Bittensor Ecosystem Highlights – January Week 4

By: Victor

Here’s a structured rundown of the most important developments across the Bittensor ecosystem this week, covering subnet milestones, investments, launches, ecosystem updates, and new research and media.

Subnet Updates & Achievements

➤ Templar AI (SN3)
Covenant72B training has been completed, making it the largest model ever trained on decentralized infrastructure.

➤ Score (SN44)
Score introduced Manako AI, its flagship product that converts written descriptions alongside images or videos into a working Vision AI solution.
Max from Score also showcased a live demo of the Manako platform.

➤ Quasar Models (SN24)
Quasar launched Quasar Copilot, with pricing starting at $7 per month for the Standard plan.

➤ Basilica AI (SN39)
Basilica is now officially live.

➤ BabelBit (SN59)
Released a speech-mode LLM-based translation architecture.

➤ Almanac Market (SN41)
The Sportstensor subnet has rebranded to Almanac, and the open beta is now live.

➤ v0iD AI (SN106)
Launched a cross-chain router, enabling users to swap $TAO and subnet tokens directly from MetaMask.

➤ AI Detection (SN32)
Achieved 98.3% accuracy on the RAID Benchmark.

➤ Metanova Labs (SN68)
Teased upcoming frontend improvements.

➤ Leadpoet AI (SN71) x BitSec AI (SN60)
Leadpoet will support BitSec’s mission by helping connect them with strategic partners.

Subnet Investments

➤ Targon Compute (SN4)
Stillcore Capital has invested in Targon.

➤ BitAds AI (SN16)
DSV Fund completed another OTC investment into the SN16 alpha token.

➤ Vericore (SN70)
DSV Fund also completed an additional OTC investment into the SN70 alpha token.

Subnet Launches

➤ Soma Subnet (SN114)
Soma launched as a subnet focused on building MVP servers for Bittensor products.

➤ Djinn (SN103)
Djinn is a new information and execution subnet incubated by Bitstarter AI.

Bittensor Ecosystem

➤ CrunchDAO
Crunch is opening decentralized AI mining on Bittensor to academic and enterprise machine learning scientists.

➤ Opentensor Foundation
Introduced the judging panel for the Opentensor Foundation x Hackquest Bittensor Subnet Ideathon, featuring $18,000+ in cash prizes, access to the Bitstarter AI accelerator, and a potential discretionary investment of up to 1,000 TAO from Unsupervised Capital.

➤ TAOStats
Released a Bittensor price widget for iOS, with Android support coming soon.

➤ TAO OS
TAO OS launched as a new ecosystem application.

Podcasts & Articles

➤ Old Samster Podcast
Conversation with Tom A. Lynch from Actual Inc.

➤ Hash Rate 154
Latest edition by Mark Jeffrey.

➤ State of TAO January 2026
Released by Stillcore Capital.

➤ Fundamental Value Analysis for Bittensor Subnet Tokens
New research report published by Yuma Group.