Updates
Apr 1, 2025
M&A Announcement
Tensora has officially acquired Bittensor Guru, the sixth-largest validator in the Bittensor network by stake.
This development marks a notable boost in Tensora’s position within the Bittensor ecosystem, reinforcing its role in decentralized artificial intelligence and blockchain infrastructure.
The Bittensor Guru validator has now been rebranded to the 'TAO.com' validator. The acquisition includes Guru’s founder, Keith Singrey, joining Tensora as Chief Evangelist.
Gyles Foster, the Co-Founder at Tensora said,
"We see TAO.com as an essential building block to usher in the retail phase of releasing incentivized commodities built on Bittensor. We are thrilled to partner with Keith and will continue to scale Tensora across our mining and subnet endeavors!"
The road ahead
So far, Bittensor has seen quite an expansion in its ecosystem, with the network nurturing more than 78 active subnets in the past year alone, alongside several others under development.
The latest development has managed to draw significant interest from the AI community and investors looking for alternatives to centralized entities.
In a nutshell, Tensora’s acquisition of the Bittensor Guru validator represents a strategic step toward further integrating decentralized AI applications.
The company has also revealed plans to expand its team with key hires across the Bittensor ecosystem, which will be announced soon.
By establishing itself as a homegrown asset manager within Bittensor, Tensora is looking to drive the network’s adoption and support its long-term development.
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