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From Infrastructure Build to Ecosystem Breakout

In Q2 2025, Gaia accelerated from foundational infrastructure development to real-world ecosystem validation. Powered by $20 million in raised funding led by prominent Web3/Web2 and AI investors, Gaia delivered on its mission of building an open, user-owned AI network at global scale. With a live decentralized stack supporting over 700,000 nodes, breakthrough engineering in verifiable inference, and the debut of the Gaia AI Phone, the company is now positioned for mainstream adoption and a further network growth.

Highlights

• $20M Funding Closed: Gaia Labs completed a $20 million seed and Series A round, providing resources to scale decentralized AI infrastructure, expand mobile and web3 integrations, and accelerate developer onboarding—as featured in our official announcement.
• The Gaia AI Phone Launch: Announced a consumer smartphone built on Galaxy S25 Edge hardware and engineered with a leading global manufacturer, delivering native, offline decentralized AI to end users. This limited-release device enables local inference, user sovereignty, and new distribution channels for on-chain intelligence.
• Network & Developer Growth: Achieved record metrics across all vectors—topping 700,000 nodes, 1M wallets, 100+ Guardians, and 25 live integrations. The Gaia Cookbook and toolkit reduced friction for developers, while new community programs (e.g., Guardians, OSS focus group) accelerated application and use case growth globally.
• Advances in Trustless, Verifiable AI: Completed integration of Actively Validated Services (AVS) for cryptographic slashing and rewards, launched Modular Compute Protocol (MCP) with both cloud and local endpoints, and delivered sub-48h onboarding for cutting-edge open-source AI models. These infrastructure upgrades offer unmatched transparency and extensibility, directly supporting real-world demand.
• Network Upgrades Unlock Scale and Speed: Implemented major infrastructure and security enhancements to Gaia’s decentralized AI stack, enabling the network to process more users and faster onboarding of new AI models—directly powering record node growth, ecosystem integrations, and our leap into consumer devices.
• Community and Ecosystem Programs: Scaled the Guardian program to over 100 active Guardians worldwide, driving weekly grassroots meetups that amplify Gaia’s real-world presence and local market intelligence. Launched the Entrepreneurs in Renaissance (EIR) program, embedding Gaia’s infrastructure in promising AI/Web3 startups and rapidly expanding the pipeline of high-potential teams building on Gaia. These initiatives strengthen Gaia’s global brand, accelerate ecosystem adoption, and seed future growth through both top-down and bottom-up engagement
• Domain Adoption with Strategic Knowledge Providers: Rolled out improved onboarding flows and upgraded the domain operator page, making it easier for new users to deploy and manage Gaia Domains. Actively onboarded new domain operators to support surging demand and enable domains to scale with the network—establishing the foundation for broad AI application deployment, accelerating ecosystem adoption, and driving on-chain transaction growth.

Core Growth Metrics

Asks

• The Gaia AI Phone: Early Access and Ecosystem Launch
• KBW Afterparty Sponsorship
• Amplification Support:
• Help Gaia Scale: Who Do You Know?

Organization & Project Updates

Engineering & Infrastructures