Today is indeed filled with good news. First, this morning Upbit/Bithumb officially announced support for $SAHARA KRW spot trading, alongside #Binance , #OKX, #Kraken, completing the CEX Grand Slam. Projects that can be listed on core mainstream exchanges at one time are rare this year. While the vast majority are celebrating TGE, the team remains steady, not arrogant or impatient, steadily pushing the product forward.
Today #sahara announced public testing of two major flagship products:
• 🔧 No-code AI builder —— Sahara Agent Builder
• 🧠 Open-source AI resource marketplace —— AI Marketplace
The public testing of these two core products marks #Sahara's official transition from the 'concept phase' to the 'practical use' phase.
As someone who has invested in many #AI projects and has followed the crypto ecosystem for years, we have been accompanying #Sahara's growth since 2024, experiencing various challenges and doubts along the way until today's glory. I want to explain in the simplest terms why I am optimistic about #Sahara, especially regarding these two newly public-tested core products.
1️⃣ What is the #Sahara Agent Builder? Why do I think it can eliminate 'technical barriers'?
In simple terms: Agent Builder is a foolproof platform for building AI agents.
You don’t need to write code, choose GPUs, or configure environments; just open a webpage, click a few times, and you can create an AI agent, capable of everything from legal assistants to community bots to enterprise assistants.
✔️ You only need three steps:
1. Pick a name + write some system prompts
2. Choose a model (you can also get one from the Marketplace)
3. Put in your own data (or import directly from the Marketplace)
👉 Finally, click 'Deploy', and in a few seconds, the system will return you a usable URL interface, directly online.
It truly solves the pain points I have had all along:
• Previously, building an agent, from prompt to model selection, to data management and deployment, would take at least 2 days of hassle.
• Now it takes just 10 minutes to complete a demo, and you can also modify the version and test behaviors, all done within one interface, very comfortable.
Moreover, it is not just a toy; it can also be registered on-chain, set licenses, and support revenue-sharing in the future.
2️⃣ What is the #Sahara AI Marketplace? Why do I think it can create a flywheel effect?
In simple terms: This is an AI resource marketplace combining #GitHub + #HuggingFace + #Web3 charging features.
You can get ready-made items from the Marketplace:
• ✅ AI models (open source available)
• ✅ Datasets (can be used for training or retrieval)
• ✅ In the future, there will be other AI agents listed
Moreover, the agents you build can also be listed back on the Marketplace, setting usage rights and copyright fees for direct monetization.
This is based on Sahara's unique on-chain mechanism:
• All models/data/agents can be registered as NFTs
• Set usage licenses (4 standard licenses)
• The system automatically tracks downstream usage behavior and automatically settles copyright fees
What I like most is: finally someone has connected the gap between open source and monetization. In the past, when you uploaded a model to Hugging Face, unless you were doing enterprise services, you were likely just riding the hype and burning energy.
Now you can open remix usage while setting licenses, automatically collecting revenue shares from downstream builders. This logic is a closed loop and works smoothly, completely a blessing for independent developers.
3️⃣ Why I think these two products are the true starting point of #Sahara's growth phase
Previously, during the #Buidlpad public offering, everyone was debating #Sahara's valuation (is 600 million too expensive), I didn’t participate in the discussion because I don’t like to talk about projects purely based on “valuation.” I just quietly put
@buidlpad
The quota is full, and I call on my small group partners that this project must participate. Currently, the pre-market valuation of #Aster is 1.6 billion, nearly three times.
From the perspective of #Web3 + #AI projects, besides valuation, I focus more on:
• Does this project have a clear positioning?
• Has the ability to form 'developers willing to stay in this ecosystem' been established?
• Has the 'cryptographic logic' been integrated into the AI workflow?
It seems today that the public testing of Agent Builder + Marketplace is the beginning of #Sahara fulfilling its promises. Looking back through history, #Sahara is building its own #AI skyscraper step by step, from the initial data annotation to now creating a complete AI on-chain infrastructure, progressing step by step, and both investors and community users have become the strongest witnesses:
• ⛓️ Layer1 blockchain (Sahara Chain)
• 🔐 Data attribution mechanism (PoA: Proof of Attribution)
• 🔧 No-code building tool (Agent Builder)
• 🧠 Open-source + paid marketplace (AI Marketplace)
• 📦 Encrypted data warehouse (Vault)
• 💰 Automatic revenue distribution system (License contract + NFT)
This is not 'making promises'; it is already being built according to plans. So this is not 'riding the hype'; it is truly achieving 'ecosystem readiness + market landing' simultaneously. I have always said: when is a project worth investing in? The key is not in the valuation but in the 'node of beginning to fulfill the vision.'
#Sahara's two products went live for public testing today, marking one of the 'most critical inflection points' in early projects:
• Technical landing verification ✅
• Development tools available ✅
• Community participation is real ✅
• Completed on the platform ✅
• Market narrative is clear ✅
From here on, it will be a process of ecosystem snowballing and an explosion of use cases. It’s hard to predict that one day, a hot AI agent might be built on #Sahara's infrastructure. So if you are a developer, the Agent Builder and AI Marketplace are worth trying out immediately. If you are an investor, consider locking in the opening timing of #Sahara tonight to find a good price! 🧐