AntSeed Launches Decentralized Peer-to-Peer AI Marketplace on Base

• AntSeed’s Discovery operates on the same peer-to-peer protocol as BitTorrent, therefore there isn’t a central server that can be shut down.
• With no platform markup added to provider fees, the launch network includes twenty providers, including open-source models like Kimi and GLM and frontier models like GPT and Claude Opus.

Today, AntSeed introduced an open marketplace for AI model access that operates peer-to-peer between AI providers and consumers without the need for a central aggregator. At antseed.com, the network is live.

In between AI consumers and AI models, OpenRouter and similar aggregators manage which models are listed, route each request via their own servers, and retain provider revenues until payment. AntSeed eliminates that intermediary.

Peer-to-peer requests are sent between buyers and providers, and USDC payments are made in the provider’s wallet as soon as a request is fulfilled. There is no central off switch, no listing approval procedure, and no intermediary entity.

“OpenRouter and similar aggregators helped define the market for unified AI access, but that market does not need to remain centralized,” said Shahaf Antwarg, Co-Founder of AntSeed. “AntSeed gives AI consumers and providers a direct, peer-to-peer alternative where access, reputation, and payments are coordinated by the network rather than a single platform.”

AntSeed’s Discovery operates on the same peer-to-peer protocol as BitTorrent, therefore there isn’t a central server that can be shut down. All transactions are documented on-chain, including delivery, payment, and provider reputation. Provider track records are public, portable, and cannot be deleted by any platform.

Because AntSeed utilizes the same API format as OpenAI and Anthropic, it is possible to link with pre-existing tools like Claude Code and Cursor by altering only one option. AntStation, AntSeed’s desktop client, allows non-technical people to connect to the network. With no platform markup added to provider fees, the launch network includes twenty providers, including open-source models like Kimi and GLM and frontier models like GPT and Claude Opus.

A Venice inference pool, accessible at diem.antseed.com, is one of the twenty providers. Venice AI inference across the AntSeed network is powered by DIEM holders staking their tokens into a smart contract on Base. This supplier is accessible to all AntSeed users that pay USDC per request. Real-time, completely on-chain payments are streamed back to stakeholders.

“DIEM was designed to make AI access something users can truly own, not rent,” said Erik Voorhees, Founder of Venice.ai. “Seeing it extended to a permissionless network like AntSeed is exactly the kind of open ecosystem we hoped DIEM would help unlock.”

Autonomous AI agents that must conduct transactions on their own are also well-suited to AntSeed’s design decisions, which include direct-to-wallet USDC payments, no accounts, and no API keys. The network is set up so that agents in the future may utilize it without centralized permission.

An open, permissionless marketplace for access to AI models is AntSeed. The network eliminates the aggregator layer that lies between AI providers and consumers, runs peer-to-peer, and settles in USDC on Base. The Venice inference pool is accessible at diem.antseed.com, and AntSeed is live at antseed.com.