Revenue Search: Inside Bittensor Subnet Session with Fred from Polaris: SN49
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Aug 26, 2025 Fred from Polaris shares his vision for making compute power accessible through idle home GPUs. He discusses their unique subscription model aimed at universities and researchers in Africa, avoiding the race to the bottom on pricing. The conversation touches on building a unified GPU cluster API and their strategy for community growth. Fred highlights the importance of privacy and security in their deployments while aiming for a cautious rollout to revenue. Lastly, he outlines the funding needed to expand and enhance their infrastructure.
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Compute As The Foundation For Decentralized AI
- Polaris focuses on making idle home GPUs usable for researchers, universities, and builders, with an initial geographic emphasis on Africa.
- Fred frames compute access as the foundational layer for decentralized intelligence and broader ecosystem building.
Supply-Focused, User-Friendly Market Approach
- Polaris emphasizes both demand and supply sides of the compute marketplace and prioritizes bringing new home GPUs into the network.
- They aim for a simple UI so non-technical users can list compute in under five minutes.
Avoid A Race-To-The-Bottom Pricing
- Avoid racing to the bottom on hourly pricing and design pricing that sustains miners and service quality.
- Polaris deliberately delayed charging until network reliability and maturity improve.