Antseed launches P2P AI marketplace with USDC payouts
On May 15 Antseed launched a decentralized peer-to-peer AI marketplace that connects buyers to 20 model providers and pays providers instantly in USDC with no platform markup.
Antseed launched a decentralized peer-to-peer AI marketplace on May 15 that connects buyers directly with 20 model providers and pays providers instantly in USDC with no platform markup. The network requires no user accounts or API keys and routes requests directly between buyer and provider wallets.
The marketplace supports the same API format used by OpenAI and Anthropic, so tools built for those APIs can connect by changing a single setting. Nontechnical users can access the market through Antseed’s desktop client, Antstation.
Discovery runs on a peer-to-peer protocol similar to BitTorrent, removing the need for a central server. All transactions are recorded on-chain so provider performance and transaction history are publicly visible and cannot be altered.
At launch Antseed lists 20 providers offering commercial and open-source models, including GPT, Claude Opus, Kimi and GLM. Antseed says it applies no platform markup to provider pricing.
Payments are handled per request in USDC and stream to providers’ wallets in real time. One launch partner is a Venice inference pool hosted at diem.antseed.com. DIEM holders can stake DIEM into a smart contract on Base; the pooled DIEM pays for Venice AI inference across the network and distributes earnings to stakers as requests are served.
Antseed’s network is designed to let autonomous AI agents transact without centralized authorization. The company says agents can discover providers, negotiate terms and pay for services directly on the network.
Shahaf Antwarg, Antseed’s co-founder, said: “OpenRouter and similar aggregators helped define the market for unified AI access, but that market does not need to remain centralized. 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.” Erik Voorhees, founder of Venice.ai, described DIEM’s role on the network as making AI access something users can own rather than rent and welcomed its extension to a permissionless network like Antseed.
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