The GPU Revolution: How Aethir is Reshaping AI and Gaming Infrastructure
Last week, Aethir announced that they had $36 million in ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue), which would put them among the top 20 crypto protocols by revenue this year.

Last week, Aethir announced that they had $36 million in ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue), which would put them among the top 20 crypto protocols by revenue this year.
In the current GPU-as-a-Service market, Aethir dominates with the most GPUs, the most A100s and H100s, and the lowest hourly rate for A100s. They have $24 million worth of rendering equipment in 25 locations in 13 countries.
As the Aethir GPU DePIN system continues to grow, the ecosystem is expected to continue to create a new paradigm in the field of DePIN GPU computing infrastructure and reshape the landscape of cloud computing.
AI startups can use these idle graphics cards to bring profits to those who have graphics cards while at a lower price than traditional quotations. If there is now a platform that connects these demands and resources, a classic platform business model will be born.
In the AI field, IO and Aethir are two important decentralized computing projects, following different development paths.
Ben is a technology entrepreneur and investor, former co-founder of enterprise software company Opsware, founder of a16z, and author of "Startup Hard."
Node sales are actually a new way of selling tokens. It is a way that benefits multiple parties. For projects, a decentralized network itself requires a large number of nodes. For project owners, node sales have also become a new way of financing.
io.net and Aethir partner to democratize supercomputing access globally, investing $100 million to distribute tokens, providing abundant computing power, eliminating barriers, breaking geographical constraints, empowering contributors, and fulfilling a shared mission for accessibility.
April 18, 2024 - Aethir launched the Aethir Edge product powered by Qualcomm at the official Token 2049 launch event in Dubai.
Aethir sold $60 million of Checkers nodes in under 30 minutes, aiming for decentralization. Its low-barrier approach includes NFT licenses and easy software operation.