Aethir Catalyst is investing in the gaming and AI ecosystem.

Aethir Catalyst will invest $100M in AI and gaming startups using decentralized GPUs

Aethir, a company focused on decentralized GPU Cloud computing, will invest $100 million in AI and gaming companies as part of its Aethir Ecosystem fund.

Aethir Catalyst is a $20 million part of the Aethir Ecosystem Fund and is backed by the Aethir Foundation. This fund, comprising several grant programs, is designed to accelerate the adoption of Aethir’s compute platform, empowering startups and enterprises in the AI and gaming sectors.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.