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How can Solana, which almost died, make a comeback?（part1）
In 2022, as the popularity of SBF and FTX platforms soared, Solana also became a hot public chain in the crypto industry, but then the collapse of FTX almost brought down the entire Solana ecosystem. The price of SOL plummeted from $236 to $13 in a few weeks. Investment institutions advised startups not to choose Solana and instead build on the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). Subsequently, some well-known projects migrated from Solana to other chains. However, a year later, as shown in the fi...
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This past Monday (May 19), Sahara AI, a full-stack AI-native Web3 platform, officially launched its public testnet, SIWA, opening channels for on-chain developers to create, collaborate, and monetize AI.
Sahara AI stated that SIWA is the first public gateway to the Sahara blockchain. As underlying infrastructure, its core functions include providing verifiable ownership rights, licensing management, and on-chain monetization capabilities for AI assets such as datasets and models, establishing a trusted and traceable standard for AI collaboration.
The SIWA testnet will roll out in four phases:
Phase 1 (Current): Focuses on "decentralized data ownership," allowing users to register their datasets on-chain and mint ERC-721 formatted data ownership certificates, endowing data with traceable, valuated, and profit-sharing asset attributes.
Later Phases: Will gradually introduce features such as licensing and revenue distribution mechanisms, permissionless open-source testnets, and automated revenue-sharing pipelines.
In its roadmap released last December, Sahara AI announced plans to launch the Sahara Chain mainnet in Q3 2025, providing the on-chain infrastructure needed for large-scale decentralized AI.
During its private testing phase, Sahara AI has already achieved impressive results: total accounts surpassed 3.2 million, with over 1.4 million daily active users, including more than 200,000 participants in data labeling tasks—demonstrating strong market interest.
What’s Sahara AI’s Background?
Team: Co-founder and CEO Sean Ren is also an associate professor at the University of Southern California, recognized in MIT’s TR35 list of innovators under 35 (Asia-Pacific) and Forbes Asia’s 30 Under 30. Another co-founder and COO, Tyler Zhou, previously served as Investment Director at Binance Labs.
Funding: Sahara AI has raised $49 million, assembling a high-profile investment matrix spanning traditional and crypto-native capital. In March 2024, it secured $6 million in a seed round led by Polychain Capital, with participation from Samsung Next. By August 2024, it closed a $43 million funding round led by Binance Labs, Pantera Capital, and Polychain Capital, with additional backing from Samsung, Matrix Partners, Siam Commercial Bank, Foresight Ventures, dao5, Alumni Ventures, Geekcartel, Nomad Capital, and Mirana Ventures.
Interaction Strategies
Currently, Sahara AI’s SIWA testnet only supports tokenized AI models, datasets, and agents, with plans to later enable AI agent development and peer-to-peer marketplace trading for AI datasets, models, and agents.
1. AI Asset Registration Guide:
Visit https://app.saharalabs.ai/developer-platform/main/explore and connect your wallet.
Create a profile by uploading an avatar and entering your birth year, gender, and country.
Claim 0.1 SAH from the faucet (https://faucet.saharalabs.ai/). Note: Your wallet must hold at least 0.01 ETH on Ethereum Mainnet.
Click "Register AI Asset," fill in details (name, description, language, notes), and upload a dataset (formats: CSV, JSON, or TXT) to mint an ERC-721 asset.
Check your minted asset under "My Assets" in the left sidebar.
2. Data Service Platform (DSP) Tasks
Currently whitelist-restricted, but an Open Beta launches on May 27, 2025. On DSP, select data labeling tasks (e.g., classification, image/text annotation) to earn Sahara points upon completion.
3. Sahara Legends Gamified Missions (Launched January 30)
Visit https://legends.saharalabs.ai/, connect your wallet, and explore five desert quests.
In the Gobi Desert, complete daily check-ins and social media tasks to earn shards (no Galxe claim required).
In the Sahara Desert, register for DSP; other tasks require whitelist applications (currently, other desert quests remain locked).
The rewards hub indicates that collecting enough shards in each desert will awaken its guardian, allowing users to claim a soulbound NFT on the Sahara testnet to commemorate early ecosystem contributions. Collecting all five guardian NFTs unlocks an exclusive Bitsy Soulbound NFT.
Luxury Team + Top-Tier VCs: How to Engage with the Star Project Sahara AI?
References:
This past Monday (May 19), Sahara AI, a full-stack AI-native Web3 platform, officially launched its public testnet, SIWA, opening channels for on-chain developers to create, collaborate, and monetize AI.
Sahara AI stated that SIWA is the first public gateway to the Sahara blockchain. As underlying infrastructure, its core functions include providing verifiable ownership rights, licensing management, and on-chain monetization capabilities for AI assets such as datasets and models, establishing a trusted and traceable standard for AI collaboration.
The SIWA testnet will roll out in four phases:
Phase 1 (Current): Focuses on "decentralized data ownership," allowing users to register their datasets on-chain and mint ERC-721 formatted data ownership certificates, endowing data with traceable, valuated, and profit-sharing asset attributes.
Later Phases: Will gradually introduce features such as licensing and revenue distribution mechanisms, permissionless open-source testnets, and automated revenue-sharing pipelines.
In its roadmap released last December, Sahara AI announced plans to launch the Sahara Chain mainnet in Q3 2025, providing the on-chain infrastructure needed for large-scale decentralized AI.
During its private testing phase, Sahara AI has already achieved impressive results: total accounts surpassed 3.2 million, with over 1.4 million daily active users, including more than 200,000 participants in data labeling tasks—demonstrating strong market interest.
What’s Sahara AI’s Background?
Team: Co-founder and CEO Sean Ren is also an associate professor at the University of Southern California, recognized in MIT’s TR35 list of innovators under 35 (Asia-Pacific) and Forbes Asia’s 30 Under 30. Another co-founder and COO, Tyler Zhou, previously served as Investment Director at Binance Labs.
Funding: Sahara AI has raised $49 million, assembling a high-profile investment matrix spanning traditional and crypto-native capital. In March 2024, it secured $6 million in a seed round led by Polychain Capital, with participation from Samsung Next. By August 2024, it closed a $43 million funding round led by Binance Labs, Pantera Capital, and Polychain Capital, with additional backing from Samsung, Matrix Partners, Siam Commercial Bank, Foresight Ventures, dao5, Alumni Ventures, Geekcartel, Nomad Capital, and Mirana Ventures.
Interaction Strategies
Currently, Sahara AI’s SIWA testnet only supports tokenized AI models, datasets, and agents, with plans to later enable AI agent development and peer-to-peer marketplace trading for AI datasets, models, and agents.
1. AI Asset Registration Guide:
Visit https://app.saharalabs.ai/developer-platform/main/explore and connect your wallet.
Create a profile by uploading an avatar and entering your birth year, gender, and country.
Claim 0.1 SAH from the faucet (https://faucet.saharalabs.ai/). Note: Your wallet must hold at least 0.01 ETH on Ethereum Mainnet.
Click "Register AI Asset," fill in details (name, description, language, notes), and upload a dataset (formats: CSV, JSON, or TXT) to mint an ERC-721 asset.
Check your minted asset under "My Assets" in the left sidebar.
2. Data Service Platform (DSP) Tasks
Currently whitelist-restricted, but an Open Beta launches on May 27, 2025. On DSP, select data labeling tasks (e.g., classification, image/text annotation) to earn Sahara points upon completion.
3. Sahara Legends Gamified Missions (Launched January 30)
Visit https://legends.saharalabs.ai/, connect your wallet, and explore five desert quests.
In the Gobi Desert, complete daily check-ins and social media tasks to earn shards (no Galxe claim required).
In the Sahara Desert, register for DSP; other tasks require whitelist applications (currently, other desert quests remain locked).
The rewards hub indicates that collecting enough shards in each desert will awaken its guardian, allowing users to claim a soulbound NFT on the Sahara testnet to commemorate early ecosystem contributions. Collecting all five guardian NFTs unlocks an exclusive Bitsy Soulbound NFT.
Luxury Team + Top-Tier VCs: How to Engage with the Star Project Sahara AI?
References:
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