io.net Partners With Zero1 Labs to Expand Access to High-Performance Compute

Summary:
• The partnership with io.net will enable Zero1 to grow its share of the DeAI developer market and minimize hardware and infrastructure costs.

GPU DePIN io.net has announced that it has partnered with decentralized AI platform Zero1 Labs to advance development of decentralized AI (DeAI). Under the agreement, Zero1 Labs will leverage io.net’s GPU compute network to accelerate the training of AI agents for Keymaker, its open marketplace.

Zero1 is the first inclusive Proof-of-Stake-based DeAI ecosystem, designed to serve both developers and users through AI-optimized applications and tools. At its core is the Cypher FHE-EVM Layer, enabling secure, privacy-preserving AI computation. Through partnering with io.net, Zero1 will be able to access demand-based, cost-effective GPU compute, making it easier for developers to leverage its tools to build and deploy decentralized AI applications.

Keymaker, Zero1’s multimodal AI marketplace, forms an open platform for decentralized AI (DeAI) developers. It features more than 100 DeAI tools designed to streamline the creation, access and discoverability of DeAI apps. It’s particularly popular with developers seeking to create highly effective onchain AI agents.

Operating as autonomous systems that use artificial intelligence to perform tasks without human intervention, AI agents have particular utility in web3, where they can be trained to enhance trading opportunities. Developers looking to launch AI agents across the multichain landscape will be able to tap into enhanced Zero1 tooling for training and optimization with the aid of io.net’s GPU compute.

In addition to provisioning its decentralized GPU clusters for Zero1 Labs through IO Cloud, io.net will collaborate in other areas under the terms of the partnership. The two entities will work together on several joint initiatives:

• Developer Community: Zero1 Labs and io.net are committed to fostering innovation in the AI space by building a developer community through various community initiatives such as hackathons and bounty programs. These events will provide opportunities for developers to collaborate and showcase their experiences, further enriching the DeAI community.
• Strategic Partner Ties: Zero1 Labs and io.net will engage in a strategic exchange of partner resources, enabling projects building in Zero1’s DeAI ecosystem to have access to high-performance resources and advanced AI expertise from io.net. 

The partnership with io.net will enable Zero1 to grow its share of the DeAI developer market while minimizing hardware and infrastructure costs. In the process, it will accelerate innovation within the decentralized AI space by empowering builders to launch AI agents that support new onchain use cases.

About io.net

io.net is a decentralized distributed compute network that enables ML engineers to deploy a GPU cluster of any scale within seconds at a fraction of the cost of centralized cloud providers. io.net sources compute resources from multiple locations and deploys them into a single cluster at massive scale. io.net has successfully supported training, fine tuning, and inference for a wide range of ML models.

About Zero1 Labs

Zero1 Labs is a pioneering force in decentralized AI (DeAI), building foundational architecture that supports privacy-preserving AI applications and empowers global developer communities. At the core is Cypher FHE-EVM Layer, an AI-focused blockchain combining Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) with Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatibility for secure, confidential computation. Now in beta, the Keymaker Platform enables users to create autonomous agents, optimize and modify agents, and access open datasets to train AI models. Zero1 Labs is dedicated to advancing the DeAI ecosystem through strategic partnerships and community-driven initiatives.