PLURALIS: TOWARDS ACTUALLY OPEN AI

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USV and CoinFund led a $7.6M seed round in Pluralis Research, which is developing "Protocol Learning" for open-source AI model training. Pluralis' decentralized approach allows collaborative training across distributed hardware that breaks away from traditional data center models. This model ensures contributors are rewarded while preventing power concentration, opening advanced AI development to a broader community.