The Web3 + AI Daily #46
Can many small AI models beat one giant LLM? It turns out they can.
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What’s Hot in Web3 + AI?
Injective Unveils iBuild: AI-Powered dApp Development
Injective has unveiled iBuild, a platform that lets users build full-fledged decentralized applications (dApps) using natural-language prompts, no coding knowledge required. iBuild leverages Injective’s blockchain infrastructure to ensure that even though the building process is simplified, the resulting apps are still production-grade.
With iBuild, one can move from concept to production much faster, allowing for Web3 dapps like decentralized exchanges (DEXs) and prediction markets to be built by a single person in minutes instead of traditional months. That way, Injective significantly lowers the barrier to entry for Web3 development and potentially accelerates innovation.
The platform integrates multiple AI models, including OpenAI‘s ChatGPT, Anthropic‘s Claude, Google‘s Gemini and DeepSeek AI, to generate smart contracts, UI, and backend infrastructure automatically.
Capx AI, NASDAQ for AI Apps, Launches Mainnet
Capx AI has launched its mainnet, branding itself as the “people’s NASDAQ for AI apps.” The platform enables developers to build, deploy, and tokenize AI applications, and lets users own and trade them.
It runs on three layers: Capx Chain, an Arbitrum-based L2 for AI-app tokens; Capx SuperApp, a hub for discovering and trading AI apps; Capx Cloud, a decentralized compute layer secured by $220M in restaked assets via Symbiotic.
The launch marks Capx’s shift from testnet to production after processing over 100 M transactions and reaching 1 M wallets. By combining AI, blockchain, and restaking, Capx aims to power a scalable, user-owned AI-app economy.
Zama Acquires Kakarot to Advance Confidential Blockchains
Zama, a cryptography firm developing fully homomorphic-encryption (FHE), has acquired Kakarot, Acquired by Zama / KKRT Labs, a zero-knowledge-proof (ZK) R&D company focused on modular rollups and architectures. The goal: leverage the combined expertise to enable high-throughput, confidential transactions on public chains such as Ethereum and Solana, with targets in excess of 10,000 confidential transactions per second.
KKRT’s team will transition into Zama, with existing KKRT initiatives merging into Zama’s roadmap. Both firms emphasize open-source innovation and a “confidentiality-first” infrastructure.
Web3 + AI R&D and Innovations
Fortytwo’s Swarm Inference Beats Dominant LLMs
The AI lab Fortytwo was founded with the presumption that a decentralized swarm of small AI models, running on personal computers, could outperform the massive large language models. This past week, they published benchmark results that prove them right.
The swarm inference was tested against OpenAI’s GPT-5, Google Gemini 2.5 Pro, Anthropic Claude Opus 4.1, and DeepSeek R1 on reasoning tests, specifically GPQA Diamond, MATH-500, AIME 2024, and LiveCodeBench.
Fortytwo’s vision is simple: many smaller models contribute answers in parallel; those answers are ranked and combined (“swarm”) to produce a final result, thus helping avoid reasoning loops and latency issues in large monolithic models. What’s more, Fortytwo estimates that inference via their network is “up to three times cheaper” per token than the frontier models from big AI firms, since it utilizes distributed consumer hardware instead of dedicated data centers.
Web3 + AI Investment News
Here’s a selection of Web3 + AI funding rounds you may have missed:
The world’s first cryptographic random AI verification network for trustless on-chain and off-chain messaging DeepSafe raised $3M in a Seed funding round from Antalpha, ViaBTC Capital, Spark Digital Capital, Cogitent Ventures, Sharding Capital, Gate, and others.
DeepSafe@DeepSafe_AIDeepSafe is excited to announce our $3m Seed Round with @AntalphaGlobal @ViabtcCapital @capital_spark @CogitentV @ShardingCapital @Mason_eagle @Gate @SatoshiLab_HK @CKBEcoFund The core decentralized validation technology of DeepSafe has been accepted by the top international
8:19 AM · Oct 30, 2025 · 30.4K Views105 Replies · 102 Reposts · 226 LikesAI-driven Web3 attention economy platform KapKap has raised $10M in a Seed funding round led by Animoca Brands and supported by Shima Capital, Mechanism Capital, Klaytn Blockchain, Big Brain Holdings, and Unicorn Verse.
Decentralized AI inference network DGrid AI has closed its seed funding investment from Waterdrip Capital, IoTeX, Paramita Venture, and others.
DGrid AI@dgrid_ai🚀 Big Announcement! DGrid AI is Taking Off! We're thrilled to announce that #DGridAI has secured seed round investment from top-tier VCs: @waterdripfund @iotex_io @paramita_vc @CatcherVC @4EVERResearch @ZenithCapitalVC and Abraca Research! 💚🎉 This funding will accelerate our
9:24 AM · Oct 31, 2025 · 31.4K Views149 Replies · 269 Reposts · 548 LikesPublic Bittensor (Opentensor Foundation) infrastructure operator xTAO has raised $7.3M from Off the Chain Capital:
Fully subscribed by Off the Chain Capital, this financing expands our $TAO treasury & validator footprint, increasing TAO holdings by ~41.5% & further strengthening our position as a leader in decentralized AI.
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