The convergence of artificial intelligence, media and data has fueled the demand for more transparent and resilient solutions. Decentralized infrastructures address this need by leveraging distributed resources around the globe, which offers novel ways to power AI computations, store critical data and deliver media.
AIOZ Network is a decentralized platform that is transforming how AI compute, storage and content delivery are managed. Powered by a global Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN) of over 200,000 contributors, AIOZ aims to establish blockchain-powered AI, media and storage economies.
In an exclusive interview, AIOZ Network founder and CEO Erman Tjiputra shared real-world use cases for decentralization and detailed the platform’s 2025 roadmap.
Cointelegraph: AIOZ is building a decentralized AI and media ecosystem. What is the vision behind the AIOZ Compute and streaming economy?
Erman Tjiputra: AIOZ Network envisions a blockchain-powered economy where AI compute, media streaming and storage services are seamlessly integrated into a decentralized framework. AIOZ fosters a compute economy by enabling AI developers to tokenize and monetize data sets, models and AI agents using blockchain incentives while rewarding contributors who provide computing power through the AIOZ DePIN infrastructure.
AIOZ Stream builds a streaming economy where content platforms can tokenize their ecosystems, allowing creators to monetize their work through market-driven models such as subscriptions, pay-per-view and tipping.
The 2025 roadmap accelerates this vision by expanding DePIN-powered infrastructure, strengthening AI model deployment and refining tokenized streaming incentives, thus creating a self-sustaining digital ecosystem where AI, content and storage operate with blockchain-driven incentives.
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CT: What are some real-world use cases for AIOZ’s decentralized AI, storage and streaming solutions?
ET: AIOZ Network’s blockchain-powered ecosystem supports various real-world applications across AI, storage and content streaming. AIOZ AI cultivates an AI community for storing data sets, enables collaborative data labeling and facilitates decentralized AI agents operating within tokenized marketplaces.
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AIOZ Stream powers live broadcasting and on-demand content while allowing content platforms to tokenize their services, providing creators with blockchain-based monetization. AIOZ Storage offers scalable data storage for Web3 decentralized applications (DApps) and S3 compatibility, while AIOZ Pin specializes in immutable NFT metadata storage and IPFS-based solutions.
In decentralized finance (DeFi), AIOZ DEX facilitates multichain trading and liquidity management, enhancing Web3 financial accessibility. These innovations empower a market-driven Web3 infrastructure where AI, content and data services are seamlessly integrated into tokenized digital economies.
CT: How does AIOZ Storage support Web3 applications, and why is decentralized storage essential?
ET: AIOZ Storage is designed to support Web3 applications that require scalable, secure and decentralized data storage. It ensures high availability across a distributed DePIN infrastructure, reducing the probability of single points of failure and providing reliable data storage for AI models, NFT metadata and blockchain-based applications.
AIOZ Storage is S3 compatible, providing a strong infrastructure for all things storage. It offers scalable, decentralized solutions for AI data sets, DApps, and enterprise applications. By integrating blockchain-powered incentives, AIOZ Storage enables DApps, enterprises and developers to store and manage data efficiently on AIOZ DePIN.
As Web3 adoption expands, AIOZ Storage will play a key role in powering AI-driven applications, decentralized media and tokenized digital economies.
CT: What role does AIOZ Pin play in securing digital assets like NFTs and smart contracts?
ET: AIOZ Pin provides an IPFS Pinning solution for securing NFT metadata and other digital assets using IPFS-based infrastructure. It operates through a content-addressable model that ensures data redundancy and accessibility across the AIOZ DePIN network.
Unlike traditional storage, AIOZ Pin is optimized for NFT marketplaces, ensuring digital assets remain verifiable and accessible over time without risk of centralized failure. This makes it an essential tool for developers and platforms looking to maintain immutable records of blockchain assets. AIOZ Pin complements AIOZ Storage by specializing in the permanence of tokenized content, securing Web3 applications through decentralized, blockchain-powered infrastructure.
CT: How does AIOZ Stream aim to change how content creators monetize their work in Web3?
ET: AIOZ Stream introduces a market-driven streaming economy where content platforms can tokenize their ecosystems, allowing creators to directly monetize their work through blockchain incentives.
Rather than replacing existing content platforms, AIOZ Stream provides infrastructure that enables them to create token-based monetization models. This allows platforms to reward creators with tokenized incentives while ensuring peer-to-peer decentralized content delivery.
Viewers on AIOZ Stream’s DApps can also participate by earning rewards through engagement-based incentives. With AI-powered content discovery and recommendations, AIOZ Stream enhances the user experience while ensuring creators benefit from transparent, blockchain-backed monetization.
CT: How does AIOZ AI make AI computing more accessible, and what are its long-term benefits?
ET: AIOZ AI enables AI developers to store, tokenize and monetize data sets, run inferencing tasks, train AI models and create AI agents, creating a decentralized AI economy. Through the AI Agent Marketplace, developers can deploy AI services while being rewarded with AIOZ tokens.
Contributors to AIOZ DePIN provide GPU computing power and receive incentives, ensuring an open, collaborative AI infrastructure. This model opens up access to AI tools and fosters Web3-integrated AI automation. In the long term, AIOZ AI will expand on decentralized federated training AI models to drive AI-driven applications and support decentralized finance, tokenized content generation and AI-powered automation, making AI more accessible and rewarding through blockchain-enabled incentives.
CT: Why is decentralized infrastructure (DePIN) critical for the future of AI and media?
ET: AIOZ Network’s DePIN infrastructure ensures that AI compute, storage and streaming services are distributed globally, reducing a single point of failure. This model allows AI models, media platforms and blockchain applications to operate on a peer-driven, tokenized network, where contributors are rewarded for participation.
DePIN fosters access to AI computes, ensures scalable content distribution and provides secure data storage solutions for Web3 applications. By integrating tokenized incentives, AIOZ’s DePIN-powered economy enables the efficient and fair distribution of resources, laying the foundation for scalable AI, decentralized media and blockchain-driven infrastructure.
CT: How does AIOZ Network’s 2025 roadmap expand its decentralized infrastructure and ecosystem?
ET: The AIOZ 2025 roadmap focuses on expanding its blockchain-powered infrastructure, creating a self-sustaining, tokenized digital economy. AIOZ AI is scaling its AI Compute Network, increasing DePIN participation and enabling AI developers to tokenize AI models, data sets and agents.
AIOZ Stream is refining monetization models, AI-powered content discovery and decentralized peer-to-peer media distribution. Meanwhile, AIOZ DEX enhances crosschain DeFi integration, ensuring seamless tokenized trading and liquidity. Strengthening interoperability and developer adoption, AIOZ is creating an ecosystem where AI compute, content monetization and DeFi economies thrive through blockchain incentives.
CT: How does AIOZ Network incentivize users and developers to participate in its ecosystem?
ET: AIOZ Network operates a blockchain-powered reward system that ensures market-driven incentives for DePIN contributors, AI developers, content creators and DeFi users.
DePIN participants providing computing and storage resources are rewarded with AIOZ tokens, which secure the decentralized infrastructure. AI developers monetize their AI models, data sets and agents within the AI Agent Marketplace, and potential rewards when their services are used.
AIOZ Stream enables content platforms to tokenize their economy, allowing creators to monetize through blockchain-based incentives. In DeFi, AIOZ DEX provides staking rewards and liquidity incentives, ensuring active crosschain financial participation. By aligning rewards with network contribution, AIOZ creates a sustainable market-driven ecosystem where participation is economically beneficial.
CT: Where do you see AIOZ Network in five years, and how will it shape the future of Web3?
ET: In five years, AIOZ Network aims to be the backbone of decentralized AI compute, media streaming and blockchain-driven storage, providing the infrastructure of choice for Web3 applications.
With a rapidly growing DePIN ecosystem, AIOZ will power AI-driven automation, tokenized content distribution and market-driven AI monetization. AIOZ AI will expand its decentralized AI economy, allowing AI models to be tokenized and utilized seamlessly across Web3 applications.
AIOZ Stream will enable content platforms to operate on tokenized ecosystems, providing transparent, blockchain-backed monetization solutions. By driving interoperability, incentivized participation and blockchain-powered resource distribution, AIOZ Network will shape the future of AI, media and DePIN as a fully decentralized digital economy.
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