Compared to current solutions, the platform’s architecture lowers training expenses by ten times and verified inference overhead to 0.1%.
Ambient is the first system to combine the security assurances of PoW with the learnings from high-performance blockchains like Solana.
A brand-new, innovative Web3 project has surfaced from stealth mode with the potential to fundamentally alter the way AI is used and accessible globally. The value proposition and business model of Ambient, which was founded by a technologist with a Harvard degree and backed by $7.2 million in seed funding from a16z’s Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX) program as well as other well-known industry leaders like Delphi Digital and Amber Group, can best be characterized as OpenAI powered by AI Bitcoin.
Ambient addresses the main problems of closed-source AI, such as bias, censorship, restricted privacy, and model “bait-and-switches,” while providing the reliable performance and ease of use that have drawn more than 400 million weekly users to models like ChatGPT. Beyond the small transaction fees common in Proof-of-Stake (PoS) systems, its Proof-of-Work (PoW) technology rewards miners with predictable, Bitcoin-like incentives, enabling verified inference on a 600+ billion parameter model with low overhead and unmatched security.
Compared to current solutions, the platform’s architecture lowers training expenses by ten times and verified inference overhead to 0.1%. Ambient is the first system to combine the security assurances of PoW with the learnings from high-performance blockchains like Solana, creating an innovative approach that specifically satisfies the security and performance requirements of AI systems.
Max Lang and Travis Good, PhD, established Ambient. Travis introduced advances in machine learning-based drug discovery and spectroscopy, as well as the first mathematically optimum freight railroad movement planner in history. The CTO of Ambient Max is a digital entrepreneur who has worked at Amazon and Microsoft and has made many exits. Max managed Vault Health’s transition to COVID testing, growing to millions of tests throughout the country, and was instrumental in Cockroach Labs’ 1.0 release. He also assisted Blend Labs (NYSE: BLND) in securing its first significant client. Because of their backgrounds, the founders are uniquely qualified to transform the way AI services are delivered.
Travis stated:
Tommy Shaughnessy, Founding Partner at Delphi Ventures stated:
Michael Wu, Co-Founder and CEO of Amber Group adds:
The platform intends to revolutionize the delivery and accessibility of AI services and provide decentralized power for the next agentic economy by fusing a trustless architecture, unparalleled computational capability, and strategically matched financial incentives. Later this year, Ambient’s testnet is anticipated to launch.