1. Project Introduction
Sahara AI is a decentralized infrastructure platform dedicated to converting AI models, datasets, and computing resources into on-chain assets. It establishes an open-collaboration ecosystem for creation, ownership, and monetization via its proprietary blockchain. By connecting developers, data providers, and compute nodes, Sahara ensures transparent collaboration and data security through smart contracts and cryptographic tools. Users access AI services via API/applications while earning $SAHARA rewards for resource contributions, forming a complete incentive loop within its decentralized AI ecosystem.
2. Project Review & Reasons to Follow
Supported by top-tier institutions including YZi Labs (ex-Binance Labs), Pantera, Polychain, and Sequoia, with total funding exceeding $49M.
Strong Community Traction: 3.2M+ total testnet accounts; 1.4M+ daily active users; 9x oversubscribed public IDO
Decentralized AI Infrastructure: Features verifiable AI asset ownership and decentralized revenue distribution. A comprehensive ecosystem covers full lifecycle scenarios.
3. Token Utility
Native token $SAHARA facilitates:
Transaction fees
Contributor incentives
Governance voting
Staking rewards
4. Tokenomics
Total: $10 billion
Community IDO (1.4167% allocation): 100% TGE unlocked, $8.5M raised during IDO, FDV ~$600M.
Others are not disclosed at this time.
5. Team
Sean Ren (Co-founder & CEO):
Awarded Samsung AI Researcher of the Year
MIT TR35 Asia Pacific Innovator
Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia
USC Professor with groundbreaking AI research contributions
Tyler Zhou (Co-founder & COO):
Former Binance Labs Chief Investment Officer
UC Berkeley graduate
6. Investors
August 2024, closed Series A round of financing for $43M from YZi Labs, Pantera Capital, Polychain, and others.
In March 2024, closed a Series A round of seed financing for $6M from Polychain, Samsung Next, dao5, Nomad Capital, Hongshan, and others.
7. Future Outlook
The main network is expected to be launched in the third quarter of 2025, and the native utility of $SAHARA tokens will be extended from the current incentives and governance functions to a wider range of on-chain use scenarios, covering AI model calling, data transactions, and other modules. As a representative of network fuel and rights, $SAHARA will release long-term value along with ecological growth: on the one hand, the activation of the main network will lead to the growth of actual demand, which will increase the frequency of use and value of tokens; on the other hand, the endorsement of the project team and top-tier capitals, as well as the strong participation in the community at an early stage, have established a good foundation of liquidity and recognition for the tokens in the marketplace. As Sahara supports more AI scenarios and third-party developers, its tokens will be supported by both network effects and real economic circulation.
8. Project Information
Project Name: Sahara AI
Token: SAHARA
Sector: AI, Layer1
Website: https://saharaai.com/
Contract Address:
https://etherscan.io/token/0xFDFfB411C4A70AA7C95D5C981a6Fb4Da867e1111 (Ethereum)
https://bscscan.com/address/0xfdffb411c4a70aa7c95d5c981a6fb4da867e1111 (BNBChain)
Social Media
Twitter followers: 89.43K, Link: https://x.com/SaharaLabsAI
Telegram members: 19.99K, Link:https://t.me/saharaaiofficial
Discord members: 40.35K, Link:https://discord.com/invite/sahara-ai
1. Project Introduction
Sahara AI is a decentralized infrastructure platform dedicated to converting AI models, datasets, and computing resources into on-chain assets. It establishes an open-collaboration ecosystem for creation, ownership, and monetization via its proprietary blockchain. By connecting developers, data providers, and compute nodes, Sahara ensures transparent collaboration and data security through smart contracts and cryptographic tools. Users access AI services via API/applications while earning $SAHARA rewards for resource contributions, forming a complete incentive loop within its decentralized AI ecosystem.
2. Project Review & Reasons to Follow
Supported by top-tier institutions including YZi Labs (ex-Binance Labs), Pantera, Polychain, and Sequoia, with total funding exceeding $49M.
Strong Community Traction: 3.2M+ total testnet accounts; 1.4M+ daily active users; 9x oversubscribed public IDO
Decentralized AI Infrastructure: Features verifiable AI asset ownership and decentralized revenue distribution. A comprehensive ecosystem covers full lifecycle scenarios.
3. Token Utility
Native token $SAHARA facilitates:
Transaction fees
Contributor incentives
Governance voting
Staking rewards
4. Tokenomics
Total: $10 billion
Community IDO (1.4167% allocation): 100% TGE unlocked, $8.5M raised during IDO, FDV ~$600M.
Others are not disclosed at this time.
5. Team
Sean Ren (Co-founder & CEO):
Awarded Samsung AI Researcher of the Year
MIT TR35 Asia Pacific Innovator
Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia
USC Professor with groundbreaking AI research contributions
Tyler Zhou (Co-founder & COO):
Former Binance Labs Chief Investment Officer
UC Berkeley graduate
6. Investors
August 2024, closed Series A round of financing for $43M from YZi Labs, Pantera Capital, Polychain, and others.
In March 2024, closed a Series A round of seed financing for $6M from Polychain, Samsung Next, dao5, Nomad Capital, Hongshan, and others.
7. Future Outlook
The main network is expected to be launched in the third quarter of 2025, and the native utility of $SAHARA tokens will be extended from the current incentives and governance functions to a wider range of on-chain use scenarios, covering AI model calling, data transactions, and other modules. As a representative of network fuel and rights, $SAHARA will release long-term value along with ecological growth: on the one hand, the activation of the main network will lead to the growth of actual demand, which will increase the frequency of use and value of tokens; on the other hand, the endorsement of the project team and top-tier capitals, as well as the strong participation in the community at an early stage, have established a good foundation of liquidity and recognition for the tokens in the marketplace. As Sahara supports more AI scenarios and third-party developers, its tokens will be supported by both network effects and real economic circulation.
8. Project Information
Project Name: Sahara AI
Token: SAHARA
Sector: AI, Layer1
Website: https://saharaai.com/
Contract Address:
https://etherscan.io/token/0xFDFfB411C4A70AA7C95D5C981a6Fb4Da867e1111 (Ethereum)
https://bscscan.com/address/0xfdffb411c4a70aa7c95d5c981a6fb4da867e1111 (BNBChain)
Social Media
Twitter followers: 89.43K, Link: https://x.com/SaharaLabsAI
Telegram members: 19.99K, Link:https://t.me/saharaaiofficial
Discord members: 40.35K, Link:https://discord.com/invite/sahara-ai