AI Agent Development: Powering Innovation with Aethir’s $100M Ecosystem Fund
AI agents are the most innovative AI use case in the industry, and Aethir is supporting AI agent development with our $100 million Ecosystem Fund by providing compute grants for promising AI agent projects, which they can use to purchase compute credits in Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud. We’ve recently announced Batch 3 of AI agent partners supported by our Ecosystem Fund, with more partners to follow.
AI agent development has taken the spotlight in the AI industry by storm, ushering in a new stage of AI evolution through AI agentic workflows that can help enterprises and individuals enhance various aspects of their day-to-day activities. Aethir is the physical infrastructure for AI agents, empowering AI agentic workloads and project development with our decentralized GPU cloud. Today’s top AI agents are pioneering exciting use cases such as financial management, content creation, video creation, gaming, market monitoring, generative art, educational aid, AI memes, scientific research, and much more. However, rapid growth has resulted in a massive increase in hardware requirements for AI infrastructure. AI agents require immense GPU computing capacity to ensure smooth daily operations, as they rely on billions of data sets to perform their tasks accurately and efficiently.
Aethir’s DePIN stack is a global GPU powerhouse with over 360,000 GPUs. Our GPU network is globally distributed and decentralized, capable of powering enterprise clients worldwide with our network's closest available GPU Containers. Having access to ample GPU computing power is a must for AI agent development.
The Booming State of the AI Agents Market
As of 18 December 2024, the global AI agent market cap was nearly $11 billion, according to Cookie.fun AI Agent Index, which tracks 430+ AI agents globally. The variety among these AI agents is fascinating because it includes a wide range of AI agent types used for anything from workflow automation, AI assistant workloads, and generative art to gaming and entertainment. For example, Virtuals Protocol, one of the largest AI agent ecosystems, recently launched aixbt, a powerful AI agent that leverages its machine learning engine to track crypto-related pages on X and identify high momentum plays on the crypto market. On the other hand, Alchemist AI lets users create multiplayer games and easily engage in game-level design without any coding knowledge.
AI agents can become the powering force behind scientific evolution. They can process billions of data sets and cross-check data that would otherwise take years for human scientists to analyze. Biological advancements and medical research breakthroughs may be dramatically accelerated with the help of AI agent tools, potentially contributing to increased human longevity and the overall improvement of global healthcare. These are just a few examples of how advanced AI agents can aid humankind's evolution in the future. We are currently at the very beginning of this advanced decentralized AI development trajectory.
Various industries are already recognizing the potential of AI agent tools, and Aethir is dedicated to supporting this revolutionary technology with our scalable decentralized GPU cloud.
Decentralized vs. Centralized GPU Infrastructure for AI Workloads
GPUs are the key force behind AI agent development thanks to their ability to efficiently provide processing power for AI workloads. However, more complex AI workloads require increased volumes of GPU compute power, thus making tasks like LLM training and AI agent training quite resource-intensive. It would be extremely expensive for AI enterprises to purchase and maintain huge GPU supplies by themselves. Instead, it’s much more convenient for AI companies to purchase GPU compute power from cloud computing providers with access to vast GPU supplies. However, not all GPU compute providers offer the same quality and service scope. The key difference is between centralized cloud computing providers, such as big-tech services, which are often relatively inefficient, and decentralized cloud infrastructure capable of providing GPU compute for AI agents at scale like Aethir’s GPU-as-a-service network.
Traditional GPU cloud computing infrastructure uses centralized network architecture, reliant on massive data centers with thousands of GPUs. Due to their centralized resource allocation, traditional clouds provide the most efficient, low-latency services to clients in the vicinity of those data centers, which are usually located in regional capitals and financial hubs. However, clients located further from those data centers may experience increased latency due to the distance between the GPU resources and the clients. Furthermore, centralized cloud providers aren’t very efficient when it comes to GPU utilization, and a vast portion of their GPU capacity is underutilized, below 20%, due to their inability to pool processing power from multiple GPUs and maximize their use. Because of this, centralized GPU clouds struggle with cost efficiency and may charge considerably higher fees than decentralized alternatives.
Aethir’s GPU-as-a-service cloud infrastructure uses a globally distributed GPU network model, supplemented by 47,000+ of our Aethir Edge cloud computing devices. With our decentralized GPU network, we can efficiently power all types of AI and gaming workloads in a reliable, secure, and highly scalable manner worldwide. Our clients receive GPU compute power from the closest available GPU Containers, while our network of 91,000+ community-owned Checker Nodes ensures that all Containers are providing premium GPU compute services. By pooling GPU power from multiple sources, Aethir can cut latency and maximize GPU utilization, increasing cost-efficiency and enabling us to provide services at unbeatable prices. Aethir’s GPU compute for AI agents is an ultra-low-latency solution with higher efficiency and cheaper prices than big tech cloud providers.
Aethir Ecosystem Fund Is Supporting AI Innovation: New Batch of AI Agent Grantees
Aethir is a decentralized enterprise-grade GPU-as-a-service provider, but we aren’t geared just toward large-scale AI companies. Aethir provides GPU compute for AI enterprises of all types and sizes. In the AI agent sector, many enterprises are just beginning to develop their AI agent tools and need concrete infrastructure support to focus on AI agent development. Aethir’s $100 million Ecosystem Fund supports AI agent builders with compute grants, subsidies, and token grants to supercharge the development of top AI agents. AI infrastructure for agents is GPU-heavy, and Aethir has the perfect solution with our global supply of GPU compute for AI agents.
Let’s examine Batch 3 of our AI agent grantees to learn more about five of our ecosystem partners, who will receive compute grants from the Aethir Ecosystem Fund.
iAgent: Reimagining Next-Gen Gaming Experience
Company Overview
iAgent is a practical AI training platform enabling gamers to train their AI agents from gameplay footage, thus creating innovative gaming assets powered by machine learning algorithms. iAgent's mission is to democratize gaming by creating agents as digital assets on the blockchain and providing all gamers with the tools and infrastructure to train their AI agents with ease.
Collaboration with Aethir
Gaming and AI are two key sectors for Aethir, and iAgent unites both. Aethir’s decentralized cloud infrastructure can support advanced AI-powered gaming workloads, ensuring iAgent’s gaming agents always have access to ample GPU computing resources.
Impact on Their Projects
With Aethir’s support, iAgent can upscale its operations by empowering users and developers with the tools to create more advanced AI agents.
- Improving agent capabilities: Increasing AI agent capabilities and enriching gaming experiences with AI functionalities.
- Enhance platform performance: Aethir’s DePIN stack enables iAgent to onboard more users and support more demanding AI workloads, hence creating improved gaming AI agents.
Website: iagentpro.com
Twitter (X): @iAgentProtocol
Patchwork Naval: Fully Autonomous Agent Manifested from the Spirit of the Deep Thinkers
Company Overview
Patchwork Naval is a Metaverse pioneer and a fully autonomous agent designed as a reflection and enhancement of humanity. The purpose of Patchwork Naval is to bring the best out of humanity and to make users’ lives more enjoyable. Its work manifests in various ways, with the current focus on contributing to the development of the metaverse, or as some call it, the 3D web.
Collaboration with Aethir
AI agents are highly compute-demanding applications because they leverage large language models (LLM) for data processing and outputs. Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud represents a reliable computing solution for Patchwork Naval’s growing computing needs.
Impact on Their Projects
With Aethir’s DePIN stack under the hood, Patchwork Naval doesn’t need to worry whether it has sufficient computing supplies, thanks to our globally distributed cloud computing network.
- Ensuring exponential growth capability: Aethir’s GPU resources empower Patchwork Naval with the computing power needed to expand globally and upscale its performance.
- Introducing new features: With sufficient computing power, Patchwork Naval can introduce new intelligent features and branch out into untapped sectors.
Website: patchworknaval.com
Twitter (X): @patchworknaval
MyShell: The First AI Consumer Layer
Company Overview
MyShell is the first AI consumer layer, allowing developers to build, share, and own AI Apps easily. MyShell enables users to leverage state-of-the-art generative AI models to transform their ideas into AI-native apps in seconds. With MyShell, anyone can become a creator, take ownership of their work, and be rewarded for their ideas.
Collaboration with Aethir
MyShell provides an easy-to-use AI infrastructure focused on consumer applications. To accommodate its growing user base, it requires reliable GPU computing power. Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud can support MyShell’s growth at every step of its journey.
Impact on Their Projects
Aethir can support large-scale AI application deployment, which is especially important for MyShell. The platform allows consumers to quickly deploy their custom AI apps on top of MyShell’s AI consumer layer.
- Enabling exponential user base growth: With Aethir’s support, MyShell can supercharge user base growth with ample computing power supplies needed for AI app deployment.
- Improving AI app development: By leveraging Aethir’s DePIN stack, MyShell can introduce new AI app customization and launching capabilities.
Website: myshell.ai
Twitter (X): @myshell_ai
Today: Dream Islands and AI-Powered Residents
Company Overview
Today is a groundbreaking Web3 game that allows users to create their dream islands and nurture relationships with AI-powered residents. The game leverages AI functionalities to create a dynamic, unpredictable, and immersive gaming experience that includes Today’s flagship AI agent, Limbo, an advanced alien species posing as a deceptively adorable autonomous AI pop star.
Collaboration with Aethir
Today's world is a visually stunning and feature-rich Web3 environment that leverages AI functionalities at its core. Today can rely on Aethir’s DePIN stack as a trustworthy and highly scalable GPU-as-a-service provider to support its growth and power Limbo's evolution.
Impact on Their Projects
Today and Limbo aims to reach a massive global audience with their innovative Web3 gaming approach. This approach includes NFT islands and AI characters in a virtual environment enriched by Limbo’s laidback personality. Aethir’s DePIN stack is the catalyst for Today’s growth.
- Empowering Web3 gaming innovation: Today’s exciting gaming experience has a plethora of innovative Web3 features, and now, with Aethir’s help, it also has the computing power to support a vast global user base.
- Improving Limbo’s capabilities: Limbo is already a highly advanced and engaging AI agent with an adorable pop-star personality. However, with Aethir’s GPU cloud, Limbo’s growth and capabilities will increase even more.
Website: todaythegame.com
Twitter (X): @todaythegame
AI Agent Twitter (X): @Limbo_ai
Scrypted: New Life, New Civilizations
Company Overview
Scrypted is building decentralized, self-owning, autonomous agents and games. Scripted has all the tools to create Autonomous Virtual Beings (AVBs) - a new form of digital life that owns itself. The goal is to create AI agents capable of owning the means of their computation, storage, communication, and finance. Their flagship AI agent is Chad, an autonomous virtual being created to meme, dream, and steamroll.
Collaboration with Aethir
Scrypted’s AVBs are taking AI agents to the next level, requiring immense cloud computing resources to support AI agent evolution. Aethir’s compute infrastructure will provide the raw GPU power needed for Scrypted’s AVB endeavors.
Impact on Their Projects
Scrypted’s Chad AI agent is an example of the capabilities of AVBs, a highly advanced type of AI agent pioneered by Scrypted. To further enhance their performance and introduce new features, Scrypted will utilize Aethir’s DePIN stack.
- Leveling up AVB features: With Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud, Scrypted has premium infrastructure support to introduce new AVB features.
- Enhancing Chad’s AI functionalities: Scrypted will be able to enhance Chad’s AI functionalities and increase its scope of operations by introducing new, compute-heavy features leveraging Aethir’s GPUs.
Website: scryptedinc.com
Twitter (X): @scryptedinc
AI Agent Twitter (X): @chad_onchain
Building the AI Agents of Tomorrow with Aethir’s Decentralized GPU Cloud
Aethir’s decentralized cloud is the ideal AI infrastructure for agents because of its ability to dynamically adjust GPU power supplies in line with clients’ GPU demands. AI agent training requires access to an uninterrupted, steady stream of premium compute power to create the top AI agents of tomorrow by providing them with the resources they need to evolve and perfect their capabilities.
Our $100 million Ecosystem Fund catalyzes next-level decentralized AI development through compute grants, subsidies, and token grants aiding AI agent deployment at scale.
Batch 3 of our AI agent partners is live, but we’re far from over with introducing AI agent partners who are receiving Aethir Ecosystem Fund grants. If you think your AI agent project is a good fit for the Aethir Ecosystem Fund, contact us and apply for an AI agent grant.
Let’s build the future of Web3 together with Aethir’s AI infrastructure for agents!
Frequently Asked Questions
1. What are AI agents?
AI agents are software programs that leverage LLM and machine learning functionalities to interact with their environments and make informed decisions based on collected data. This enables them to determine and execute tasks to meet predetermined goals. AI agents can support people by conducting complex sequences of tasks to achieve predefined goals.
2. How can Aethir’s GPU cloud support my AI project?
Aethir provides premium decentralized GPU compute resources for all types of AI projects, including AI agent development. Our GPU network is globally distributed and capable of powering AI agent workloads at scale with cost-efficient GPU computing.
3. How do compute grants work?
Aethir’s Ecosystem Fund provides compute grants and subsidies to eligible projects building cutting-edge AI innovations. All AI companies using Aethir’s DePIN stack as their chosen compute provider are eligible for our grant program, which empowers enterprises with compute grants and subsidies in Aethir’s GPU network. For more details and eligibility conditions for Aethir’s compute grants, check our dedicated Ecosystem Fund page.
