The Web3 + AI Daily #5
Today’s edition spans verifiability of AI agents, FHE, AI-powered on-chain identity, and more.
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This is The Web3 + AI Daily, your definitive guide into the world of Decentralized AI (DeAI)! Here’s your daily snapshot of everything that matters in Crypto × AI.
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What’s Hot in Web3 + AI?
iExec introduces Web3Telegram to power privacy-first messaging. Web3Telegram leverages iExec's TEEs to securely encrypt a user's Telegram Messenger chat ID. The encrypted data is permanently stored via Arweave's decentralized storage.
Inferix Labs partners with Spheron Network to unlock even faster, more cost-efficient compute. While both are building decentralized GPU infra, the focus of Inferix is on visual computing and AI, helping 3D creators, game studios, and enterprises render at scale.
Sunscreen, the team that wants to help you add FHE to your app in minutes, presents SPF, an end-to-end "secure processing framework" that allows developers to create, deploy, and use fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) programs.
Billions Network introduces a mobile app to help you verify your humanity safely and privately. It offers an easy verification using just your phone and an NFC-enabled passport (with more verification methods coming soon). No special HW required.
Bittensor-based Inference Labs raises $6.3M to develop a cryptographic system that verifies the outputs of AI agents and off-chain computation. Its latest round was backed by Mechanism Capital, Delphi Ventures, and others.
Check here the ode to Decentralized AI DeAI as a low-cost, privacy-preserving, and verifiable alternative to Big Tech’s centralized AI that the co-founder of Inference Labs recently shared.
AI‑powered on‑chain identity and reputation protocol Trusta Labs closed a strategic funding round from Consensys, Starknet Foundation, GSR, and UFLY Capital.
Entertainment-focused AI fan ecosystem MEET48 raises funding from YZi Labs. MEET48 has a unique data model that focuses on the creation of personalized virtual idol personalities, AI-driven dance choreography, AI + idol song generation.
Cointelegraph reports that AI-focused crypto activity nearly doubled in early 2025 compared to the previous year, with venture funding for AI‑related blockchain projects surpassing crypto initiatives in 2024 🤑
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