By combining their decentralized networks of GPUs worldwide, io.net and Aethir aim to become a shared hub for computing.
In a move set to transform the computing landscape, io.net and Aethir today announced a groundbreaking partnership to make supercomputing accessible to all. By combining their decentralized networks of hundreds of thousands of GPUs worldwide, they aim to become a shared hub for computing — enabling anyone to rent out their idle computing power and allowing all developers to affordably access the massive processing required to build cutting-edge AI.
The rapid rise of AI has created skyrocketing demand for computing horsepower. But for startups and developers, the only current options are building their own expensive server farms or renting computers from big corporations like Amazon and Microsoft — uneconomical approaches that stifle innovation. io.net and Aethir are on a mission to change that.
io.net has built a vast decentralized network of over 600,000 GPUs and CPUs worldwide. Now, through this partnership, Aethir’s 40,000 top-tier GPUs, including 3,000 powerful NVIDIA H100s, will also plug into the network. Developers will be able to instantly tap into this aggregated computing power on-demand, dramatically reducing costs.
Breaking Down Geographical Barriers to Innovation
Geographical barriers to innovation will also crumble. Most of today’s computing infrastructure is concentrated in highly developed countries. For an AI startup in an underdeveloped country, precious data must inefficiently travel across the globe. But no longer. The io.net-Aethir network will crowdsource computing power in the developers’ own backyards, minimizing latency and costs.
