TIPS Launches DEPINfer Beta on Solana to Target $1.36T AI Market
Tianrong Internet Products and Services Inc. (OTC: TIPS) announced the official beta launch of its DEPINfer platform on March 17, 2026, marking its entry into the competitive market for decentralized AI infrastructure. The platform, built on the Solana blockchain, enables users to contribute idle GPU power for AI inference tasks and earn rewards. The ecosystem is powered by its native utility token, $DEPIN, which is currently available for trading on the Raydium decentralized exchange.
The project aims to address the increasing demand for AI compute, a market projected to grow to approximately $1.36 trillion by 2026. During its initial 30-day beta phase, DEPINfer aims to onboard over 1,000 users, activate more than 200 GPU providers, and facilitate over 10,000 hours of GPU compute. The platform integrates with io.net during this phase to deliver production-ready compute power, with plans to roll out its own proprietary marketplace within four weeks.
Launch Taps DePIN Sector Momentum as Presearch Auction Raises 8.5M PRE
DEPINfer's launch occurs as investor interest in Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN) is demonstrably strong. This trend was recently highlighted by the success of Presearch, a decentralized search engine, whose Series II Node NFT Auction sold out completely. The auction generated more than 8.5 million PRE tokens and attracted 127 unique bidders, doubling participation from its previous sale and signaling accelerating demand for decentralized infrastructure projects.
The robust demand for Presearch's nodes underscores a wider market appetite for community-owned infrastructure that can power AI and other data-intensive applications. By introducing a new token and platform in this environment, TIPS is positioning DEPINfer to attract capital and users from a market actively seeking alternatives to centralized cloud providers.
Solana's Maturing Infrastructure Provides Scalable Foundation
DEPINfer's selection of the Solana blockchain provides a foundation designed for high-throughput and low-cost transactions, which are critical for coordinating a distributed network of GPU providers. The Solana ecosystem continues to advance its capabilities to support such demanding applications. For example, Solayer Labs recently launched the public beta for its InfiniSVM RPC, an interface designed to help the network achieve over 1 million transactions per second (TPS).
These ongoing infrastructure improvements on Solana enhance the viability of projects like DEPINfer, which require significant transaction capacity and low latency to manage real-time compute jobs. As the underlying blockchain becomes more robust, platforms built upon it gain a technical advantage in handling the high-frequency transactions inherent to AI and DePIN workloads.
