std::endl;
+  std::cout << "Number of samples per thread: " << SAMPLES_PER_THREAD
+            << std::endl;
+  std::cout << "Number of threads: " << NTHREADS << std::endl;
+
+  cudaMalloc(&d_sum, sizeof(int));
+  cudaMemset(d_sum, 0, sizeof(int));
+
+  int nblocks = (NTHREADS + THREADS_PER_BLOCK - 1) / THREADS_PER_BLOCK;
+  monteCarloPi<<<THREADS_PER_BLOCK, nblocks>>>(d_sum);
+
+  int h_sum;
+  cudaMemcpy(&h_sum, d_sum, sizeof(int), cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost);
+
+  float pi = 4.0 * (float)h_sum / N;
+
+  std::cout << "Approximated value of Pi: " << pi << std::endl;
+
+  cudaFree(d_sum);
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/examples/pi_kokkos.cpp b/examples/pi_kokkos.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index b910752..0000000
--- a/examples/pi_kokkos.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-// @HEADER
-// *******************************************************************************
-//                                OpenRAND *
-//   A Performance Portable, Reproducible Random Number Generation Library *
-//                                                                               *
-// Copyright (c) 2023, Michigan State University *
-//                                                                               *
-// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-// * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
-// deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
-// rights  * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
-// and/or sell     * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
-// Software is         * furnished to do so, subject to the following
-// conditions:                      *
-//                                                                               *
-// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in *
-// all copies or substantial portions of the Software. *
-//                                                                               *
-// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR *
-// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, *
-// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE *
-// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER *
-// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-// * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
-// THE * SOFTWARE. *
-//********************************************************************************
-// @HEADER