Aethir Joins Hands with NEAR Foundation and Becomes Premier Compute Partner for NEAR AI’s Accelerator Program

Aethir, the only enterprise-grade GPU-as-a-service platform on the market, has partnered with NEAR Foundation to power NEAR AI x Delphi Labs AI accelerator program as a premier compute partner. This program is set to empower promising AI projects that are building groundbreaking innovations that contribute to the evolution and growth of the decentralized AI ecosystem. Aethir will provide premium quality, secure, and highly scalable computing power for the program’s participants, enabling them to focus on scaling their projects.

The accelerator program’s participants will receive Aethir compute credits to purchase computing power in the Aethir network. Our DePIN stack is based on a network of 43,000+ top-shelf GPUs, including a fleet of 3000+ NVIDIA H100s, which can support all advanced AI workloads. Aethir’s GPU network is secured by 91,000+ Checker Nodes, responsible for ensuring that all GPU Containers deliver optimal service quality to end-users at all times. Furthermore, our fast-growing network of 32,000+ Aethir Edge cloud computing devices is also available to support AI tasks by servicing the physically closest end-users with secure and scalable computing power. Through our collaboration with NEAR, we are showcasing our commitment to supporting state-of-the-art AI innovations that enhance people's everyday lives worldwide through new AI-powered solutions. 

NEAR AI is an open-source R&D effort within the NEAR Foundation, focused on building towards open-source AGI (artificial general intelligence) collectively owned by all and benefiting people, not companies. The NEAR ecosystem strives to build user-owned AGI platforms and features, including teaching machines to code (AI Developer), conduct research (AI Researcher), and advance science towards AGI. User ownership is at the core of NEAR AI’s values, focusing on giving power directly to users, who can utilize AI applications and development tools to contribute to a thriving AI-enhanced global society. To jumpstart the evolution of advanced user-centric AI functionalities, NEAR AI is focused on empowering user-owned AI to securely access, manage, and utilize users’ data in its daily operations. User-owned AI implies allowing users to customize their AI computing experiences in a secure and reliable framework without privacy risks or ownership compromises. To accomplish its vision of user-owned AI, NEAR AI is focused on Web3 technology that can provide developers with viable, decentralized alternatives to big-tech companies and their centralized AI frameworks. 

The NEAR AI and Delphi Labs AI accelerator program is designed to provide eligible applicants with the technical, operational, and financial resources required to launch their innovative AI platforms successfully. Aethir is committed to providing AI innovators with industry-leading GPU cloud computing resources on a global scale. Our GPU network, which is distributed worldwide, is highly efficient due to our strategy of pooling computing power from multiple resources to maximize efficiency. By leveraging our extensive network of cloud computing resources and our expertise in delivering enterprise-grade services, Aethir will ensure that all participants in NEAR AI and Delphi Labs’ AI accelerator program have access to the essential cloud computing capabilities they need for their projects.