ChainCatcher news, the decentralized AI data liquidity network vana will launch its native token VANA. The main functions of VANA include staking to participate in data liquidity pools, governance voting rights, paying network transaction fees, network contribution rewards, and data access payments. When AI companies want to access data in the DLP, they must use VANA to purchase and burn DLP tokens. This establishes a direct economic link between network usage and token value.The top 16 members of DataDAO will receive a certain share of emissions, aimed at rewarding early contributors who added data to the network. Every 3 weeks, the top 16 will be selected based on who holds the most VANA shares. The rewards for the top 16 will be distributed according to a series of performance metrics set by Vana DAO.It is reported that DataDAO refers to a larger ecosystem of data contributors, developers, and researchers that has developed around a specific data ecosystem. When users contribute data to DataDAO, they receive DLP-specific tokens based on DataDAO's unique proof of contribution.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the decentralized AI agent project Scrypted has announced the completion of a $1.5 million Pre-Seed funding round, led by Palm Tree Crew Crypto, with participation from a16z crypto CSX. The new funds will be used to drive its potential in gaming, social platforms, and finance, and to build tools supporting decentralized vertical industries for autonomous AI agents.At the core of Scrypted is the Inori network, which aims to make AI agents fully autonomous virtual beings (AVB). Thanks to funding from the AWS Activate program, Inori has begun developing a centralized service and resource coordination layer for AI agents, built on Amazon Web Services.

ChainCatcher news, utilizing decentralized AI analysis to provide a data-driven investment strategy platform, OpenPad AI announced the completion of a $2 million financing round, led by Basics Capital, with participation from Protein Capital, Spicy Capital, Green Arrow Adventures, VivaTech Ventures, Brinc, Boba Network, Avalon Wealth Club, Coin Bold, TechFarm, and others.OpenPad AI combines blockchain technology with artificial intelligence, allowing users to access investment strategies, project ratings, and real-time market insight analysis while maintaining control over their data.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Digital Currency Group (DCG) is launching a new subsidiary focused on artificial intelligence, Yuma, to support the development of the open-source Bittensor network. This move represents the fusion of the cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence sectors, providing capital and technical resources for startups and established companies to build projects on Bittensor.Bittensor is a decentralized protocol that supports blockchain-based machine learning networks. DCG first invested in Bittensor in 2021. The company has also invested in several decentralized AI companies, including Tensorplex, Natix, and Flock. DCG founder Barry Silbert will serve as the CEO of Yuma.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized AI project Ritual has launched its Ritual Chain testnet, which will provide a platform for building AI-native applications. The team also announced the establishment of an independent Ritual Foundation to provide education, community, and financial support for patchers.

ChainCatcher news reports that the decentralized AI-as-a-service cloud project Heurist has completed a $2 million Pre-Seed funding round, with participation from institutions such as Amber Group, Contango Digital Assets, Manifold, Selini Capital, Sharding Capital, X Ventures, Zephyrus Capital, Mozaik Capital, Steroids Capital, and several angel investors.According to RootData, Heurist is a Layer2 network based on ZK Stack for hosting and inference of artificial intelligence models. It provides serverless access to open-source AI models hosted by a decentralized computing resource network. Its vision is to leverage blockchain to democratize artificial intelligence, ensuring accessibility and equitable innovation.

ChainCatcher on-site report****,**** io.net Asia-Pacific Regional Head Asa, Multiple Network APEC Director Frank, Olares Partner Cryptobird, Network3 Marketing Head Eliza, and Open Data Labs CEO and Vana Co-founder Anna Kazlauskas jointly attended "DeInsight 2024" and engaged in an in-depth discussion on the development challenges, incentive models, and future trends of decentralized AI & Depin in a roundtable titled "New Forces in Decentralized AI & Depin."Asa stated that the biggest challenge faced by io.net in its early days was balancing decentralization with reliability. When its network allows anyone, any hardware, and any account to enter, ensuring there are no fake accounts and maintaining network performance is no easy task.Anna Kazlauskas mentioned the challenge of oversupply on the supply side. When a value network built on a large amount of computing power, data, and other resources cannot ensure alignment with the demand side, the actual assets behind it may hold no value.Regarding the industry issue of oversupply on the supply side, Frank mentioned that Multiple Network suggests distinguishing whether devices in decentralized AI projects are in standby or working status and using targeted token incentives to reduce unnecessary consumption on the supply side and lower token output.The guests generally believe that the decentralized AI & Depin industry is in its early stages and has not yet found widely accepted and recognized application scenarios. Eliza shared a marketing perspective, noting that decentralized AI & Depin often face competitors in the traditional IoT and consumer markets. Providing users with more practical scenarios that allow them to use and benefit directly is a key issue for the next stage.Additionally, the guests commonly mentioned the challenges faced by decentralized AI & Depin projects in protecting user privacy data.Remote participation👉Video live link: https://www.youtube.com/live/tTVcUPumPysImage live link: https://www.pailixiang.com/album_ia7637038926.html(Source link)

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized AI reasoning project announced on social media that over 200,000 nodes are powering its Living Knowledge network, and the number is still increasing.It is reported that Gaia is a decentralized open-source artificial intelligence infrastructure platform that enables developers to create, deploy AI agents, and profit from them. The platform provides secure and collaborative AI development through decentralized applications, thus realizing a transformative AI ecosystem based on the principles of decentralized computing and data ownership.

ChainCatcher news, Autonomys Network research head Chen Feng confirmed attendance at the "DeInsight 2024" annual summit to be held on November 11 in Bangkok during Devcon. Autonomys is a decentralized AI (deAI) vertical stack that includes distributed storage, distributed computing, and a suite of decentralized applications (dApps). This vertical stack not only enhances the capabilities of AI applications but also ensures they operate within a secure and decentralized framework.The "DeInsight 2024" annual summit will take place on November 11 at Hotel Nikko Bangkok in Bangkok. This summit is co-hosted by ChainCatcher and RootData, with SoSo Value as a co-organizer, aiming to bring together elites in the Web3 field to exchange insights on the industry, and is expected to attract over 1,000 industry elites.In addition, the conference will unveil the RootData List 2024, which objectively selects influential individuals or organizations in the industry from a data perspective.

ChainCatcher news, according to businesswire, the decentralized, multi-agent AI orchestration platform Naptha AI announced the completion of a $6 million Pre-Seed funding round, led by Arche Capital and Cyber Fund, with participation from Seed Club Ventures, Polymorphic Capital, GnosisDAO, Halo Capital, and others.It is reported that Naptha AI provides developers with a platform for building and deploying large collaborative intelligent agent systems. The platform will enable decentralized, multi-agent orchestration in a scalable, trustless, and collaborative environment, transforming the narrative of AI from a single entity to a dynamic, interconnected entity system.

ChainCatcher news, FLock.io announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Animoca Brands. Both parties plan to jointly develop AI models specifically designed for Animoca Brands, focusing on due diligence, investment, market making, and operational support. The FLock.io platform combines federated learning and blockchain technology, aiming to ensure data privacy through decentralized collaboration and promote collaborative training of AI models.FLock.io CFO Vincent stated that this collaboration will leverage FLock.io's privacy-preserving AI training infrastructure platform to develop four AI models in specific areas for Animoca Brands, while ensuring the localization of core data.

ChainCatcher news, CoinFund founder and CEO Jake Brukhman posted on the X platform stating that the following are the things he is looking for amidst the noise of the bull market (from specific to macro):Decentralized AI:Companies focused on solving Web3 AI inference challenges and making it accessible for Web2.Enterprises capable of effectively addressing verifiable inference issues.Companies supporting open public networks, promoting decentralized training, and competing with large tech firms.Companies dedicated to optimizing decentralized training data pipelines.Institutional Adoption:Public networks open for use by institutions and enterprises (possibly blockchain-based).Compliant revolutionary DeFi products that eliminate counterparty risk, such as fully decentralized dark pools.Leading companies leveraging stablecoins to drive B2B payment developments.Companies providing stablecoin-related services to support the future development of stablecoins.Blockchain Infrastructure: Early projects with potential in scalability, interoperability, API services, intent, zero-knowledge, MPC, and other areas.Consumer Cryptocurrency: Crypto projects with innovative non-SaaS business models.

ChainCatcher News: Japanese Web3 infrastructure company KEKKAI Labs announced the rebranding of its Web3 security solution KEKKAI to Alpha Network and the launch of the cross-platform Web3 operating system AlphaOS. This upgrade not only showcases KEKKAI's innovation in the integration of AI and Web3 but also brings enhanced benefits to users. AlphaOS adds intelligent Alpha recommendations, AI cross-chain transactions, and point rewards on top of the existing security features, providing a more intelligent Web3 experience.Alpha Network has created the world's first decentralized AI data execution layer, offering solutions to the shortage of AI training data. Through decentralized data storage, it ensures compliance and security in data sharing, allowing users to earn token rewards by contributing data. AlphaOS will seamlessly upgrade from the original KEKKAI Plugin and will launch a web version, with plans for mobile and desktop versions in the future, continuously expanding AI-driven automation features.In the future, Alpha Network will focus on the deep integration of Web3 and AI, building a decentralized data economy ecosystem to provide global users with a more efficient and convenient Web3 experience.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized AI inference project stated in a social media post that over 100,000 nodes are powering its Living Knowledge network, and the number is still increasing.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized AI training network Nodepay has completed a new round of financing, with participation from Animoca Brands, Jump Crypto, Elevate Ventures, OKX Blockdream, Mirana Ventures, NGC Ventures, and others. The specific amount of financing and valuation information has not yet been disclosed.

ChainCatcher news, according to Chainwire, the GPU cloud network io.net has announced a strategic partnership with Phala Network to advance secure computing and decentralized AI development.Through this collaboration, Phala will leverage io.net's cloud network IO Cloud to access GPU hardware, thereby expanding the capabilities of decentralized AI. Phala Network will rely on Nvidia H100 and H200 GPUs to support its TEE (Trusted Execution Environment) technology.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized AI data liquidity network Vana has announced the completion of a $5 million strategic financing round, led by Coinbase Ventures. With this, Vana's total funding has reached $25 million.Vana aims to build a user-owned data pool network that addresses the issue of insufficient training data for AI models through blockchain technology, while also providing internet users with a way to earn income. Vana plans to establish a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) network that allows members to aggregate data accumulated from social media platforms like Reddit, LinkedIn, or X, and sell these datasets to AI researchers.Previously, Vana raised $18 million in Series A funding led by Paradigm.

ChainCatcher message, the decentralized AI search network Adot (a.xyz), founded by former Google engineers, announced a strategic partnership with Aptos and received strategic investment from them. This move will help Adot deepen its layout in the Aptos ecosystem, further optimize search technology, and support the construction and development of the Aptos ecosystem in innovative ways, laying a foundation for its long-term success in the Web3 field.Prior to this, Adot had raised a total of $6 million in funding through previous financing rounds, with early investors including gumi Cryptos Capital, Hash Global, SevenX Ventures, Mask Network, and other investment institutions and individual investors. Adot has released a collaboration video with Aptos on its official social media. Through this partnership, Adot will bring a more convenient and efficient search experience to Aptos users, jointly promoting the prosperous development of the Aptos ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized AI inference project GaiaNet has announced the launch of the global "Living Knowledge Systems Hackathon," which will take place from August 22 to September 13, with registration starting on August 19, 2024.The GaiaNet team stated: the event offers rewards of up to $50,000. Winners will also be invited to an exclusive launch party at TOKEN2049 in Singapore, with all expenses covered, during which they will participate in the event alongside the GaiaNet executive team. The purpose of this event is to build decentralized nodes, address security vulnerabilities in centralized AI models, and tackle issues such as censorship, algorithmic bias, and data privacy.