As AI continues to attract billions in investment and dominate headlines, the demand for graphic processing units (GPUs) has skyrocketed, leading to a notable shortage. While large corporations often secure the necessary computational power, many AI startups struggle, exacerbating a tech imbalance reminiscent of oligopolistic structures. Kaisar Network joins peaq, the layer-1 blockchain for DePIN and Machine RWAs, to address this problem by creating a Web3-based alternative to centralized cloud GPU platforms.
Kaisar Network aims to democratize access to GPU resources, ensuring a more level playing field in the AI sector.
“The GPU shortage is taking a massive toll on the AI industry, affecting the smaller players the worst,” said Léonie Nguyen, Co-founder and Chief Business Officer at Kaisar Network. “Kaisar Network’s DePIN offers them a more affordable and customizable alternative while offering GPU owners a way to monetize their idle capacities. With its unmatched scalability and a range of pre-made Modular DePIN Functions, peaq is the perfect home for Kaisar’s decentralized AI platform.”
Kaisar Network’s solution involves a DePIN model that allows entities to offer their idle GPU capacities to AI projects. This includes excess GPUs from enterprises, underutilized data centers, Bitcoin and Ether miners repurposing their rigs, and individual contributors. With over 100,000 consumer- and enterprise-grade GPUs in its network, Kaisar Network proposes a Web3-based alternative that promises to be more cost-effective, flexible, and transparent, leveraging blockchain management.
Integrating with peaq’s layer-1 blockchain, Kaisar Network will implement self-sovereign peaq IDs for each device in its network, smart contracts to manage the decentralized GPU rental platform, and a reputation management system. This setup will facilitate the booking and provisioning of GPU capacities, enhancing the platform’s transparency and efficiency.
Additionally, Kaisar Network plans to develop various functions on peaq, including NFT minting for nodes, and mechanisms for rewards, staking, and penalties. After extensive testing on peaq’s testnet, these smart contracts will be deployed on the peaq mainnet, with Kaisar’s native $KAI token also being minted on peaq.
Leonard Dorlöchter, Co-founder of peaq, commented, “The AI boom and Web3 are a perfect match across the entire stack, from data collection to computation. Kaisar Network takes on a crucial part of the AI technology — the hardware for training and running advanced models. It’s exciting to see this DePIN join the peaq ecosystem, bringing another prominent use case to the home of DePIN.”
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