Aethir's January 2025 Recap

January has just ended, filled with exciting developments for Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud ecosystem. We’ve kicked off 2025 with many premium partnership announcements with industry leaders in the AI, Web3, and gaming sectors while introducing new features and utilities for Aethir’s stakeholders. We started the year with numerous announcements, including Aethir 2.0, the next stage of Aethr’s ecosystem development, along with major moves in the AI agent industry powered by our $100 million Ecosystem Fund. 

Let’s dive into Aethir’s January 2025 recap and have a look at the key monthly developments in our decentralized GPU cloud ecosystem.

Introducing Aethir 2.0

We have officially upgraded to Aethir 2.0 by introducing numerous innovative features for our users and community members, along with a wide range of exciting industry partnerships that are transforming the AI and gaming sectors with our premium decentralized GPU cloud computing infrastructure. 

Aethir is rapidly expanding GPU supplies by onboarding more Cloud Hosts to provide cloud computing services at scale for AI and gaming. We are the first GPU DePIN to onboard cutting-edge NVIDIA H200s for AI Inference as part of our network of 400,000+ top-shelf GPU containers.

Thanks to our massive revenue growth, Aethir has become the most profitable DePIN on the market, with $91+ million in annual recurring revenue as of January 2025. By onboarding 25+ AI agent projects into the Aethir ecosystem, we have become a key supporting pillar for AI development. Furthermore, the Aethir ecosystem is going multichain by leveraging LayerZero’s Onnichain solutions. We’ve introduced additional staking features through our integration with EigenLayer and added new Checker Node utilities in collaboration with our partners from MetaStreet. 

For a full rundown of Aethir 2.0, check out our detailed blog to learn more about the latest innovations in the Aethir DePIN stack. 

Supporting AI Agent Growth with Aethir’s $100M Ecosystem Fund

AI agents are the hottest sector of the AI industry. They showcase various functionalities for retail users, from entertainment and content creation to automated financial operations and data analysis. The AI agent sector is on an unprecedented growth path, but to reach its full potential, AI agent developers need access to reliable, scalable, and cost-effective GPU computing resources. That’s why Aethir’s DePIN stack supports promising AI agent projects with exclusive GPU compute grants from our $100M Ecosystem Fund. 

We’ve already announced five batches of AI agent partners, totaling 25+ AI agent projects pioneering exciting use cases, including AI agent launchpads, virtual companions, gaming AI agents, and automated DeFAI tools. ai16z’s Eliza ecosystem, Top Hat, Creator.Bid, Hey Anon, iAgent, Moemate, Kiyama, and Today the Game are some of the AI agent trailblazers supported by Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud. Furthermore, we’ve announced exclusive support for AI agents on the Base Layer 2 network.

For more information on our AI agent partners and how Aethir supports AI innovation, check our detailed blogs for batches one, two, three, four, and five. 

Expanding Aethir’s Decentralized GPU Cloud Ecosystem: Onboarding Premium Partnerships

As promised in our 2024 annual recap, Aethir stays committed to championing innovation and excellence in the AI, Web3, and gaming sectors with the power of decentralized GPU cloud computing. We’ve continued expanding our ecosystem through numerous premium partnerships with industry leaders and innovators.

In January’s edition of Aethir EcoDrop, Rivalz Network, and The Game Company announced exclusive staking pool rewards for ATH stakers as a token of appreciation for our community.

We opened 2025 by announcing a groundbreaking partnership with EigenLayer to bring our $91+ million on-chain revenue to their state-of-the-art blockchain restaking infrastructure and introduce new ATH token functionalities.

Messary, the leading provider of crypto market intelligence, has published a detailed report on Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud.

As part of our partnership with the Avalanche Foundation, Aethir will support the onboarding of AI innovators into the Avalanche ecosystem through the infraBUIDL(AI) Program, supported by our $100 million Ecosystem Fund. 

With our partners from GAIB, we are reshaping the financing model for high-performance computing by tokenizing enterprise-grade GPUs and their revenue. We are officially launching a GPU tokenization pilot program on BNB Chain, unlocking new possibilities for ATH holders and Cloud Hosts. Furthermore, continuing on a similar track, Aethir and Plume Network are establishing an RWAI GPU Initiative to merge RWA and AI functionality. The RWAI Initiative combines Aethir’s $100M Ecosystem Fund and the Plume RWA Ecosystem Fund to explore the vertical of RWAs in AI-driven markets.

To enhance network stability and simplify financial transactions for all parties in Aethir’s decentralized cloud ecosystem, we’ve introduced AUSD, our native stablecoin, built on Maitrix’s cutting-edge platform for intelligent stablecoins.

The Aethir DePIN stack is geared toward supporting the most creative AI innovators with premium GPU computing. In January, numerous AI enterprises joined our ecosystem, including Supernet, Sui DePIN, SOON, Raiinmaker, BAD Coin, DIN, HardwAIre DAO, and Parasail.

On the gaming side, Elympics and Arena VS joined forces with Aethir to enhance Web3 gaming with our decentralized GPU cloud.

Leading the way for DeFAI and DeSci Innovation 

DeFAI and DeSci are key emerging Web3 narratives that leverage AI technology to power financial and scientific innovations that can change the lives of people around the world. With 400,000+ GPU containers, Aethir is positioned as the ideal cloud-computing partner for these emerging industry sectors that need access to ample supplies of GPU compute resources.

The intersection of decentralized finance (DeFI) and AI proved to be a key point in adopting the AI agentic economy, giving birth to the concept of decentralized finance AI (DeFAI), an entirely new take on DeFi automation with AI tools. On the other hand, DeSci, by leveraging AI platforms and blockchain technology, has tremendous transformative potential for various aspects of modern science, including scientific research, neuroscience, scientific publishing, funding, collaboration, data classification, and more.

In January, we introduced DeFAI and DeSci to the Aethir community in our in-depth blogs to help broaden the community’s knowledge of these emerging sectors and Aethir’s role as the leading global GPU DePIN.

For the latest updates on Aethir’s decentralized cloud ecosystem, make sure to follow our main X account and our Ecosystem X profile.

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