Antseed Secures $2.4 Million to Launch Decentralized AI Inference Marketplace

Antseed, a nonprofit organization, has successfully raised $2.4 million in a token round led by Spark Capital. The funds will support the launch of its peer-to-peer marketplace, designed to decentralize AI inference by connecting developers with independent providers. The round also saw participation from Collider, DCG, North Island Ventures, Reciprocal Ventures, Relay Capital, and Venice.ai.

Antseed's marketplace allows developers to route inference requests across a network of providers who compete on factors like price, performance, reputation, model capability, and privacy. Providers can contribute their own hardware or existing compute capacity and set their own pricing. Developers access the network through a self-hosted local router, eliminating the need for a central Antseed account or API key. The company claims that leading AI models are available through its marketplace at prices up to 97% below their official APIs.

The platform applies a Web3 concept to the AI infrastructure market, replacing centralized intermediaries with an open marketplace. Amos Meiri, co-founder of Antseed, likened the model to BitTorrent for AI inference, emphasizing the absence of a central server or company controlling access and costs. The native ANTS token incentivizes activity within the marketplace, offering rewards for eligible network usage and staking opportunities behind AI providers.

Antseed enters the market as AI infrastructure spending accelerates. Gartner projects worldwide spending on AI cloud infrastructure will increase 96% to $42 billion by 2026. As of September 2026, Antseed reported nearly 150 billion tokens processed across 202 active sellers, with over $285,000 settled on Base. The company believes that open-market principles can create a competitive alternative to centralized AI compute platforms.