OORT Insider

Greetings, OORT fam!

Welcome to OORT Insider, your biweekly gateway into the world of decentralized AI and our ever-evolving ecosystem.

📆 The new year has arrived, and OORT is hitting the ground running. Following a monumental 2025, we are shifting our focus toward scaling enterprise adoption, expanding our global alliance, and delivering the next generation of decentralized AI infrastructure.

Product Developments

• DataHub Reinforcement Learning (RLHF): Our RLHF services are now scaling to meet the demands of the $17B+ AI fine-tuning market. With our recent integration into Google Cloud, Databricks, and Snowflake, OORT’s decentralized datasets are now reaching traditional enterprise giants.

• Edge AI Evolution: We are continuing the work on Edge AI Agents for DataHub. By shifting processing from centralized servers to the edge, we are significantly reducing latency while ensuring data privacy, a key differentiator as we compete with traditional AI clouds.

• Deimos II Progress: The next phase of our node network is underway, embedding advanced data-cleaning and labeling algorithms directly into Deimos II nodes. This allows for complex AI workflows to be handled entirely within the OORT decentralized network. Application for Ecosystem Partners is open.

• OORT has been ranked #3 in #DePIN category on Messari, industry-leading crypto intelligence platform.

Ecosystem Updates

• We are excited to announce that OORT, in collaboration with the United Nations, will be co-hosting a series of closed door events in 2026. This partnership aims to accelerate decentralized AI adoption in developing regions, including Latin America and the MENA region.

• Year Wrapped: In 2025, OORT solidified its position as the world’s largest decentralized data collection platform, scaling to over 350,000 contributors and achieving front-page recognition on Google's Kaggle. By merging edge AI hardware like Deimos II with strategic ecosystem partnerships, we have successfully transformed raw global data into a high-standard, liquid asset for the future of AI. Read in depth.

• OORT is excited to partner with Silencio, a decentralized data network that rewards smartphone users for contributing anonymized noise-level measurements to power AI models, smart cities, and environmental research.

Community Buzz

• New Raffle Sprint with 5 smartphones from Tevau, until Jan 31st (UTC). Use DataHub to win your phone now!

• Big congratulations to our latest Raffle Sprint winner! As a dedicated long-term supporter, he has chosen to exchange the iPhone 17 Pro for $OORT tokens to hold. We are honored by this vote of confidence in the OORT ecosystem.

Social Media Highlights

• The first word you see here will describe your 2026. Check it now.

• 2025 was the year to build the foundation, 2026 is when we move from team-led to community-driven activities. Tune in now.

Content Highlights

• Privacy leaks and algorithm bias broke the internet we know. Ethically sourced data is the new digital gold. Learn why.

OORT in the Spotlight

• In a new Authority Magazine interview, Dr. Max Li shares how AI leaders can build systems that are safe, ethical, and responsible starting with data. Read more

• Dr. Max Li was honored in Marquis Who’s Who for his expertise in education, technology, and decentralized artificial intelligence. What does this mean?

Thank you for supporting OORT! For real-time updates and the latest on all things OORT, make sure to follow us on X and join our Telegram community to be part of the conversation. Let’s build the future of DeAI together! We’re thrilled about what’s to come and can’t wait to share more updates with you soon.

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