What PAI3 does

PAI3 is a decentralized AI infrastructure company founded in February 2025 that sells Power Node hardware devices ($38,013 per unit, capped at 3,141 nodes globally) to run AI workloads entirely on customer premises, with 528 nodes sold as of the latest data. The platform combines enterprise-grade hardware (14-core CPU, 20-core GPU, 64 GB RAM, 16 TB storage, 25,000 encrypted cabinets per node) with a software stack including the Decentralized Inference Machine (DIM) for verifiable AI inference, the PAIneer Dashboard for node management, Agent Studio for building AI agents, and 40 production-ready oracle connectors to external systems such as DocuSign, Salesforce, Stripe, HubSpot, Jira, Shopify, and 400+ ONC-certified EHR systems. PAI3 holds a license to US Patent No. 12,333,045 B2 (licensed from TuumIO, whose CEO also leads PAI3) covering secure role-based communication in decentralized systems, and the architecture implements Shamir's Secret Sharing for self-sovereign key management and NFT-bound cabinet ownership for cryptographic data sovereignty.

The company targets regulated industries where centralized cloud AI creates unacceptable privacy, compliance, or vendor lock-in risk: healthcare (HIPAA), legal (attorney-client privilege), finance (GLBA, SOX, PCI-DSS), and government (FedRAMP, FISMA). Revenue is generated through one-time hardware sales, cabinet leasing at $2 per cabinet, affiliate commissions of $1,000+ per node sold, and a planned $PAI3 utility token (TGE Q1-Q2 2026) with transaction-fee mechanics. The go-to-market combines self-serve e-commerce (node dashboard), enterprise field sales, an affiliate channel, and active presence at major industry conferences. Customers to date include Angel Kids Pediatrics, a functional medicine practice, and a sports medicine practice, with 500+ nodes reportedly deployed in production environments.

The leadership team includes Pradeep Goel (CEO, also CEO of TuumIO, 30+ years across healthtech/fintech/government), Mariia Ozadovska (COO, former AXA Group brand leader), Ed Odjaghian (Chief Client Officer, 30+ years healthcare technology), and Dr. Daniel Toshio Harrell (CSO, AI research and decentralized governance). The advisory board adds public-sector credibility with a former U.S. Congressman, former U.S. Department of Transportation Administrator, and former Chief Acquisition Officer of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. PAI3 was named a Top 10 AI Project 2025 by the Binance Incubation Alliance, a Top 5 Finalist at Consensus 2025, and is an official member of the Government Blockchain Association. No funding rounds are publicly disclosed, and revenue figures are not reported.

Name

PAI3

Legal name

PAI3

Website

https://pai3.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

PAI3 sells $38,013 Power Node hardware devices for on-premise decentralized AI infrastructure, serving regulated industries (healthcare, legal, finance, government) that need HIPAA-compliant, cloud-independent AI capabilities and complete data sovereignty.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Decentralized AI Infrastructure

NAICS

Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (33411), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Electronic Computers (3571), Computer Communications Equipment (3576)

akta.pro primary industry

Decentralized GPU/AI Compute Networks (training/inference, GPU renting, model hosting) (FSAPALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

AI Compute Cloud & GPU-as-a-Service (HDAAAAAK), AI Compute Virtualization & Scheduling (GPU virtualization, cluster schedulers) (HDAAAAAG), Responsible AI, Security & Privacy Platforms (Safety, Guardrails, PII) (HDAEANAG)

Keywords

• Decentralized AI infrastructure
• Private AI hardware
• On-premise AI systems
• HIPAA compliant AI
• Decentralized inference

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Power Node Hardware Sales: One-time hardware purchase of Power Node at $38,013 per unit. Includes 14-core CPU, 20-core GPU, 64 GB RAM, 16 TB storage, 25,000 encrypted AI cabinets. Enterprise-grade infrastructure for private AI workloads. BYOM program offers $3,140 credit for qualifying Mac Mini M4 Pro owners.
2. $PAI3 Token Economics: Utility token powering governance, staking, and network participation. Fixed supply with deflationary mechanics. Transaction fees: 5% burned, 5% to risk pool, 10% to staking incentives. Token Generation Event planned Q1-Q2 2026.
3. Network Participation Rewards: Operators earn up to 150,000 $PAI3 tokens over the programme period for active node operation and network contribution. Usage-based rewards for compute resources contributed. Staking incentives for network security participation.
4. Cabinet Leasing: 25,000 data cabinets available at $2 each. Node operators can lease cabinet space to other operators as an additional infrastructure service.
5. Affiliate Commissions: Affiliate partners earn $1,000+ commission per Power Node sold through their unique tracking link. Performance-based tiered commission structure with unlimited earning potential.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

PAI3 sells Power Node hardware devices (enterprise-grade on-premise AI infrastructure with 14-core CPU, 20-core GPU, 64GB RAM, 16TB storage, and 25,000 encrypted AI cabinets) and operates a decentralized AI network. Customers in regulated industries run AI workloads privately with zero cloud dependency, supported by the Decentralized Inference Machine (DIM), NFT-bound Cabinets, oracle connectors, and self-sovereign key management.

Product overview

PAI3 is a decentralized private AI infrastructure platform built around the Power Node hardware and supporting software ecosystem. The core offering is the Power Node (enterprise-grade on-premise AI hardware with 14-core CPU, 20-core GPU, 64 GB RAM, 16 TB storage, and 25,000 encrypted AI cabinets), supplemented by software including PAIneer Dashboard (node management interface), Agent Studio (agent building tool), and Node Manager (operations monitoring). The Decentralized Inference Machine (DIM) provides network-level AI orchestration and verification across the node network. Data is stored in NFT-bound Cabinets with oracle connectors enabling secure external system integrations. The $PAI3 utility token powers governance, staking, and network rewards with TGE planned Q1-Q2 2026. The planned Marketplace will allow Power Node owners to publish and monetize agents, AI models, and pre-configured cabinet integrations. Network is architecturally capped at 3,141 Power Nodes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Power Node Enterprise-grade on-premise hardware device for private AI workloads with 14-core CPU, 20-core GPU, 64 GB RAM, 16 TB storage, and 25,000 encrypted AI cabinets. Zero cloud dependency with complete data sovereignty; priced at $38,013 per unit. Targets healthcare, legal, finance, government, and enterprise buyers needing HIPAA/GDPR/FedRAMP-aligned AI infrastructure.
• Power Node BYOM (Bring Your Own Mac) Credit program allowing Mac Mini M4 Pro owners (with 64 GB unified memory and 20-core GPU) to apply a $3,140 credit toward the Power Node purchase, reducing price to $34,873. Transitions consumer-grade Apple hardware into sovereign AI infrastructure for the PAI3 network.
• Decentralized Inference Machine (DIM) EVM-style runtime purpose-built for AI inference that traces, verifies, and audits AI agents and generates trust scores. Coordinates multiple AI agents for collaborative inference with complete transparency, enabling verifiable AI outputs across the PAI3 decentralized network.

Quantifiable outcome

• 528 of 3,141 maximum nodes sold
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration19 records

AI capability14 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Government Blockchain Association (GBA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 November 2025Official GBA member supporting public-sector adoption of decentralized, privacy-preserving AI infrastructure. PAI3 participates in GBA events including Capitol Hill Blockchain Showcase and The Future of Money, Governance & the Law 2025.
• TuumIOcoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerPAI3 licenses TuumIO's patented infrastructure technology (US Patent No. 12,333,045 B2) for secure containerized AI. CEO Pradeep Goel also serves as CEO of TuumIO, creating strategic alignment between the two organizations.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Render Network: Decentralized GPU compute network that rents out idle graphics cards for rendering and AI workloads via blockchain-based coordination. Directly comparable to PAI3 in providing distributed, token-incentivized AI compute across independent node operators.
• Akash Network: Decentralized cloud computing marketplace built on Cosmos that lets providers lease compute capacity for AI, ML, and web workloads. Comparable in being a permissionless compute marketplace for AI, though Akash uses general-purpose cloud capacity rather than fixed-cap purpose-built hardware nodes.
• io.net: Decentralized GPU network that aggregates underutilized GPUs for AI/ML training and inference workloads, with a token-incentivized node operator model. Closest direct comparable to PAI3's Power Node network in both target workload (AI inference) and decentralized operator model.
• Gensyn: Decentralized protocol for machine learning training compute that coordinates distributed GPUs with cryptographic verification of work. Comparable as a decentralized AI compute network with verifiable inference/training, though focused primarily on training rather than inference at the edge.
• Salad Technologies: Distributed GPU compute network that aggregates consumer gaming PCs to provide affordable AI training and inference capacity. Comparable in operating a distributed, node-based AI compute network with consumer hardware, though without PAI3's regulated-industry positioning.

Emerging players

• Bittensor: Decentralized AI network using token-incentivized subnets for model training and inference, with on-chain ranking of model outputs. Comparable in offering decentralized, token-incentivized AI infrastructure, but model-centric rather than hardware/node-centric.
• SingularityNET: Decentralized AI services marketplace where developers publish and monetize AI agents, with the AGIX token. Comparable in operating a token-incentivized decentralized AI ecosystem, though it focuses on AI service discovery rather than private on-premise hardware.

Broad incumbents

• CoreWeave: Large-scale GPU cloud provider purpose-built for AI workloads, operating its own data centers with NVIDIA H100s and similar accelerators. Comparable as a high-performance AI compute infrastructure provider, but a centralized incumbent rather than decentralized.
• Lambda Labs: AI cloud provider offering GPU clusters (on-demand and reserved) and Lambda Hyperplane on-prem AI infrastructure for enterprises. Comparable in serving AI compute needs including on-prem deployments for regulated buyers, but as a centralized hyperscale-style provider.
• NVIDIA DGX Systems: NVIDIA's enterprise AI appliance line (DGX Station, DGX H100/H200) purpose-built for on-premise AI training and inference at large enterprises. Comparable as on-premise enterprise AI hardware for regulated buyers, but at a substantially higher price point and as part of NVIDIA's broader stack.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Pai3Ai

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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