# Sahara AI

By [todin](https://paragraph.com/@todin) · 2024-10-13

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Sahara AI is a blockchain platform designed to foster the development of an ecosystem for AI products. It empowers users, ranging from individuals to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), to engage in the development process and extract value from AI. The goal of Sahara AI aligns with previous data infrastructure projects like [io.net](http://io.net) and Masa Finance, aiming to create a collaborative economy that enables widespread participation in the AI industry.

Currently, Sahara AI is in the development phase, with users able to register for a whitelist to experience the project. However, details regarding its tokenomics have not yet been disclosed, and updates will be provided by Coin98 Insights as they become available. Users should also be aware that on August 19, 2024, Sahara AI’s Discord was hacked, and it is advised to refrain from clicking on any links to avoid potential risks.

Sahara AI offers two main products: Agent AI and AI Marketplace. Although these products have not officially launched, they are designed to serve specific functions. Agent AI utilizes Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT) technology, allowing developers to create and refine AI agents flexibly for various applications, thus saving time and enabling diverse solutions. The AI Marketplace functions as a platform for exchanging data, resources, and computational power, enabling users to buy, sell, share, and monetize data for passive income while contributing to the AI industry’s growth.

The platform emphasizes a collaborative economic model that prioritizes three key principles: privacy protection, ensuring users' personal information remains secure; value distribution, rewarding individual and organizational contributions to AI development; and ownership protection, safeguarding intellectual property rights for AI models created by users.

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*Originally published on [todin](https://paragraph.com/@todin/sahara-ai)*