The Grid

The Grid is a GPU-powered AI generation network, built to decentralize. GPU owners run workers, users generate text, images, video, and workflows, and the economy is powered by AIPG tokens on Base.

How It Works

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                           THE GRID                                  │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                                     │
│   YOU                        WORKERS                   OUTPUT       │
│   ───                        ───────                   ──────       │
│                                                                     │
│   "a robot                   GPU nodes                 Your image   │
│    painting"  ──────────►    running AI   ──────────►  or text      │
│                              models                    media        │
│                                                                     │
│   Account credits           Earn AIPG today            On-chain     │
│   (USD-denominated)         for verified work          (planned)    │
│                                                                     │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

1. You request - Submit a prompt via aipg.art, aipg.chat, or the API
2. Workers generate - GPU nodes run text, image, video, or workflow jobs
3. You receive - Get your text, image, video, or other AI output
4. Workers earn - GPU operators share the current AIPG worker budget according to recorded work

What You Can Do

Generate Images

Create AI art at aipg.art using models like z-image-turbo, FLUX.2 Klein 4B, and Krea 2 Turbo. Choose from curated workflows, adjust parameters, and generate.

Roadmap: optional NFT provenance for approved deterministic media workflows. The design commits model/recipe identifiers, seed, parameters, and artifact metadata so a validator can re-execute and compare supported generations. It is not a live mint flow and does not promise pixel-identical output across arbitrary hardware or workflows.

Chat with AI

Use aipg.chat for text conversations powered by LLMs running on The Grid. Open-source models, no corporate API.

Build with the API

Get an API key at console.aipowergrid.io and integrate AI generation into your apps. View stats and usage at api.aipowergrid.io.

Run a Worker

Contribute your GPU to The Grid. Run text or media workers and earn AIPG from the current hourly payout rail based on the work you complete. USDC and other payout assets are planned but are not active payout choices yet.

Staking (Ended Program)

The AIPG staking rewards program has ended — new stakes are disabled and rewards no longer accrue. Existing stakers can withdraw anytime, with no lockup. Going forward, AIPG rewards flow to active participants (workers) rather than passive holders.

The Economy

Customer Credits and Worker Den

Customer usage and worker contribution are separate ledgers:

• Account credits are a USD-denominated internal balance used to meter and reserve generation requests. /v1/account/credits is the source of truth for paid balance, any free allowance, and what is currently spendable.
• Worker den is a non-transferable work unit recorded for completed jobs. It is used to calculate each worker’s share of a payout period; it is not a customer balance, token, or fixed promise of monetary value.

Do not use “den” to mean both concepts in integrations or product copy.

AIPG Token

AIPG is the native token of AI Power Grid on Base L2.

Get AIPG: Uniswap

AIPG is used for:

• Worker rewards → Earn for running GPU nodes
• Worker bonding → Become a trusted worker (planned, not yet required)
• Staking → Rewards program ended; withdrawals open

The Architecture

The Grid has modular smart-contract infrastructure deployed to Base mainnet. Hot generation, dispatch, metering, and the current den ledger remain off-chain; deployed modules provide registries and future commitment/claim primitives.

Core Components

Why Base?

• Fast transactions (~2 second blocks)
• Low fees (~$0.01 per tx)
• Ethereum security (L2 rollup)
• Coinbase ecosystem

Quick Links

What’s Next

• NFT Provenance - Optional commitments for approved deterministic media workflows
• Audio Generation - Sound and music on The Grid
• Token Factory - Launch your own AI-powered token with Grid access
• More Models - Continuous expansion of available AI models

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