Weekly AI Edge #48 is out!

@gregosuri, founder of Akash Network, suited up and testified before Congress. We got to say, he looks spiffy.

🌈 Project Updates

= @PrimeIntellect dropped PCCL for decentralized AI training across the internet, optimized for unstable connections, hitting 45 Gbit/s.

= @cookiedotfun goes public with Cookie Snaps, tracking Crypto Twitter influence for COOKIE rewards.

= @koeppelmann launches Circles—mint 1 CRC per hour in a P2P money experiment.

= @BrahmaFi launched Imprint: a soulbound NFT adapting to your on-chain behavior.

= @LayerZero_Core's integration is live on Bittensor, enabling subnet ERC-20s to connect with 130+ chains.

= @heurist_ai unveiled portable AI memory that carries user context across apps with self-custody.

= @Chain_GPT opened a $1M AI Grant Program for Solana projects, with up to $70K per team.

= @PondGNN announced a $20K Sybil Detection Competition with key partners.

🌴 AI Agents

= @virtuals_io launched agent staking; staked tokens earn points with a 14-day cooldown.

= @ii_posts released II-Agent with 92% human-level GAIA benchmark performance.

= @PhalaNetwork introduced Rabbi Schlomo, an autonomous on-chain trading agent for a 1 BTC fund.

= @Infinit_Labs is live with INFINIT Intelligence, a cross-chain DeFi engine rewarding actions with INFINIT Stones.

🐼 Web2 AI

= @AnthropicAI launched Claude Opus 4 for reasoning and Sonnet 4 for boosted performance.

= Google's I/O 2025 was packed with AI upgrades: Gemini, Meet's translation, Veo 3, and Imagen 4.

= @OpenAI released Codex, a cloud-based AI coding agent, now in beta. and acquired Jony Ive's AI hardware startup io in a $6.5B deal.

= @flowith_ai introduced the Infinite Agent for scalable, cloud-native reasoning.

= @v0 released a web development AI model compatible with OpenAI, now in beta via API, SDK, and Playground.

+ much more alpha in the full newsletter (link in bio)

h/t @issyadelaja osuri