1/ Frontier Training: The Past, Present, and Future of Decentralized Training Often regarded as technically impossible, recent progress in decentralized training has wildly exceeded anyone's expectations of what can be done in high latency / slow bandwidth environments. Simply put, no area in crypto x AI is more exciting from a technical perspective than decentralized training. This thread will teach you everything you need to know about decentralized training, from where things are at right now to where I think they're headed in the not too distant future 🧵

Announcing $25M in total funding to break the data wall with user-owned AI. Excited to have @cbventures onboard, alongside @paradigm (Series A), and @polychain (Seed). AI is only as good as its training data. Vana unlocks data from walled gardens through the power of data DAOs.

Sahara AI raised $43M to build a collaborative AI economy! Co-led by @PanteraCapital, @BinanceLabs, and @polychain, this funding brings us closer to a future of open, equitable, and secure AI through our decentralized AI blockchain platform. We also saw participation from @SamsungNext, @Sequoia, @matrixvc, @daofive, @geek_cartel, @NomadCapital_io, @SCB10X_OFFICIAL, @CanonicalCrypto, @mirana, @ForesightVen, @aegis_ventures, @DispersionVC, @tangent_xyz, @alumniventures, among others. Moreover, we're proud to have the support from the brightest minds in AI like: - Laksh Vaaman Sehgal from @MothersonGroup - Rohan Taori (@rtaori13) from @AnthropicAI & @StanfordAILab - Teknium (@Teknium1) from @NousResearch - Vipul Prakash (@vipulved) from @togethercompute - Elvis Zhang (@elvzhangg) from @midjourney, and more Whether you're an AI enthusiast, a data scientist, a business leader, or simply passionate about the potential of technology to change the world, there's a place for you in the collaborative AI economy! Read more on how you can join our mission: