Upscale AI: Building Open Standards for Modern Networking

AI networking startup Upscale AI emerged from stealth this week with $100 million in funding to challenge Nvidia’s dominance in AI networking infrastructure. (Story by Sean M. Kerner) https://lnkd.in/eE-VUxcD

Optopia intends to address challenges in the Web3 and AI sector by offering reliable, tokenized, and efficient computing power to drive intelligent agents.

Secure Your Place in the Future of Decentralized AI 🚀 The 0G Labs Alignment Node Pre-Book Flash Campaign has officially launched. It offers early participants a first-mover advantage in building the backbone of decentralized artificial intelligence. With the mainnet rollout approaching, this campaign gives you a direct chance to participate in one of Web3’s most ambitious ecosystems. Through NodeOps, operating a node has been simplified. From pre-booking to deployment, every step is designed for easy access. This allows both technical operators and non-technical users to join without barriers. Key Details: - 175,500 nodes available across 32 tiers, starting at 0.05 ETH. - Up to 15% of the $0G token supply is set aside as early rewards. - Flexible payment methods include $NODE, platform credits, or Copperx fiat options. - NFT license system for secure, verifiable deployment. This is more than just a sale; it is an entry point into a network aimed at aligning AI with public good principles. The focus is on scalability, security, and community-driven value creation. With November 13 marked as the next important milestone, the time to act is now. Early participants will not only benefit from token incentives but also help shape the decentralized AI economy. Pre-book today: https://lnkd.in/dcFNtVVG #0GNodes #DeAI #NodeOps #FutureOfAI

WATCH: “AI doesn’t know bear markets.” Planck CEO Diam Hamstra explains how decentralized GPU infrastructure is powering real AI growth in crypto - cheaper, scalable, and built to last. Interview by Alp G.

Is the AI bubble about to pop? 💥🤖 From dot-com to blockchain to the metaverse: every tech boom has had its bubble moment. Some players disappeared, but the underlying technologies reshaped the world. AI feels similar today: massive investment, lofty promises, and the risk that much of it delivers little. Yet beneath the hype, serious developments are happening: from Microsoft, OpenAI and Google building AI agents that can automate repetitive tasks, to enterprises rethinking productivity around Copilot. At Asygma, we believe the “bubble” may burst, but the real value of AI will endure. Just as search engines transformed the internet, AI will transform how businesses work provided it’s implemented with governance, clarity and measurable outcomes.  That’s what we call Timeback: making technology work for you. 👉 Read our full blog: https://lnkd.in/grUaukXC

So is the AI bubble going to pop? This is the question posed by Asygma. Whilst businesses seek efficiency through AI tools and indeed the replacement of staff, they should consider that the tools being thrust upon them are also emerging as their biggest threat. Already AI is destroying businesses value through lack of visibility - end users are favouring chatgpt for information at the expense of well designed, curated and moderated websites. Google is favouring an AI generated response over website content and ranking ad revenue over accuracy. Social media is being flooded with inaccurate AI driven posts and responses, misleading users with low value content designed only to try and force engagement. Image and even video generation is being used to fake celebrities to scam end users by pretending they are endorsing products or investments. There are even instagram accounts populated solely by AI created personalities, usually female, with increasingly exaggerated body features further distorting the view of what is "normal" with standards that are impossible for the majority to attain. Entry level positions, particularly in customer support, are starting to be replaced with automated systems that send you round in circles or only generate low quality responses, frustrating users and ultimately forcing customers away. If AI as predicted will take the jobs of entry level developers, where will the senior level developers be coming from in 10 - 20 years? So if AI is to supposedly help businesses by saving costs (thinly disguised as the way to save jobs) who will be left in society to order the products or use the services these businesses offer that are in turn essential to keep these businesses open? How long until governments are forced to provide a basic income guarantee, paid for by taxing businesses replacing real jobs with AI systems? The pain is coming and many are already feeling it.

INTOverse is integrating with EDITH to merge AI and RWA tokenization in order to bring GPUs, energy, and real estate on-chain for the real, tangible value.

August 29th: Judgment Day… or Just Another Big Day in AI? 🤖✨ If you’ve ever seen Terminator 2, you know the date: August 29th — the day Skynet becomes self-aware and kicks off “Judgment Day.” For years, fans have marked today with a wink and a reminder of what happens when technology runs unchecked. But here in 2025, there’s no Skynet uprising. Instead, we’ve got something much more exciting: real AI milestones that are reshaping business, technology, and society — and all happening right around this “fictional” anniversary. --- 🚀 Today’s Real AI Highlights China’s Bold Vision: Major AI breakthroughs by 2027, with 90%+ adoption of intelligent systems targeted by 2030. Microsoft’s Big Play: Launch of MAI-Voice-1 (speech generation at lightning speed) and MAI-1-Preview (its own foundational LLM). Clear signals of a strategy that goes beyond OpenAI. Huawei’s Hardware Push: The CloudMatrix 384 — a massive AI cluster delivering 300 petaflops of compute. That’s serious muscle. Cybersecurity Milestone: SentinelOne crosses the $1 billion ARR mark, powered by its AI-native platform. AI Meets Crypto: Ozak AI raises $2.4M to fuse predictive analytics and blockchain. Global Adoption: In Australia, nearly half of all businesses now use AI — boosting revenue by 34% while cutting costs by 38%. --- 🌍 What It Means August 29th reminds us that AI inspires both cautionary tales and incredible opportunities. Pop culture gave us Skynet. Reality is giving us breakthroughs in strategy, infrastructure, and adoption that could define the next decade. So maybe today isn’t “Judgment Day” after all. Maybe it’s Opportunity Day. --- 💬 I’d love to hear your take: Which of today’s real AI milestones do you think will matter most by 2030? Do you see these moves as bold steps forward… or signs we should be treading more carefully? #AI #DigitalTransformation #Innovation #Leadership #JudgmentDay

Aptos 🤝 NEAR Protocol Two chains. Two Moves. 1) NEAR Intents integration with Aptos, enabling simple, instant cross-chain transfers. 2) NEAR is benchmarking Shelby as the hot storage layer for real-time data, AI workloads, and per-access monetization at scale.

Venture capital strategies in decentralized AI (DeAI) and decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN) are shifting. The year 2025 marks a maturing market where DePIN and DeAI are foundational for decentralized finance and Web3, with a focus on sustainable, enterprise-ready solutions. DePIN is a top priority, with investments in decentralized cloud storage and peer-to-peer energy trading using AI and on-chain analytics. AI is central to protocol design, driving smart contract optimization and modular blockchains. Institutional adoption is accelerating through protocols that tokenize real-world assets, bridging crypto and traditional markets. Read more from AInvest: https://lnkd.in/gPcwg4YY For more information about DePIN see our Knowledge Base about decentralized AI hardware: https://lnkd.in/gmF9XzM3 #DePIN #DeAI #DecentralizedAI