Directory

The deAI Ecosystem

A living editorial reference to the protocols building decentralised AI, the open-source models that power it, and the African exchanges and tools that make participation practical. Updated as the market moves.

Decentralised AI Protocols

The networks building infrastructure, markets, and incentive systems around artificial intelligence. Each entry links to a full editorial profile.

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BittensorTAOCompute

The clearest reference point for investors who want protocol economics, not just AI branding.

TAO has a 21 million hard cap. Under Dynamic TAO, subnet alpha tokens also follow a 21 million cap.

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ASI AllianceASIIntelligence

Best read as an alliance and token-migration story, not a single-company moat.

Fetch.ai minted additional FET to support the exchange mechanism; the official merger docs define 1:1 FET-to-ASI and the AGIX/OCEAN conversion ratios.

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Render NetworkRENDERCompute

A creator-first compute market that now matters to AI image generation as much as 3D rendering.

The official knowledge base describes Burn Mint Equilibrium rather than a simple fixed cap; the economics are driven by burns, emissions, and job demand.

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04
Akash NetworkAKTCompute

Best positioned as a lower-cost, more flexible alternative to the conventional cloud supply chain.

AKT remains the network token; official roadmap and token pages show the transition toward BME, with ACT handling priced compute flows.

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05
io.netIOCompute

A straightforward infrastructure bet with unusually clear tokenomics and usage rails.

The official docs set a fixed max supply of 800 million IO, with 500 million at launch and 300 million emitted over 20 years.

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06
Ocean ProtocolOCEANData

Most useful as the infrastructure layer for data access and privacy-preserving AI.

Ocean’s official docs put OCEAN supply at approximately 270 million, with buybacks and burns expected to reduce it over time.

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Open-Weight Models

The models that power the open AI stack. Freely deployable, adaptable, and central to how African builders can compete without depending on expensive closed APIs.

ModelCreatorBest forLicence
LlamaMetaGeneral-purpose foundation model, open weights, broad tooling support across the entire deAI stack.Open weightsVisit ↗
MistralMistral AIFast, efficient open-weight models with strong instruction-following and enterprise adoption.Open weightsVisit ↗
DeepSeekDeepSeekFrontier-level reasoning and coding performance at a fraction of the expected training cost.Open weightsVisit ↗
GemmaGoogleLightweight, safety-tuned models designed to run efficiently on constrained hardware.Open weightsVisit ↗
PhiMicrosoftSmall models punching above their weight — ideal for edge deployment and low-compute environments.Open weightsVisit ↗
Command RCohereRetrieval-augmented generation and enterprise search use cases with strong multilingual support.Open weightsVisit ↗
FalconTIIResearch-friendly open models from the UAE — one of the first major non-US open model families.Open weightsVisit ↗
QwenAlibabaGeneral-purpose multimodal and reasoning tasks with strong performance across model sizes.Open weightsVisit ↗
GLMZhipu AIChinese-language and multilingual enterprise use cases with broad open availability.Open weightsVisit ↗

African Entry Points

Exchanges and payment rails with real African market coverage — local currency support, mobile money integration, and regional licensing. The practical first step for most African investors.

Yellow Card

Countries: Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and more

Currencies: NGN, GHS, KES, UGX, ZMW

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Busha

Countries: Nigeria and select African markets

Currencies: NGN and supported stablecoins

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Quidax

Countries: Nigeria-focused access point with regional users

Currencies: NGN and supported digital assets

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Binance P2P

Countries: Multi-market access through peer-to-peer rails

Currencies: Local fiat pairs by region

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Luno

Countries: South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and other African markets

Currencies: ZAR, NGN, KES and supported pairs

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VALR

Countries: South Africa with expanding African market access

Currencies: ZAR and major digital asset pairs

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Kotani Pay

Countries: Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania and East African markets

Currencies: KES (M-Pesa), GHS (MTN MoMo), UGX, TZS — mobile money rails

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Wallets & Tools

The practical infrastructure for participating in decentralised AI — from wallets and dashboards to data sources and protocol documentation hubs.

Talisman

Wallet for Polkadot and Substrate ecosystems — the most widely used wallet for Bittensor.

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SubWallet

Multi-chain wallet and dashboard with strong Substrate support and a clean mobile interface.

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Taostats

The essential Bittensor analytics dashboard — subnet activity, validator rankings, and emission data.

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dTAO.com

Subnet-level market data and staking interface for the Bittensor dynamic TAO mechanism.

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Bittensor.org

Protocol entry point, community links, and the primary documentation hub for new participants.

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OpenTensor Foundation

The non-profit stewarding Bittensor protocol development, governance, and open research.

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Hugging Face

The central hub for open model weights, datasets, and evaluation benchmarks across the deAI stack.

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