{"id":127975,"date":"2025-04-25T14:19:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T14:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=127975"},"modified":"2025-04-25T14:19:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T14:19:37","slug":"nous-research-secures-50m-from-paradigm-to-build-decentralized-ai-on-solana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=127975","title":{"rendered":"Nous Research secures $50M from Paradigm to build decentralized AI on Solana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsDecentralized AI startup Nous Research has raised $50 million in a Series A round led by crypto venture giant Paradigm, marking one of the largest investments at the intersection of blockchain and artificial intelligence to date.<br \/>\nAccording to an April 25 report from Fortune, the funding round values Nous at a $1 billion token valuation. Previous investors include Distributed Global, North Island Ventures, and Delphi Digital, who contributed to Nous\u2019s earlier $20 million seed rounds.<br \/>\nOperating since 2022, Nous Research is stepping into the spotlight with the latest fundraising to develop open-source AI models powered by decentralized infrastructure.<br \/>\nThe company leverages the Solana blockchain to coordinate and incentivize global participation in training its AI models, aiming to challenge centralized giants like OpenAI and DeepSeek.<br \/>\nNous Research announcing Nous Psyche on Solana. Source: Nous ResearchRelated: Angels from Citadel, Jane Street, JPMorgan back $20M raise for Theo network<br \/>\nNous harnesses global idle compute power for AI training<br \/>\nFounded by AI researchers, including collaborators like Diederik Kingma (co-inventor of the Adam optimizer), Nous is taking a different approach from typical crypto-AI projects.<br \/>\nInstead of relying on centralized data centers, it enables individuals worldwide to contribute idle computing power for AI training.<br \/>\nBlockchain technology underpins this model, ensuring secure, incentivized participation while mitigating risks like data poisoning through features such as Byzantine fault tolerance.<br \/>\n\u201cWe very much came from a mentality that we want to create and serve the world\u2019s best AI,\u201d co-founder Karan Malhotra told Fortune.<br \/>\nPer the report, the 20-person team at Nous Research will allocate much of the new capital toward scaling compute resources and advancing research.<br \/>\nIn December 2024, Nous told Venture Beat that it is pre-training a 15-billion-parameter LLM in a decentralized manner, livestreaming progress to showcase transparency and performance.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, Paradigm\u2019s backing signals a deepening interest in AI within crypto venture circles.<br \/>\n\u201cThis open, community-oriented approach is a powerful contrast to the closed, centralized efforts from incumbent labs,\u201d Paradigm partner Arjun Balaji reportedly told the outlet.<br \/>\nRelated: Crypto users cool with AI dabbling with their portfolios: Survey<br \/>\nParadigm becomes top-performing crypto VC<br \/>\nParadigm is one of the biggest and most successful crypto venture capital firms.<br \/>\nIn March, Web3 data platform Kaito AI ranked Paradigm as the top-performing crypto VC over the past year, posting an impressive 11.80% performance metric, outperforming other major players like Alliance (10.64%), Dragonfly (8.32%), a16z (6.94%) and Multicoin Capital (5.86%).<br \/>\nSource: RoryFounded by Coinbase\u2019s Fred Ehrsam and ex-Sequoia partner Matt Huang, Paradigm has built a strong reputation for spotting high-potential crypto projects early.<br \/>\nIts portfolio includes leading DeFi platforms like Uniswap (UNI) and dYdX, as well as consistent backing for Ethereum scaling solutions such as Optimism.<br \/>\nParadigm also led a $255 million round for StarkNet, a key player in zero-knowledge rollup technology.<br \/>\nMagazine:\u00a0Stablecoin for cyber-scammers launches, Sony L2 drama: Asia Express<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/nous-research-raises-50m-paradigm-decentralized-ai-solana?utm_source=rss_feed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsDecentralized AI startup Nous Research has raised $50 million in a Series A round led by crypto venture giant Paradigm, marking one of the largest investments at the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127975"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127975\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}