The recent trend and heat of memecoins need not be elaborated, but the underlying logic of many popular memecoins corresponds to current hot concepts: $Goat-AI + crypto / $ban - RWA + classical art collection. Therefore, understanding more narratives that combine AI and crypto will help us better seize the next opportunity.
AI Artificial Intelligence
In the integration of AI and cryptocurrency fields, Aethir serves as a classic case worthy of our understanding and attention.
Aethir is a cutting-edge company committed to promoting the popularization of AI, VR, and XR technologies through decentralized GPU cloud infrastructure. With its innovative decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN), Aethir effectively integrates idle GPU resources globally, significantly lowering the threshold and cost for AI development, VR, and XR applications.
In simple terms, Aethir addresses the market fragmentation issue by utilizing idle GPU resources, and their network helps game and AI companies (regardless of size) deliver their products directly to consumers.
The rapid development of AI applications has also led to an increasing demand for computing resources. However, the high costs of traditional cloud computing and GPU resources have significantly reduced GPU computing costs by 80% in Aethir's model. It does not bear the management fees of cloud providers and does not need to operate data centers. Aethir also allows underutilized enterprise GPU owners to lease computing resources through its engine, truly achieving the goal of reducing costs and increasing efficiency.
So how does Aethir, as a decentralized cloud infrastructure, promote the development of AI + crypto?
First, Aethir announced in October the establishment of a $100 million ecological fund dedicated to the development of AI and gaming. This funding accelerates the development of advanced AI applications, cloud gaming platforms, and AI-driven gaming experiences. In other words, Aethir will also provide financial support in addition to computing resources.
Secondly, Aethir has announced several important collaborations in blockchain projects in the AI field this year. Let's recap the major events in AI collaborations this year: In May, Aethir announced a partnership with the KIP protocol to provide enterprise-level, decentralized GPU capabilities for KIP's AI product ecosystem (friends familiar with my tweets should know the KIP protocol; their CEO recently met with the President of Argentina to establish cooperation in AI education in South America, and they are also the champions of the 2023 Chainlink hackathon, a definite dark horse in the AI direction).
On October 15, Aethir announced a partnership with NEARProtocol to serve as the chief computing partner to support the NEAR x @delphi_labs AI accelerator program.
On October 29, Aethir, GAIB, and GMI Cloud launched the first decentralized AI computing powered by NVIDIA H200 GPUs.
It can be seen that Aethir has invested a significant amount of funds in the field of AI and has also put in more computing resources to promote it. The logic is simple: as a DePIN-type project, it needs more B-end resources to bear the computing resources contributed by users. Aethir solves two essential problems:
Utilizing idle GPU resources saves high AI computing costs.
Provides a channel for users of idle GPU resources to mine and obtain value.
In addition to investing funds to support the development of AI applications and collaborating with existing AI projects, Aethir promotes the development of the AI track by providing the following service models:
1. IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service): On-demand provision of virtualized GPU instances, allowing users to flexibly scale resources.
2. PaaS (Platform as a Service): Provides tools for developing and deploying GPU-accelerated applications, shortening project development cycles.
3. Bare metal service: Suitable for users with large-scale simulation and high-performance computing needs, providing complete control.
Currently, there are over 1,000 H100 GPUs on the Aethir network. (H100 GPU is a high-performance computing and AI accelerator launched by NVIDIA, mainly used to meet the growing computing demands of AI and machine learning models.)
Cloud Gaming
With the increasing number of AAA games, users now need devices with powerful hardware specifications, as the demands on GPU performance are becoming higher and higher. Especially with the current blockchain games, we can see more and more AAA games being launched, making it prohibitively expensive for both individuals and studios.
For example, a computer that can smoothly run AAA games with average graphical quality now costs at least $800, with the most expensive component being the GPU. Cloud gaming platforms enable gamers to access AAA games on PCs and laptops without having to install dozens of GB of data, nor do they have to burden their devices with games that are extremely demanding on GPUs.
The user scenarios here are very real, and I believe many gamers have experienced similar situations. For example, the recently popular domestic AAA game - (Black Myth: Wukong), many friends around me find that their biggest obstacle is not the activation code worth 188 yuan, but the graphics card.
To achieve excellent game graphics, expensive high-end graphics cards are necessary. According to the configuration requirements and game testing results released for (Black Myth: Wukong), players who want to balance game graphics and smoothness need to use at least the GeForce RTX 40 series GPU. For the vast majority of average players, the barrier is not low, hence the demand for cloud gaming platforms arises.
Besides the real user demands, how about the potential of the cloud gaming track? Let's look at another set of data:
"As of 2023, there are over 184 million cloud gaming players worldwide. GlobalData predicts that by 2030, the number of active cloud gaming players worldwide will exceed 687 million. In terms of market value, the cloud gaming sector of the gaming industry was worth about $1.33 billion in 2023, and is expected to reach $38.43 billion by 2032, showing astonishing growth."
It can be seen that the cloud gaming track has a large user base and a high growth rate, with the key core of this track being the graphics processing unit (GPU), as they are the driving force behind cloud computing, responsible for handling hardware-intensive games. How to find secure, efficient, and low-cost GPU resources is the key.
Aethir's network of more than 80,000 GPUs and thousands of optimized NVIDIA H100 chips can handle advanced cloud gaming workloads, providing power for the future of innovation and creativity in cloud gaming.
From the perspective of game developers and publishers, choosing the right release channel is crucial for attracting a broad gaming audience and maximizing return on investment. Aethir's DePIN stack is an integrated and cost-effective solution that overcomes the boundaries and limitations of traditional cloud gaming platforms. It offers better scalability and security at a lower price without sacrificing service quality.
Currently, Aethir's decentralized cloud infrastructure has three practical use cases in the gaming field:
Utilizing Metagravity's HyperScale engine to power the next generation of cloud gaming.
Aethir's DePIN stack is the GPU cloud computing provider chosen by MetaGravity to support the next generation of cloud gaming. It integrates with MetaGravity's comprehensive game development tools and functionalities. Unlike centralized computing providers, Aethir's GPU network can scale in real-time, allowing us to adjust power consumption seamlessly and continuously based on partner demands.
Supports the daily operations of the Beamable game ecosystem.
Beamable is a vibrant game ecosystem with over 50 popular games, and its Live Ops gaming platform is transitioning to a Web3 gaming model that includes innovative game features and blockchain mechanisms such as tokenization of in-game assets, crypto token economics, and NFTs.
Beamable's integrated gaming platform is leveraging Aethir's decentralized cloud infrastructure as a powerful solution for all its cloud computing needs, including game development, publishing, and delivery to end users.
Utilizing Return Entertainment to expand cloud-native smart TV gaming.
Return Entertainment
Recently launched its cloud-native smart TV gaming platform and flagship game Rivals Arena on Samsung TVs in the United States. This gaming platform is also available for other TV manufacturers and operators. Aethir's DePIN stack is the only enterprise-level GPU-as-a-service platform in the market.
The above practical cases demonstrate that Aethir provides strong infrastructure support for the cloud gaming field.
In addition, Aethir has also collaborated with many heavyweight projects in the cloud gaming field.
In February 2024, Aethir established a partnership with Well-Link Tech. Well-Link Tech is the cloud version developer of the famous mobile game miHoYo.
On October 7, 2024, Aethir announced a partnership with @XPLA_Official to launch a $10 million ecosystem funding program. XPLA will provide subsidies, game infrastructure guidance, user experience optimization, and token economics consulting, while Aethir will provide computing subsidies and cloud integration technical support.
Conclusion
From AI artificial intelligence to cloud gaming, Aethir is providing a new cost-reducing and efficiency-increasing solution in a decentralized manner. Moreover, for users participating in Aethir, the continuous influx of heavyweight collaborations and practical use cases in both fields will help increase their returns.
The combination of AI, cloud gaming, and blockchain has also become a very important narrative in the past two years. Aethir has provided a good answer in both fields, and interested friends can continue to follow Aethir's future attempts in more areas.
Official Twitter:
https://x.com/AethirCloud
Official Website:
Aethir official website: https://aethir.com/
Aethir Edge official website: https://www.myedge.io/
Aethir Node official website: https://checker.aethir.com/Aethir
Staking interface: https://stake.aethir.com/
Aethir Blog: https://blog.aethir.com/blog
Aethir Brand Essentials Page / Logo / Links:
https://blog.aethir.com/aethir-essentials/
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1e0HUrONMw-56P2zieUb6rAquNRlDyGhu?usp=drive_link
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