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June 19, 2025 – SparkChain AI, a pioneering force in the Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN) space, today announced the successful close of a $10.8 million strategic funding round led by OakStone Ventures. This significant capital injection will accelerate SparkChain AI’s mission to transform underutilized internet bandwidth and compute resources into a globally distributed AI supercluster, solidifying its position as a foundational infrastructure layer for Solana and the broader Web3 ecosystem.
The funding round underscores growing institutional confidence in SparkChain AI’s innovative approach to tackling the critical AI compute bottleneck. As AI adoption continues its rapid ascent, the demand for scalable, cost-effective, and decentralized compute power has outstripped the capabilities of traditional centralized cloud providers, which often come with high costs, latency issues, and centralization risks.
“AI is the new electricity—but only if the infrastructure is open and scalable,” said Ethan Cole, Co-Founder and CEO of SparkChain AI. “This funding enables us to accelerate our mission of unlocking real-time, decentralized AI for everyone, democratizing access to high-performance AI, and underpinning the next generation of Web3 applications.”
SparkChain AI introduces a new paradigm through its proprietary Sovereign Data Rollup architecture. By intelligently leveraging idle bandwidth and unused computing resources from a global network of participants, SparkChain AI dramatically reduces infrastructure costs and democratizes access to AI compute. This empowers developers, researchers, and enterprises to build AI applications faster and more affordably.
Michelle Royston, General Partner at OakStone Ventures, commented on their investment: “Centralized cloud solutions are no longer adequate for the scale AI requires. SparkChain AI is building the infrastructure for intelligent, decentralized networks where every participant can contribute and benefit. We’re excited to back this movement.”
The capital will be strategically deployed to:
- Scale SparkChain’s decentralized AI compute network: Expanding its global footprint and capacity.
- Enhance real-time AI processing capabilities: Ensuring sub-second response times for demanding AI tasks.
- Build key partnerships: Fostering collaborations across the AI and Web3 landscapes.
- Solidify its position: Becoming a critical infrastructure layer for Solana and the wider decentralized internet.
SparkChain AI’s model aligns seamlessly with rising trends in data sovereignty, modular blockchains, and edge AI. Its architecture is built natively on Solana, with plans for multi-chain support, ensuring censorship resistance and data sovereignty by eliminating single points of failure.
How SparkChain AI Works:
Any individual or organization can contribute to the network by running a Spark Lite or full node—whether it’s a home router, edge device, or data center instance. Contributors earn $SPARK tokens by providing bandwidth and CPU/GPU cycles. The native $SPARK token fuels staking, governance rights (via on-chain staking and voting), and rewards, with 80% of network revenue flowing back to participants. Cryptographic proofs ensure privacy and security across the network.
By pooling these decentralized resources, SparkChain AI delivers cost-effective, high-throughput compute for diverse AI services, including model training, real-time inference, data labeling, and synthetic data generation. Its advanced task-scheduling protocols and dynamic bandwidth allocation make live computer vision, on-device machine learning, and interactive AI applications possible at scale.
SparkChain AI is creating a transparent, community-governed compute layer that lowers barriers to entry, democratizes access to high-performance AI, and underpins the next generation of Web3 applications.
About SparkChain AI:
SparkChain AI is an AI-powered DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network) rollup that transforms underutilized internet bandwidth and idle compute resources into a globally distributed AI supercluster. Through its proprietary Sovereign Data Rollup architecture, SparkChain AI provides scalable, low-latency, and censorship-resistant AI compute services, empowering developers and democratizing access to high-performance AI for the Web3 era.
Compiled by CMO Intern team
