Aethir, a provider of decentralized GPU cloud compute, announced the launch of AI Unbundled, an industry-wide alliance for the development of artificial intelligence in Web3.
The initiative brings together top decentralized infrastructure providers, blockchain networks, and investment firms, including 0G Labs, Biconomy, Polyhedra, Oasis Protocol Foundation, ChainGPT, IoTeX, iExec, Geodnet, Flock.io, Alpha Neural AI, DeAgent AI, and OORT.
The company said AI Unbundled is the next step in Aethir’s mission to deliver end-to-end infrastructure, foster industry-wide collaboration, and accelerate AI adoption.
As artificial intelligence continues to reshape industries through large language models, generative tools, and AI agents, the training and development of these innovations is becoming increasingly compute-intensive and costly, requiring seamless access to high-performance, cost-efficient infrastructure.
Decentralized networks — Web3 platforms in particular — offer a new way to distribute and access this critical compute power, enabling AI developers to tap into an open, permissionless ecosystem. Through AI Unbundled, Aethir establishes a collaborative framework that connects AI builders to decentralized computing, funding, and go-to-market support, creating an all-in-one solution to support projects from inception to market deployment.
The alliance will support AI startups through various programs, including joint grant funding between $10,000 and $100,000, subsidized access to decentralised GPU infrastructure from Aethir, 0G’s inference and verification tools, and other alliance partners’ grants and support.
Additional benefits include co-branded industry events, workshops, and dedicated hackathons to spotlight emerging projects, along with early access to decentralized tools like ERC-7857—the iNFT standard developed by 0G Labs to enable secure, composable AI agents. Startups will also be connected through a shared resource hub that streamlines onboarding, facilitates ecosystem introductions, and provides co-marketing, technical mentorship, and event opportunities.
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