There’s no longer any doubt—Artificial Intelligence (AI) will, and already is, reshaping society in profound ways, and all metrics seem to indicate that we are only at the beginning of this new era. While AI remained a niche area of R&D for many years, its real breakthrough came with the arrival of ChatGPT. We all remember how mind-blown we were when we first interacted with this generative AI bot. Looking back, it is fair to agree that it was an “iPhone” like moment.
No wonder how it had the fastest adoption among consumer products in history, scaling to 100 millions users in 2 months. In contrast, it took Facebook 1500 days to reach the same user count.
Since then, it seems we are witnessing exponential growth in this field and in the upcoming years, it would not be surprising to witness the emergence of several multi-billion-dollar companies in both applications that leverage AI or infrastructure that makes the AI revolution possible. In fact, funding in this area has already started to boom.
But alongside AI, blockchain technology is also undergoing significant technological advancement and given their respective properties, it is fair to assume that those two main deep technology trends of the past decade have a lot of synergies to be unlocked. While crypto is not necessarily essential in every layer of the AI stack, it makes complete sense for blockchain to be the substrate for AI. Those potential integrations could truly help to build a global framework for a more decentralised, transparent, and secure AI - one that is fairly owned and monetised by users rather than being dominated by centralised, opaque institutions.
From a theoretical point of view, all those potential Crypto x AI synergies are super interesting, and the market was excited about them. Indeed, AI was the most hyped crypto sector of the past year, accounting for over 20% of all mindshare and discussion on social media, and we’ve also witnessed a first wave of new projects trying to tackle this opportunity.
However, we haven’t seen many breakthroughs beyond theory yet, and we believe that there is a new wave of Crypto x AI projects hitting the market that is more mature and with a better chance to scale and reach organic product-market-fit. 0G labs is part of those, and that’s why we are excited about this project.
0G gets its name from 'Zero Gravity,' personifying the ultimate goal of achieving a state of weightlessness where transactions and data exchanges can occur effortlessly on a blockchain. In that sense, 0G is building the first global decentralised AI operating system (dAIOS) that manages decentralised hardware resources such as storage, computation, and data availability. The main goal behind that: To make AI a public good.
Similar to Microsoft or macOS, which are the operating systems that power the most successful Web2 technology companies in existence, 0G aims to become the operating system that offers the substrate for the decentralised AI movement to thrive—one that is infused with the ethos of Web3. Hence, this includes overcoming the limitations of centralised AI, such as:
The tech architecture of 0G is designed to address the issues mentioned above by supporting distinct aspects of AI workflows simultaneously. This is achieved through four core components: 0G Storage, 0G DA, 0G Serving, and 0G Chain.
0G has managed to build an extensive ecosystem with a strong list of important partners across the Web3 space: from AI, DeFi, to Gaming, or other infrastructure layers.
0G Labs is composed of top-notch talent and leaders with well-rounded expertise in entrepreneurship and blockchain. Here is an overview of some of the most notable figures behind the project:
Movoer, the team also managed to raise over $35 million in early 2024 to secure a healthy runway. Notable investors include Delphi Ventures, Hack VC, Animoca Brands, Bankless Ventures, and others.
The 0G AI Alignment Node is a type of node which monitors the functionality of 0G’s nodes (DA, Storage, Serving, Validator nodes), identifies malicious data injection, and supports AI model training by reducing drift. By running a node, participants contribute to:
To reward node operators for their contributions to the network operations and security, 15% of the $0G token supply will be allocated and distributed to these operators over a period of 36 months.
To estimate the potential return on investment of running a node, it’s important to understand that rewards are influenced by the proportion of nodes actively running and performing correct validation. For this estimate, we’ll assume that 50% of the total 0G AI alignment nodes will be sold out and operational. Based on this, here is a potential return simulation at the end of the full distribution period:
While there are no direct comparables to 0G, we can use similar projects that are already live and successful to estimate different scenarios for the potential FDV of 0G.
All terms can be found here .
Your Borger Journey Camp is found under the Profile section of the SwissBorg app. Any Camper is eligible for exclusive benefits, among others access to Alpha Early Deal, including the 0G Labs node sale.
By investing in this vault, you become eligible to receive 0G Foundation token rewards for 3 years after the token generation event (TGE). The rewards will be distributed according to the vesting period which is undetermined at this moment. The rewards will be deposited into your SwissBorg account.
SwissBorg will sell the NFTs at the best price possible at the end of the period, and the proceeds will be distributed to the investors. Please keep in mind, however, that we expect the value of the NFTs to be lower compared to today.
Yes, after SwissBorg receives an airdrop from tokens / NFTs belonging to its users, it will redistribute it to the users.
Distribution will occur on a monthly or quarterly basis depending on the vesting period of the rewards.
You are investing in an 0G AI Alignment Node.
No. SwissBorg’s partner will operate and manage all the nodes, so investors do not need to worry.
Yes, all vaults always have a minimum and maximum investment. Minimum investment for all vaults is 1 0G node. The price per node can be found on the Term Sheet (link ) and is paid in USDC.
There will be Diamond, Gold, Silver and Bronze vault available depending on your Borger Camp. More info in the term sheet .