Key Takeaways
- Telegram CEO Pavel Durov unveiled a decentralized AI network Cocoon, built on TON blockchain.
- Graphics processing unit (GPU) owners can earn TON tokens by contributing computational power to the network.
- AlphaTON Capital has agreed to deploy enterprise-grade clusters of GPUs to facilitate the launch of the network in November 2025.
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Privacy-First AI Meets Blockchain
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has announced a groundbreaking privacy-first decentralized AI network Cocoon, built on The Open Network (TON) blockchain. The platform will allow graphics processing unit (GPU) owners to contribute computational resources for artificial intelligence (AI) inference tasks and will compensate them in TON tokens.
During his Blockchain Life 2025 keynote in Dubai, Durov emphasized that Cocoon is a very important step towards ensuring digital freedoms and user privacy against increasingly centralized AI services that risk compromising sensitive data.
Incentivized Infrastructure and Major Backing
The decentralized AI network Cocoon creates a marketplace where hardware owners to rent and monetize their GPU bandwidth and developers of applications to gain compute resources for AI needs through distributed networks.
AlphaTON Capital has made a significant investment to deploy enterprise-level GPU clusters across strategic data centers, ensuring the network launches with validated and productive infrastructure. Telegram itself will serve as Cocoon’s first customer, utilizing the network for confidential AI queries across its massive user base while promoting adoption through its established channels.
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Democratizing AI Access
Cocoon aims to alleviate concerns about centralized AI providers manipulating information or compromising users’ privacy. The decentralized AI network Cocoon builds computing trust and safeguards data via blockchain while offering economic opportunities for hardware owners.
Cocoon is set to launch in November of 2025, which follows the onboarding of developers, the latest move by Telegram to combine blockchain functionality with real-world use cases that align with the vision of digital sovereignty.
FAQs
How do GPU owners earn from the decentralized AI Network Cocoon?
GPU owners can register their hardware with the network to provide computational power for AI inference tasks, receiving TON tokens as payment for their contributed resources in a decentralized marketplace model.
Why build on TON blockchain?
TON blockchain provides the scalability and transaction speed necessary for handling AI computation payments, while its association with Telegram ensures seamless integration with the messaging platform’s existing ecosystem and user base.
When will Cocoon launch?
The network is scheduled to launch in November 2025 after completing its developer onboarding and GPU provider integration phases, with AlphaTON Capital providing initial infrastructure support.
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