AI Inference Platform Gaia Completes $20 Million Seed and Series A Funding, Led by Mantle

BlockBeats News, July 23rd, Decentralized AI Inference Platform Gaia announced the completion of a $20 million seed round and Series A financing, led by ByteTrade, SIG, Mirana, Mantle, with participation from Outlier Ventures, NGC, Taisu Ventures, Consensys Mesh, and others.

The new funds will be used to expand decentralized AI infrastructure and officially launch the world's first AI-native smartphone designed for user-centric intelligence. The Gaia AI Phone is built on Galaxy S25 Edge hardware, with all AI inference processes running locally, eliminating the need for the cloud, avoiding data uploads, and preventing privacy leaks.