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NEAR’s AI Stack: Powering the Future of the Decentralized AI Economy

May 8, 2025

NEAR’s AI Stack: Powering the Future of the Decentralized AI Economy

When NEAR Protocol launched its blockchain in 2020, it wasn’t just building for the moment — it was building for the future. Now, that future is here, and it’s powered by artificial intelligence. But NEAR isn’t just adding AI as a feature — it’s reimagining the entire AI economy from the ground up.

NEAR AI Stack is Redefining the Playing Field

NEAR AI Stack is Redefining the Playing Field

Instead of racing against tech giants to build closed, proprietary models, NEAR is taking a radically different approach. It’s creating the infrastructure for an open, decentralized, user-first AI ecosystem. One where AI is not just scalable and powerful — but also trustless, transparent, and verifiable.

This vision is embodied in what NEAR calls the Verifiable Internet — a world where intelligent agents and models aren’t locked behind corporate walls but can be built, verified, and monetized by anyone.

Meet the NEAR AI Stack: Open, Scalable, Profitable

At the center of this transformation is the NEAR AI Stack, a powerful suite of tools designed to make building and running AI agents as seamless and rewarding as possible. Here’s what it includes:

  • The Research Hub – A global, crowdsourced effort to train a massive 1.4 trillion parameter open-source model.
  • The Developer Hub – A no-cost, open-access platform for developers to fork, deploy, and run AI agents instantly.
  • MCP (Model-Chain Protocol) – The bridge that lets AI agents (like ChatGPT-style interfaces) interact natively with NEAR smart contracts.

All of this runs on NEAR’s blazing-fast, low-cost blockchain — purpose-built to support the high demands of the AI-first internet.

NEAR AI Stack is Backed by a Powerful Ecosystem

NEAR isn’t doing this alone. It’s part of the Open Agent Alliance, working alongside key partners like Coinbase, Akash, Phala, and Aethir to build a robust foundation for autonomous AI. Together, they’re making it easier than ever to build, own, and operate decentralized AI systems at scale.

NEAR Was Built for This

While others are scrambling to “add AI,” NEAR was designed with this future in mind. The tools, the infrastructure, the vision — it’s all aligned for a new era where AI belongs to everyone.

So if you’re ready to build, deploy, or just explore the future of open AI — NEAR is the place to start.

Join NEAR with Nightly Wallet today and be part of the decentralized AI revolution. The future is AI. The future is NEAR.