Aethir Positions Itself as Leader in Decentralized GPU Infrastructure

Aethir, a GPU-based decentralized infrastructure project, is making significant strides in the AI and gaming sectors. As the company rapidly expands in the global market, it collaborates with major tech firms and efficiently utilizes GPU resources to meet the next generation of computing demands.

At KBW 2024 held at Walkerhill, Block Media interviewed Mark Rydon, co-founder of Aethir, to discuss the competitive strengths of Aethir’s decentralized GPU infrastructure and its future plans.

### Aethir’s Vision and Background

Mark Rydon, a co-founder of Aethir, recalls his journey. “I built my career through large-scale infrastructure projects and later turned to entrepreneurship by founding a biotech company. After selling that company, I returned to infrastructure and developed an interest in GPU clouds,” Rydon explains. The idea for Aethir emerged from spotting an opportunity to address performance and scalability issues in gaming and cloud gaming, which heavily rely on GPUs.

### Competitive Edge of Aethir Protocol

Aethir focuses on decentralizing GPU infrastructure for game and AI companies. “What many don’t realize is that AI runs on GPUs, which serve as its engine. Creating or training AI requires both GPUs and data, yet the world lacks a sufficient supply of GPUs,” Rydon notes. “To solve this, we built an infrastructure layer that harnesses unused GPU resources, redistributing this new supply to the global market. This enhances performance and scalability in both the AI and gaming industries.”

### Performance Specifications and Deployment

“Our project is based on decentralized infrastructure using actual hardware like GPUs,” Rydon describes. Unlike other projects, Aethir does not own the hardware; instead, it relies on resources owned by others. “This emphasizes the need for high service quality. Our network comprises enterprise-grade computing resources, anchoring 44,000 GPUs connected to data centers, enabling us to meet the stringent demands of the world’s largest tech firms.”

### Competing with Giants in Cloud Computing

“Addressing stability and consistency is critical when building something within Web3,” Rydon asserts. “We prioritize trust and stability, having designed our protocol and token reward systems from the ground up with these principles. This approach allowed us to launch on major Korean exchanges, showcasing our reliability.”

### The Importance of Tokenomics in the Korean Market

“In June, we launched our token with a primary goal of listing on Korean exchanges, recognizing Korea’s robust cryptocurrency community,” Rydon says. “We’ve worked diligently to reach this milestone, enabling Koreans to now purchase our token. We aim to grow our community further and seek ambassadors to promote Aethir, strengthening our position in Korea.”

### Addressing the Surge in Computing Power Demand

“Global demand for AI computing power is growing exponentially, with power supply issues being a major bottleneck,” Rydon acknowledges. “Significant investments are already being funneled into developing alternative energy sources and eco-friendly data centers globally. We are exploring ways to leverage idle computing power in enterprise computing and consumer devices. This could potentially allocate consumer device computing resources to a global supercomputer mesh in the future.”

### Achievements and Feedback

“As the largest decentralized infrastructure project in the AI sector, we currently possess around 44,000 GPUs, including numerous high-performance H100 GPUs, vital assets in the AI industry,” Rydon highlights. “We also launched ‘Aethir Edge,’ a mining device made in collaboration with Qualcomm, enabling users to mine AI from home easily.”

### Final Remarks

“We are thrilled to be listed on major Korean exchanges and eager to share more with the Korean community,” Rydon concludes. “Korea is a vital market for us, and we intend to solidify our presence further.”