Sep 30, 2025 · 3 min read · Today, after 2 years of pushing the boundaries of decentralised AI, we announce the closure of Lilypad. We founded Lilypad to reimagine how artificial intelligence is built and accessed, and enabled developers to run AI models across a distributed ne...
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Jun 24, 2025 · 3 min read · Lilypad is thrilled to welcome our first advanced custom creative model provider to the network in a new collaboration with Facial DNA Network (FDN). This partnership brings together decentralised AI infrastructure and purpose-built facial inference ...
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May 20, 2025 · 6 min read · As centralized AI becomes increasingly monopolized, the emerging decentralized AI (deAI) landscape offers a radically open alternative. Enabled by blockchain, decentralized compute, and a growing demand for transparency, this space is coalescing into...
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May 13, 2025 · 2 min read · Lilypad believes collaborative deAI infrastructure will outcompete centralized AI platforms by design. Below are the structural advantages and differentiators driving this belief: 💸 1. Native Payment Rails Definition: Integrated crypto and fiat set...
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Apr 30, 2025 · 3 min read · Lilypad and Baselight are proud to announce a formal strategic partnership aimed at accelerating the development of decentralized AI infrastructure. This collaboration represents a high-conviction commitment to shaping a modular, composable future fo...
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Apr 20, 2025 · 3 min read · As artificial intelligence rapidly becomes foundational to modern applications, developers face growing challenges around scalability, cost, and centralized infrastructure constraints. For instance having to purchase a capable rig to run local infere...
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Apr 16, 2025 · 6 min read · Introduction In this short blog post i’ll show you how to create an Apple Shortcut that calls an API to generate AI Art using the Lilypad distributed compute network. By the end of this blog you’ll have created a shortcut that you can pass a prompt t...
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Mar 31, 2025 · 17 min read · Introduction In this guide we are going to illustrate how to create an AI Agent workflow using the Open Agents SDK by OpenAI; however, we are going to power the inference capabilities of our agents using decentralized, open source tech! Our goal will...
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Mar 21, 2025 · 4 min read · Intro In this short blog post i’ll show you how to get a clone of Perplexity running using nothing but open source technology. Here’s what we’ll be using: The Perplexica Project for our UI and boiler plate SearXNG metasearch engine to power our web...
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Nov 6, 2024 · 4 min read · TLDR: Lilypad is making ColabFold, a powerful AI tool for predicting protein structures, accessible to everyone. Researchers will soon be able to easily and affordably run complex protein folding simulations on a vast, decentralized network, accelera...
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