WOMBO taps io.net’s decentralized Apple chips for next-gen AI avatars

Decentralized computing network io.net is making headlines again. Following its recent collaboration with the AI-driven design platform KREA to tackle the global GPU shortage and enhance AI capabilities, io.net has teamed up with another major player in the AI industry.

Today, io.net and WOMBO have announced a strategic partnership aimed at unlocking the potential of AI avatars using decentralized Apple silicon. This partnership signifies a significant advancement in AI computing capabilities. By combining io.net’s expertise in decentralized, geo-distributed compute networks with WOMBO’s innovative AI solutions, the goal is to utilize Apple silicon chip clusters to enhance their ML models.

For companies like WOMBO, cloud computing often represents a significant operating expense, especially given the challenges of limited hardware supply and intense competition. io.net addresses this issue by aggregating decentralized GPUs, enabling companies to deploy clusters on demand at a fraction of the cost.

With over 100,000 nodes in its network and a variety of hardware options available, ranging from top-tier NVIDIA A100 and H400 models to more budget-friendly options like 4090 or A6000 cards, io.net allows machine learning engineers to rapidly and cost-effectively deploy clusters using both Ray and Kubernetes. This highlights the immense scale and potential of its decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN). For WOMBO, with its impressive 200 million downloads across its AI applications, partnering with io.net means accelerated growth and reduced operating costs.

WOMBO CEO Ben-Zion Benkhin expressed excitement about the partnership, stating, “We are excited to partner with io.net to utilize unused computing power for groundbreaking AI applications. Together, our teams have the potential to significantly impact the GPU supply shortage.”

At the heart of this collaboration is an innovative project leveraging the capabilities of Apple silicon chip clusters, facilitated by io.net, to power WOMBO’s intricate machine-learning models. This initiative aims to utilize the Neural Engine capabilities of Apple’s chips and the clustering capabilities of io.net to tap into hundreds of millions of consumer devices for AI workloads.

In a statement, io.net said: “With over 74 million users across more than 180 countries at its peak, WOMBO is a prime example of a consumer AI application at scale. io.net’s network has now surpassed 520,000 GPUs and CPUs in just five months, with an infrastructure value exceeding $2 billion. We are ready to assist WOMBO in scaling their compute infrastructure.”

With a decentralized network comprising over 300,000 GPU suppliers across 139 countries, io.net has cemented its status as the world’s largest Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN) focused on AI. By providing cost-effective and scalable computing solutions, io.net aims to drive the utilization of idle computing power and optimize revenue for GPU owners.