Making it Decentralized! Kite AI launches its first AI-focused Blockchain on Avalanche

Kite AI announced on Feb 6, its first AI-focused Layer 1 sovereign Blockchain built on Avalanche, the Blockchain platform.

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Sneha Agrawal

February 8, 2025

Making it Decentralized! Kite AI launches its first AI-focused Blockchain on Avalanche

Kite AI, the decentralized AI infrastructure provider, announced on Feb 6, its first AI-focused Layer 1 sovereign blockchain built on Avalanche, the 2020 launched Blockchain platform. Currently launched in its testnet stage, it made its public testnet live on Thursday, which is Stage 1: Aero. It is set to go through subsequent stages, viz., Ozone, Strato, Voyager and Lunar – the final launch embarking its complete transition to the mainnet.

The launch is intended for providing free, transparent mechanisms for data providers, AI models and autonomous agents developers. By using Avalanche’s high scalability and 4,500+ TPS rate (Transactions per second), it will be able to process Kite AI’s heavy AI workloads.

Chi Zhang, CEO and Co-founder of Kite AI told Coingape that “with the launch of our first AI-focused Layer 1 sovereign blockchain with Avalanche, we’re taking a monumental step toward democratizing access to AI.”

He further highlighted that “by leveraging Avalanche’s high scalable and low cost infrastructure , we’re enabling the processing of heavy AI workloads while ensuring affordability and efficiency. This is more than just technology—it’s about reshaping the AI economy to be inclusive, secure, and truly decentralized.”

🚀 Kite AI's Incentivized Testnet v1 Aero is LIVE!

We are launching the first AI-focused Layer 1 sovereign blockchain with @avax––to empower fair, transparent collaboration across data, models, and agents.

At our core is Proof of Attributed Intelligence (Proof of AI), an… pic.twitter.com/1de8lIBf2S

— KITE AI (@GoKiteAI) February 6, 2025

How Avalanche will help in managing AI workloads

Since AI models and datasets require fast data processing and high computational powers, Avalanche’s sub-second finality and lower gas fees will help the developers. Its EVM compatibility will also allow Ethereum developers, ensuring their integration with existing AI-focused apps. Avalanche’s Proof-of-stake (PoS) will provide the required security to the datasets being shared by the contributors and developers.

The low cost of storing and processing will make it affordable for developers and enterprises to reap the benefits of Decentralized AI by Kite AI. However, its handling of large-scale workloads can check its limits. With KiteAI becoming part of the Avalanche infraBUILD (AI) program, it is set to accelerate the fusion of Artificial Intelligence and Decentralised infrastructure while enhancing Kite AI’s decentralised AI platform. The subnet customization that Avalanche launched last Dec via Avalanche900 upgrade will provide the scalability for Kite AI’s decentralised ecosystem.

Development of Decentralized AI

As Kite AI launches the specialized Blockchain for development of decentralised AI, individuals and subnets can be empowered to own and control their own AI models and data – thus, reducing the traditionally dominating and centralised character of AI. The blockchain-empowered development of Decentralized AI ensures the verifiable ownership of AI-generated content, datasets and model contributions – decreasing risks of frauds, theft and privacy concerns.
The dominating ownerships of high-quality data such as supply chain and retail transactions, health records by centralized entities exclude small and independent developers from the development process. However, the vision of the AI economy to contribute to every data provider, agent and developer can change the centralised narrative. Using Kite AI’s Programmable AI Value Chain, developers can create an optimised workflow and build their own ideal AI stack.

Using Kite AI’s Proof of Attributed Intelligence (Proof of AI) mechanism, developers can receive fair attribution and transparent rewards for their contributions. To the question of “Is AI truly for all?”, Kite AI founders – Chi Zhang and Scott Shi. – has shared their vision, “We don’t believe it is, and we are here to change that”. The collaborative ecosystem that KiteAI is allowing for developers, data providers, and agents can create a trustless, and transparent environment for the decentralised AI economy.

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With over four years of experience in covering and tracking the financial markets, Sneha Agrawal is a dedicated Crypto Journalist and Editor with passion for researching and writing the crypto pieces. She is currently leading the Brandtalk section, here at CoinGape. She likes to keep track of political, legal and financial happenings all around the world - without which she deems her day incomplete. Apart from her Journalistic endeavours, she is a solo traveler, museum goer, and a keen reader of books.