Developers, the week you’ve been waiting for is here

In just 3 days on May 16, join us in Toronto to go from code to compute and build decentralised AI using Ocean Nodes + VS Code

Part 1 (1:15–2:10 PM):
Intro to deploying AI algorithms using Ocean’s tech stack

Part 2 (2:30–4:30 PM):
50 devs will get hands-on experience writing and running their own AI algorithms live

📍Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel

Register: https://lu.ma/d7jwm2r5

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When we talk about the Ocean tech stack, we mean a full suite designed for AI developers

Build, train, and scale with:
1. Data NFTs – Tokenize & share datasets
2. C2D – Run privacy-preserving compute
3. Ocean Nodes – Fast, distributed AI infrastructure

Explore: https://oceanprotocol.com/build/developer-hub/


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We all know it, LLMs and GenAI demand massive compute and data

Centralised computing can’t keep up. It faces limitations like scalability bottlenecks, privacy risks, and a single point of failure

Ocean Nodes lets you tap into a global network of idle GPUs/TPUs to train and fine-tune AI models, securely & affordably

Key benefits:

-Privacy-preserving fine-tuning: Only the trained model or insights return; raw data remains secure via Ocean C2D
-Distributed Computing: Spread across multiple machines to overcome centralised GPU constraints
-Token incentives: Node operators earn rewards, helping developers scale using community compute

Explore more: https://github.com/oceanprotocol/ocean-node

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Developers, 1 DAY TO GO!

Learn how to build decentralised AI with Ocean Nodes + @code at our Toronto workshop!

📍Sheraton Centre Toronto
🕐 May 16 | 1:15–4:30 PM

Part 1 (1:15 PM – 2:10 PM): Learn to deploy private AI algorithms using Ocean Nodes & VS Code

Part 2 (2:30 PM – 4:30 PM): 50 devs will write & run their own AI algorithms

Go from code to compute with no prior AI experience needed!

More details here: lu.ma/d7jwm2r5


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Make your Data an asset class with Ocean CLI

It's a powerful, scriptable tool that lets you interact with Ocean core features. Here’s what you can do with it:

1. Publish data services - Create a Data NFT, datatoken, metadata DDO, and set a price in one go (whether it’s a downloadable file or a Compute-to-Data service)
2. Update assets anytime - Easily edit metadata and pricing post-publish
3. Consume data assets - Order datatokens and download content with a single command
4. Enable Compute-to-Data - Using approved algorithms, launch decentralised compute jobs on your data.

To get started, clone the Ocean CLI repository, set your environment variables (e.g., PRIVATE_KEY, RPC, NODE_URL), and run commands using "npm run cli"

Try it here: https://github.com/oceanprotocol/ocean-cli

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Did you know?

The Ocean VS Code Extension lets you test and run compute jobs directly from your editor, no external tools required

Simulate Ocean network jobs locally in a built-in sandbox, speeding up AI workflows with zero blockchain overhead

https://docs.oceanprotocol.com/developers/vscode


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AI folks, we’ve all hit this wall

The traditional “download data → train model” workflow is outdated and risky

Ocean C2D has a solution!

Instead of moving the data to your model, Ocean C2D lets you send your ML/AI algorithm to the data in a secure, sandboxed environment, where only insights are returned

This is made possible by:

1. Containerised execution (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
2. On-chain access control (via data tokens)
3. Decentralised orchestration across compute providers via Ocean Nodes

Read how it bridges the gap between data privacy and AI utility:
https://docs.oceanprotocol.com/developers/compute-to-data

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It’s Web3 meets DataOps, built for the age of AI superintelligence

Ocean Data NFTs let data creators own, control, and monetise their data, without giving it away

They also power privacy-preserving AI pipelines with token-gated access and crypto incentives

Learn more: https://docs.oceanprotocol.com/developers/contracts/data-nfts

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The Ocean CLI tool is your gateway to privacy-preserving AI development

With a single command, such as "npm run cli publish path/to/metadata.json", you can easily tokenise your data into on-chain Data NFTs

Once tokenised, you can leverage Ocean Compute-to-Data to:

1. Perform federated learning on private datasets
2. Train ML models on fresh, real-world data
3. Build data cooperatives, all while staying compliant

Learn how it enables data scientists, AI developers, and researchers to unlock data value securely

https://docs.oceanprotocol.com/developers/ocean-cli

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As AI models grow exponentially, traditional computing machines can no longer keep up

Ocean Nodes enable distributed computing, harnessing a global network of distributed, high-quality compute to meet the demands of modern AI training

Explore more:

https://docs.oceanprotocol.com/developers/ocean-node

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CPUs and GPUs have powered decades of computing from desktop applications to large-scale enterprise systems

CPUs are optimised for sequential tasks, ideal for logic-heavy operations and operating systems. GPUs, with thousands of smaller cores, are better at handling parallel operations like rendering and machine learning inference

However, both have limits

Modern AI workloads require massive parallelism and scalability that centralised infrastructure often struggles to provide due to cost, energy demands, and hardware limitations

This is where distributed computing enters

By aggregating underutilised compute, from gaming GPUs to idle enterprise resources, distributed systems offer a scalable, cost-effective, and energy-aware alternative to traditional cloud computing

It’s not just more compute, it’s smarter, decentralised, and future-proof

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How Ocean Tech can act as the Data Layer for Open-Source LLMs

LLMs need vast, diverse, high-quality datasets for:

1. Pretraining - large-scale text corpora
2. Finetuning - task or domain-specific data
3. Evaluation & Alignment - human feedback, bias mitigation, safety tuning

Yet open-source LLMs often struggle with access, quality, compliance, and incentives

Ocean Protocol solves this by transforming data into programmable, ownable, and tradable assets.

LLM Lifecycle with Ocean:

1. Data Tokenisation - Researchers, DAOs, and institutions publish high-quality datasets (e.g. biomedical texts, code, low-resource languages) using Ocean CLI. Each dataset is wrapped as a Data NFT with ERC20 datatokens and registered on-chain.
2. Dataset Discovery - LLM teams can query Ocean for datasets by domain or metadata.
3. On-Chain Access - Access is granted via datatokens, enabling transparent and permissioned data use.
4. Compute-to-Data (C2D) - Instead of moving data, Ocean sends training jobs to where data resides. Privacy and compliance are preserved.
5. Monetisation - Each training run can trigger payments, rewarding data providers with usage-based royalties.

Own your data. Train with Ocean

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Modern AI is starving for compute

Training and inference need massive GPU power, but most of it is locked behind hyperscalers like AWS or Google Cloud

This creates serious problems:
1. Startups & researchers get priced out
2. Surveillance & compliance risks rise
3. Local innovation gets crushed under central control

Ocean Nodes offer an alternative, a decentralised, permissionless compute layer where:

- Anyone can contribute idle GPUs/CPUs to the network
- Developers can run containerised AI workloads (training, inference, validation)
-All jobs are cryptographically verified with zero-trust security

This turns DePIN from just hardware into intelligence

Learn how Ocean Nodes are becoming the compute layer for sovereign AI:
https://docs.oceanprotocol.com/developers/ocean-node

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What if you could license your dataset in minutes, not months?

With Ocean CLI:

1. Upload your dataset
2. Tokenise it with a Data NFT
3. Sell access with Datatokens

Smart contracts do the lawyering. You focus on research

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What if your dApp could:
- Run machine learning models without exposing data
- Seamlessly offload compute to a decentralised network
- Reward both developers and node operators in one integrated flow?

Start here: https://docs.oceanprotocol.com/developers/ocean-node

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"We are naturally born cyborgs, our brain quickly co-opts technology as part of us."

In this conversation, Ocean founder @trentmc0 shares his vision for non-invasive BCIs, sovereign compute, and Ocean’s role in enabling a decentralised AI future.

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AI engineers, we get it, accessing high-quality data while staying compliant can be a real challenge

That’s why we built the Ocean VS Code extension

It lets you publish datasets, manage datatokens, and run compute-to-data jobs all from the comfort of your editor

No need to jump between tools. Just open VS @code and start building privacy-preserving, decentralised AI pipelines with full traceability baked in

Explore what’s possible:

https://docs.oceanprotocol.com/developers/vscode

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