Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) and decentralized AI infrastructure company Zero Gravity (0G) have launched a S$5 million joint research hub to advance blockchain-powered artificial intelligence technology.
0G’s first collaboration with a university aims to develop AI systems that are more transparent, accessible and accountable.
The partnership will fund multiple projects exploring consensus mechanisms for decentralized AI training, blockchain integration model coordination, and proof of useful work.
The initiative aims to record and verify every step of AI processing by leveraging blockchain, unlike traditional systems that operate in a closed environment.
The four-year initiative includes workshops, hackathons, scholarships, and open source collaborations to foster a new decentralized AI community in Asia.
Initial proof-of-concept results are expected within two years, with pilot applications focused on finance, healthcare, and smart infrastructure.
“Our mission is to make AI a public good,” said Michael Heinrich, CEO and co-founder of 0G. “By partnering with NTU, we are collaborating with a world leader in blockchain and computing research to move beyond centralized AI monopolies. Together, we will build an open ecosystem where developers, institutions, and communities can contribute, verify, and audit.”
NTU’s College of Computing and Data Science and Center for Financial Computing Technology (CCTF) will lead research into scalable model training, AI governance, and blockchain-enabled security frameworks, strengthening Singapore’s position as an open and decentralized hub for AI innovation.
