Catenaa, Thursday, July 03, 2025-ChainOpera AI has launched what it claims to be the world’s first fully decentralized, full-stack AI agent economy, aiming to become a blockchain-powered alternative to OpenAI.
The platform, which includes a decentralized ChatGPT-like interface, developer tools, model infrastructure, and blockchain protocol layer, is now live.
Backed by $17 million from venture capital firms including Finality Capital and Road Capital, ChainOpera has attracted over 1 million daily users and 150,000 paying customers in just one month.
Its four-layer architecture includes an AI Terminal for users, a no-code Agent Creator Center, a decentralized GPU compute layer, and a Layer 1 protocol governed by the CoAI consensus system.
The startup said it integrates with BNB Chain and has already hosted more than 1,000 community-developed AI agents. ‘
ChainOpera will launch a token-powered decentralized GPU network and a multi-agent chat platform in July, featuring real-time collaboration between bots such as crypto trading assistants and productivity agents.
Founders Salman Avestimehr and Aiden He, both USC-affiliated researchers with experience at companies like Amazon, Meta, and Tencent, say their platform merges blockchain decentralization with scalable AI tools.
Avestimehr’s previous work on federated learning platforms FedML and Sahara AI underpins the ChainOpera infrastructure.
The company has also begun a Prompt-to-Earn campaign, allowing users to accrue rewards ahead of its token generation event. As of June, ChainOpera is running on TestNet with plans for mainnet deployment and broader expansion in the second half of 2025.
