Bitfury announced a $50 million investment in Gonka, a rapidly expanding decentralized network designed to provide high-efficiency AI computation by enabling global GPU contributors to supply processing power directly to AI workloads. The commitment marks the first investment under Bitfury’s recently launched $1 billion initiative to advance ethical, science-driven emerging technologies.
The investment strengthens the momentum behind Gonka, which Product Science incubated, the U.S. software company founded by Anna, David, Daniil, and Maria Liberman, backed by Coatue Management, Slow Ventures, and K5. Unlike centralized AI compute providers that restrict access through corporate APIs, Gonka allows any hardware owner to contribute capacity for activities such as training, inference, and scientific simulation. The network was launched in August 2025 and has already reached the computational equivalent of more than 6000 NVIDIA H100 GPUs across its distributed host network serving AI inference tasks.
Bitfury’s backing is expected to accelerate the adoption of the Gonka protocol and broaden its ecosystem. The platform is distinguished by its Proof-of-Work model explicitly built for productive computation rather than traditional blockchain consensus tasks. Nearly all contributed GPU power is directed toward active AI workloads rather than nonproductive consensus processes found in many Proof-of-Stake systems. Gonka was also launched without a central foundation or corporate governance vehicle. Control was transferred to an on-chain self-governance mechanism, and its community pool of 120,000,000 GNK, representing 12 percent of the lifetime supply, approved Bitfury’s purchase of $12 million GNK.
The investment aligns with Bitfury’s long-standing efforts to advance resilient and open digital infrastructure across blockchain, AI, and advanced computing. Founded in 2011, the company has evolved into a global technology player supporting institutional development of the digital asset ecosystem while backing innovators on emerging technology frontiers.
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“Decentralized machine intelligence is rapidly emerging as one of the most important frontiers in AI infrastructure, and Gonka is advancing that frontier with exceptional velocity.”
“Decentralized machine intelligence is quickly becoming one of the most important frontiers in AI infrastructure, and Gonka is advancing this frontier with remarkable speed. Their Proof-of-Work model channels hardware power directly toward productive AI workloads, which aligns perfectly with Bitfury’s mission to support open, resilient, and high-impact digital infrastructure. We are excited to contribute our resources and expertise to accelerate the growth of the Gonka ecosystem.”
Val Vavilov, CEO And Co-Founder Of Bitfury
“Bitfury’s participation is a strong validation of the model we designed open, permissionless, and built for productive computation rather than synthetic consensus work. The support of a global infrastructure leader accelerates Gonka’s ability to bring meaningful AI computation to builders, researchers, and innovators everywhere. This is a step forward not only for our community, but for decentralized AI as a whole.”
David Liberman, CTO Of Product Science Inc. And Co-Creator Of The Gonka Protocol
