Observations and personal views from 0x_Todd of Nothing Research Partner; the following content does not constitute any investment advice.
The reason I paid attention to this project is because its investment institutions include Binance Labs, Polychain, and Pantera, among others.
The most straightforward understanding is that Sahara is an all-in-one AI tool, which includes a blockchain (Sahara Chain).
So what does this all-in-one AI include:
A data labeling platform that allows users to collect, refine, and label datasets and receive incentives.
What is data labeling?
The data labeling process is used to identify raw data (images, text files, videos, etc.) and add some information tags as context, for example, you are a human and you look at a picture of a bird, and you write down to tell the AI that this is a lark.
A data tokenization platform that allows users to upload datasets, register on-chain, and mint an ownership NFT to complete the source confirmation of data and AI assets.
Why tokenize data?
For example, if you have some ready-made data, such as previously discussed human DNA sample data, others can buy or rent this data to directly train specialized AI, and tokenization is for confirmation of rights, allowing one’s data to generate profit.
An AI deployment platform that allows developers to launch their own AI using various data on this platform.
Thanks to various open-source projects, current developers no longer need to research neural networks and algorithms themselves. They can directly use existing models, such as DeepSeek, and feed in different data to train AI in vertical fields. Therefore, Sahara also plans to provide supporting GPU and CPU computing power services.
An L1 blockchain, namely the Sahara Chain. The various links in the all-in-one process mentioned earlier, such as the trading of data assets and AI assets, are likely to occur on this chain.
Many years ago, the industry had a dream that every platform would have its own chain; it seems that this has basically been realized. The virtual machine of the Sahara Chain is EVM, and the development components are Cosmos SDK, which looks like a standard PoS chain. Although its tokens have not been issued yet (but public offering is coming soon), one can imagine that one of the important roles of the token is to serve as GAS fees.
Therefore, this so-called all-in-one AI development, from data labeling to AI models to GPU computing power, consists of four major parts that together form the basic framework of Sahara AI.