Sahara AI: Building Decentralization Infrastructure in the AI Field

1. Project Overview

Sahara AI is a full-stack, AI-native Decentralization blockchain platform aimed at building an open AI collaborative economy driven by a global community. The project is committed to providing transparent attribution for AI assets, complete ownership control, and efficient on-chain monetization channels, creating the "Ethereum of the AI field."

1. Project Development History

• Early 2023: Project launch, the initial idea is to create exclusive "knowledge agents" for experts in different fields.
• Mid 2023: Completed $6 million seed round financing, led by Polychain Capital.
• 2024: Collaborate with major companies such as Microsoft and Amazon to secure related orders.
• August 2024: Secured $43 million in Series A financing, led by Pantera, Binance Labs, and Polychain Capital.
• June 2025: AI Agent Builder and AI Marketplace enter public testing phase

2. Core Team

• Sean Ren(CEO): Professor of the University of Southern California, MIT TR35 Innovator
• Tyler Zhou(COO): former Director of Investments at Binance Labs
• Technical Team: From Google Brain, Fetch.ai, Ocean Protocol, etc., with multiple patents in distributed machine learning.

2. Technical Architecture and Product Ecosystem

1. Technical Architecture

Sahara AI adopts a hybrid blockchain architecture, including application layer, transaction layer, data layer, and execution layer. Key metadata is recorded on-chain, while large-scale datasets and AI models are stored off-chain. The project is developing its own L1 blockchain, Sahara Chain, which is EVM compatible and optimized for AI-related computations.

2. Product Ecosystem

• Data Service Platform ( DSP ): Provides crowdsourced data labeling services
• Sahara Studio: One-stop AI Development Kit
• AI Exchange: A platform that connects data contributors, model developers, and users.
• Secure Execution Environment: Ensures the security of sensitive data through off-chain execution and on-chain verification.

3. Token Economic Model

$SAHARA is the core value medium driving the entire ecosystem, with a total supply limit of 10 billion coins.

Token Distribution:

• Community and Ecosystem Development: 64.25%
• Core Contributors: 15%
• Early supporters: 19.75%
• Liquidity and market stability: 1%

$SAHARA was launched on multiple major exchanges in June 2025.

4. Market Prospects and Competitive Landscape

The global decentralized AI market is expected to grow from approximately $2.5 billion in 2024 to over $80 billion by 2030, with an average annual compound growth rate exceeding 60%. Sahara AI's main competitors include Bittensor (TAO), Olas (OLAS), and Ritual, with differences in their technological paths and market positioning.

V. Development Plan

Short term ( 1-2 years ): Optimize core technology architecture, improve SaharaStudio, promote the official launch of AI AgentBuilder and AI Marketplace. Mid-term ( 3-5 years ): Achieve breakthroughs in cross-chain technology, build a globally leading Decentralization AI ecosystem, and expand into international markets. Long-term (5 years ): Become a leader in the Decentralization AI field, promote the popularization and democratization of AI technology.

6. Investment Suggestions

Provide investment advice of "Cautiously optimistic, accumulate on dips." Sahara AI is a leading project in the DeAI sector with great long-term potential, but in the short term, attention should be paid to the selling pressure that may arise from early investors and the unlocking of airdrop shares. It is recommended that high-risk tolerance long-term investors gradually build positions during market corrections; conservative investors may wait until the mainnet goes live and ecosystem data is validated before making decisions.