Introducing AIVM: ChainGPT’s Layer-1 blockchain to power verifiable AI at scale

ChainGPT unveils its AIVM Whitepaper, outlining the first Layer-1 blockchain purpose-built to power a decentralized AI economy at scale.

Dubai, UAE, May 08, 2025:  ChainGPT, a pioneer in blockchain AI solutions, today announced the release of its highly anticipated AIVM Whitepaper, a comprehensive technical and strategic vision for building the foundation of the AI Crypto Economy. The Artificial Intelligence Virtual Machine (AIVM) is a purpose-built Layer-1 blockchain designed to seamlessly integrate decentralized AI development, compute infrastructure, and monetization, bringing web2 and web3 together under one unified, scalable AI ecosystem.

AIVM represents a major technological breakthrough, bridging the long-standing gap between artificial intelligence and blockchain infrastructure. AIVM turns AI into an open, trust-minimized public utility. As the first unified solution to offer decentralized compute, agent-based AI execution, tokenized data marketplaces, and developer tooling, AIVM lays the groundwork for an open, fair, and scalable AI ecosystem free from the grip of Big Tech monopolies.

Key highlights from the AIVM whitepaper:

The problem:

• AI is centralized: Controlled by Big Tech, has limited transparency, and is riddled with bias
• Compute is exclusive: Cloud giants dictate access and pricing for AI infrastructure
• Developers are stuck: Building decentralized AI is complex, fragmented, and slow.
• Users lack control: Data is exploited without fair compensation or privacy guarantees

Reimagining AI x blockchain integration

AIVM introduces a robust Layer-1 architecture purpose-built to support AI execution, verifiable inference, decentralized model deployment, and cross-chain interoperability. This solves key challenges like scalability, privacy, and compute fragmentation.

A plug-and-play AI infrastructure stack
From decentralized compute and AI agent frameworks to model storage and data marketplaces, AIVM delivers a plug-and-play ecosystem for developers, enterprises, and web3 projects to build, deploy, and monetize AI at scale.

Core innovations

• Dual-path execution: Simple models run transparently on-chain; complex workloads execute off-chain with cryptographic proofs via ZKML and TEEs.
• GPU compute marketplace: AIVM provides permissionless access to scalable, low-cost compute without vendor lock-in. Developers can source GPUs directly or via integrated networks like io.net. By combining a native marketplace with external aggregator support, AIVM maximizes global compute availability and pricing flexibility.
• AI model and dataset marketplace: Developers can publish, monetize, and reuse models/data with full transparency.
• Developer toolkits: SDKs, APIs, CLI tools, and monitoring dashboards to accelerate AI deployment. These tools are designed for AI devs, not blockchain engineers, with Python SDKs, CLI tools, and dashboards that simplify onboarding and deployment.
• Privacy-preserving AI: Zero-Knowledge Proofs, Federated Learning, and secure enclaves for sensitive data protection 

AIVM is the only Layer-1 blockchain with native validator roles for AI, Compute, and Data, each enforcing trust across model execution, resource availability, and data integrity.

Token utility and validator incentives

AIVM is powered by a single asset, CGPT, which serves as both the gas token and the currency of the ecosystem. Users pay CGPT for compute, storage, model access, and transaction fees. Validators, including consensus, AI, Compute, and Data Validators, stake CGPT to secure the network and earn rewards for maintaining execution integrity, performance, and data privacy. This design aligns economic incentives across all protocol layers while ensuring AIVM remains scalable, decentralized, and trust-minimized.

Designed for everyone in the AI Economy
AIVM empowers:

• AI developers and researchers with decentralized tools and compute access
• Web3 projects and dApps with intelligent agents and on-chain AI capabilities
• Enterprises and AI-enabled businesses with privacy-first AI APIs and cost savings
• GPU providers and data contributors with new monetization models via tokenized incentives

The whitepaper outlines high-impact applications across AI-powered DeFi, predictive trading, fraud detection, decentralized identity, DAO governance, generative NFTs, and more. This makes AIVM a catalyst for the next wave of AI + blockchain innovation. 

AIVM is advancing toward a decentralized AI future through a clear, phased roadmap designed to deliver robust infrastructure, real-world scalability, and widespread adoption. Here’s a look at the journey ahead:

AIVM roadmap (3 phases)

Phase 1: Establish the blockchain foundation with core infrastructure, lightweight on-chain models, and verified execution.

Phase 2: Scale the platform with advanced model management, dual-path execution, hybrid storage, and decentralized resource marketplaces.

Phase 3: Mature the ecosystem with enterprise integrations, developer toolkits, analytics frameworks, and workflow orchestration, paving the way for mass adoption.

A detailed AIVM roadmap will be published shortly after the whitepaper’s release.

Read the full whitepaper here: AIVM Whitepaper