Shaping the Future of Intelligence: Looking Ahead to Gaia’s Network Launch

We’re excited to announce that $GAIA, the native token powering the Gaia decentralized AI network, will launch on Wednesday, July 30. This marks a major step toward realizing Gaia’s mission: to build a sovereign intelligence infrastructure where developers, contributors, and users collectively govern and grow a decentralized AI ecosystem.

As announced by @Binance, $GAIA is expected to be accessible across Ethereum and BNB Chain, with bridging support to Base for broader participation. More details on supported platforms and access paths will be shared at mainnet launch.

The Hidden Cost of Centralized AI

The AI revolution has a centralization problem. Today’s most powerful models are locked behind corporate APIs, running on infrastructure controlled by a few dominant platforms. This creates systemic risks for builders, businesses, and society:

Access barriers: Developers face unpredictable pricing, rate limits, and abrupt API changes that can break apps overnight.
Privacy vulnerabilities: Every prompt exposes data to third parties—compromising user trust and corporate confidentiality.
Innovation bottlenecks: Progress is gated by corporate priorities, not community needs—slowing experimentation and open development.
Geographic inequality: Entire regions are excluded from next-gen AI due to regulatory, political, or infrastructure constraints.

Gaia was built to solve this.

Gaia is designed to decentralize every layer of the AI stack—from model execution to infrastructure coordination—removing the bottlenecks and risks of centralized systems. Here's how:

Access without gatekeepers
Gaia’s network of over 700,000 nodes allows developers to deploy and scale models without relying on centralized APIs. There are no rate limits, unpredictable pricing changes, or sudden service deprecations.
Built-in privacy protections
AI queries are processed across independently hosted nodes rather than centralized servers. Combined with on-device inference via the Galaxy S25 Edge AI phone, this protects sensitive data by keeping it local.
Open innovation by design
Developers can launch, fork, or modify agents, domains, and models freely. Gaia supports open-source models and customizable endpoints, enabling experimentation without permission or platform risk.
Global availability, local control
Gaia’s decentralized infrastructure ensures consistent access to AI tools and services, regardless of geography or local restrictions. There’s no need for cloud accounts or centralized logins.
Resilient and fault-tolerant
With no single point of failure, Gaia ensures high availability. If one node or model goes offline, the Gaia Domain Network automatically reroutes traffic to active resources to maintain uptime.

Why $GAIA Matters

$GAIA is the economic and governance engine of the Gaia ecosystem—unlocking participation in the network’s operations, decision-making, and services. It enables contributors, developers, and users to interact directly with Gaia’s infrastructure: staking to secure the network, governing protocol upgrades, and powering agent deployment.By aligning incentives across the ecosystem, $GAIA transforms vision into utility—supporting a borderless AI infrastructure that is transparent, auditable, and user-owned. The result is a decentralized system where anyone can build, deploy, and own intelligent agents using their own data, models, and tools.

Core Utilities

$GAIA empowers you to actively shape the Gaia Network:

Governance: Vote on on-chain proposals and help guide protocol development
DAO Participation: Contribute ideas, support working groups, and help shape community initiatives
Network Services: Use $GAIA to access inference and deploy agents on the decentralized infrastructure
Validator Participation: Support network uptime and protocol security by operating or delegating to validators
Ecosystem Contribution: Build tools, launch applications, or contribute to educational initiatives

Network Reach and Traction

700,000+ active nodes
Over 20 Trillion AI Throughputs
3,168 Gaia Domains Registered

Backed by Leading Investors

Gaia Labs, the team behind the protocol, has raised $20 million across its Seed and Series A rounds from: SIG (Susquehanna), Mantle Eco Fund, Outlier Ventures, MoonPay, BitGo, Consensys Mesh, and more.These funds accelerate open-source development, decentralized infrastructure, developer tools, and mobile innovation.

The Gaia AI Phone – On-Device AI Sovereignty

We’re also bringing decentralized AI to mobile. Powered by GAIA and built on Galaxy S25 Edge hardware, the Gaia AI Phone allows users to:

Run AI agents directly on-device
Maintain full data ownership
Operate offline without cloud dependencies

This represents a major leap forward for mobile AI—where you own the stack and control your intelligence.

Tokenomics Overview

$GAIA is structured to balance fairness, sustainability, and decentralization:

Max Supply: 1,000,000,000 GAIA
Token Standard: ERC-20Votes + OpenZeppelin Governor

Distribution Breakdown:

32%: Network Operations (operators and validators)
20%: Early Backers (vesting schedules in place)
16%: Foundation Treasury
15%: Team and Contributors (multi-year vesting)
8%: Ecosystem Growth (builders, partners, infrastructure)
5%: Community Participation (XP, domain, and node contributors)
4%: Liquidity

All team and backer tokens are subject to strict lockups and vesting schedules. Contributor and community allocations support protocol participation and ongoing ecosystem engagement.

TL;DR

Ticker: $GAIA
Network Launch Date: July 30, 2025
Exchange Availability: $GAIA may become accessible through third-party platforms, subject to their terms and availability. Gaia Labs makes no representation or guarantee regarding listings.

Coming Soon: Gaia’s Season 1 Airdrop

Early contributors, XP builders, and domain and node operators will be able to claim $GAIA tokens for network use. More information on eligibility and claim instructions will be released soon.

Join the Movement

Developers, node operators, researchers, and innovators are invited to shape the next wave of user-owned AI. Explore the ecosystem at www.gaianet.ai, contribute to the codebase on Github at https://github.com/GaiaNet-AI, follow updates @GaiaNet_AI, and join the community at https://discord.gg/gaianet-ai.

Gaia is for developers, node operators, contributors, and explorers interested in building decentralized AI infrastructure. Together, we're building a sovereign intelligence layer—owned by the people who use it.