Oryon
Portfolio indexActive · Series A · 2024
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Gensyn

CategoryAI · Training
HeadquartersLondon
FoundersBen Fielding, Harry Grieve
— Overview

Gensyn operates a decentralized network for large-scale machine learning training, letting model developers rent verifiable compute across a distributed operator network at prices well below hyperscaler alternatives.

The core technical innovation is a probabilistic verification scheme that lets the network confirm that a training step was executed correctly without re-running it — a design that makes distributed ML training economically viable at scale.

Following the 2024 Series A, Gensyn is preparing the network for mainnet launch with a growing operator base and partnerships with three of the largest independent ML labs outside the top four US foundation model companies.

— By the numbers
6.8K
GPU nodes
220
Testnet participants
48K GPU-hrs
Compute/day
2020
Founded
— Investment
Round
Series A 2024
Our role
Participant
Check size
$4M
Co-investors
a16z crypto · CoinFund · Framework Ventures
— Our thesis

Decentralized ML training with a novel verification design. We participated in the Series A on the thesis that compute economics forces disaggregation.

— Team
BF

Ben Fielding

CEO & Co-Founder
HG

Harry Grieve

Co-Founder
OK

Ollie Klopper

Head of Research
AS

Adithya Sriram

Head of Engineering
— Timeline
  1. 2020Founded by Ben Fielding and Harry Grieve
  2. 2022Verification research published
  3. Q2 2024Oryon Series A
  4. H2 2026Mainnet target
— Latest update

Testnet live with three major ML lab partnerships. Mainnet planned for H2 2026.

— In the press

Gensyn's verification scheme is the first credible answer to how you decentralize ML training.

Semafor, 2024