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0G Foundation Unveils $88.8M Ecosystem Fund for Decentralized AI Applications

The fund is backed by a number of big-name investors in the blockchain venture capital sector including Hack VC, Delphi Ventures and OKX Ventures.

Feb 5, 2025, 3:52 p.m.
Funding (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)
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What to know:

  • The governance foundation for decentralized artificial intelligence ecosystem 0G unveiled an $88 million fund for the creation of AI applications.
  • The 0G Foundation said it is seeking submissions from team developing DeFi, onchain data marketplaces for secure data sharing, AI-driven gaming and social applications.

The governance foundation for decentralized artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem 0G has unveiled an $88 million fund for the creation of AI applications.

The 0G Foundation is seeking submissions from teams developing decentralized finance (DeFi), on-chain data marketplaces for secure data sharing, AI-driven gaming and social applications, according to an emailed announcement Wednesday.

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The fund is backed by a number of big-name investors in the blockchain venture capital sector, such as Hack VC, Delphi Ventures and OKX Ventures.

This trio of firms also contributed to the $40 million seed funding round into Zero Gravity Labs, a core 0G contributor, in November.

The widespread increase of AI in many areas of the economy has spurred a movement in the blockchain industry to introduce decentralization into the way data is gathered and used in order to prevent AI being dominated by just a few powerful brokers.

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