$1.3M-Funded OpenAgents Pays Gamers and Everyday PCs in Bitcoin via Pylon Distributed AI Network
OpenAgents, a Bitcoin-native AI lab, raised $1.3 million and launched Pylon, a distributed compute network paying gamers and PC users Bitcoin for spare processing power. The platform uses Psionic, a Rust-based ML framework, enabling everyday devices to participate in AI training. Early metrics show over one million satoshis distributed and 1,000+ active nodes, positioning this as accessible crypto earnings beyond traditional mining.
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