First investment in AI infrastructure

Pi Network Ventures has announced its first investment in OpenMind, an innovative company focused on developing operating systems and open protocols for robots. OpenMind aims to build an "Android for robotics," enabling robots to think, learn, and collaborate within a decentralized ecosystem. This investment aligns perfectly with Pi Network Ventures' three core objectives: increasing the usability of Pi, bringing more real-world productive activities to the Pi network, and driving Pi into real-world use cases.

In addition to the investment, Pi Network and OpenMind have successfully completed a proof-of-concept project, where volunteer Pi node operators ran image recognition AI models for OpenMind, demonstrating the feasibility of Pi node operators performing computational tasks for third-party organizations. This experiment explored the ability of the Pi global node network to support decentralized AI training and computational tasks, providing Pi nodes with new uses beyond protecting the Pi ledger. By converting unused computing power into productive work, AI products can obtain and fulfill computational needs from Pi node operators by paying Pi, and Pi node operators can earn Pi through this additional node utility.

Unleash the power of decentralized node networks

Pi Network boasts a global network of over 350,000 active nodes, and its energy-efficient consensus algorithm means that securing the ledger alone does not require all available computing power. This preserves a significant amount of unused computing capacity, creating a valuable resource that enables new utilities such as decentralized cloud computing.

By allowing nodes to run AI computing, Pi opens up new verticals for ecosystem utility and economic activity. Organizations needing AI computing power may be able to pay node operators Pi for additional capacity. This develops an accessible and cost-effective decentralized cloud computing market.

This vision can be further extended by integrating Pi's decentralized labor network with its computing layer, allowing AI model developers to access human feedback and computing resources within the same ecosystem. Pi aims to create a self-contained environment where people contribute labor, provide computation, and receive Pi in return—driving the next wave of AI development through decentralized participation.

Building a blockchain ecosystem that drives the world with AI

OpenMind is developing infrastructure that enables robots and intelligent systems to interact securely without relying on a single vendor ecosystem. Its hardware-agnostic OM1 operating system supports the integration of intelligent machines into real-world environments, while the FABRIC protocol allows machines to authenticate identities, share context, and coordinate.

In an AI-driven world, as productivity and transactions are increasingly executed by AI agents, the integration and accessibility of payment methods for these agents will become crucial features. OpenMind seeks to build a shared intelligence layer that supports machine collaboration across industries—from autonomous logistics to industrial automation—and contributes to the development of an interoperable AI application layer. Empowering this layer is essential to ensuring that the benefits of AI are equitably distributed among human participants.

The investment in OpenMind supports a larger vision of preparing a technological and ecosystem environment that integrates with real Pi utility in an AI-driven world.