By: Victor
March Week 2 marked a symbolic period for the Bittensor ecosystem, with major technical breakthroughs, new subnet launches, ecosystem funding, and growing institutional attention. From the largest decentralized LLM training run ever completed to encryption breakthroughs in AI inference and a wave of new infrastructure subnets, the network continues to expand across AI, data, compute, and media applications.
Here are the most important developments across the ecosystem this week.
Subnet Updates & Achievements
Templar (SN3)
Templar achieved a major milestone by completing Covenant-72B, the largest decentralized LLM pre-training run in history. This training run demonstrates the growing capability of decentralized infrastructure to compete with centralized AI labs in large-scale model development. The announcement post racked up over 1.6M views on Twitter. More details are available here.
Chutes (SN64)
Chutes shipped end-to-end encryption for AI inference, a significant step toward privacy-preserving AI services running on decentralized infrastructure. Learn more about the release here.
The team also announced a research partnership with a Harvard University research group focused on improving AI inference efficiency. More information is available here.
Additionally, Claude Code running on Chutes now operates through an end-to-end encrypted proxy, strengthening privacy guarantees for developer workflows. See the announcement here.
Score (SN44)
Score released a new console designed for its Vision AI tasks, providing developers with improved tools to interact with and test vision-based challenges on the subnet. Read more here.
Bitcast (SN93)
Bitcast reported that its X incentive mechanism is already generating approximately 30% profit relative to miner emissions. The team also announced that its new X platform will go live soon, signaling continued expansion of decentralized social media infrastructure. More details can be found here.
Data (SN13)
The subnet’s social media data collection application has surpassed 2,500 subscribers, indicating growing demand for decentralized data pipelines. See the announcement here.
ReadyAI (SN33)
The llms.txt standard is now live on SN33, contributing to improved AI indexing and discovery capabilities. Learn more here.
Soma (SN114)
Soma launched its first competition alongside its subnet dashboard, encouraging community participation and experimentation within the subnet. More details are available here.
Minos (SN107)
Minos updated its official website and published its full roadmap, outlining the subnet’s development plans and long-term strategy. See the update here.
Vidaio (SN85)
Vidaio unveiled several important updates, including changes to its incentive model, new strategic direction, and feedback on revenue performance. Learn more here.
Trishool (SN23)
Trishool introduced its Phase 2 vision, outlining the next stage of its development roadmap. Read the announcement here.
Hermes (SN82)
Hermes published its 2026 roadmap, giving the community insight into the subnet’s upcoming priorities and long-term plans. More details are available here.
Bitsec (SN60)
Bitsec released Incentive Mechanism v3, introducing updates to how the subnet rewards participants. Learn more here.
DeSearch (SN22)
DeSearch teased an upcoming platform designed to convert online signals into measurable growth, hinting at new analytics and intelligence capabilities for the ecosystem. See the teaser here.
Handshake (SN58)
The Handshake subnet received investment from DSV Fund, which acquired SN58’s alpha token, highlighting continued venture interest in subnet-level assets. Read more here.
New Subnets
Beam (SN105)
Beam launched as a decentralized bandwidth infrastructure protocol subnet, aiming to expand the network’s capabilities in distributed connectivity and data transport. Learn more here.
Leoma (SN99)
Leoma is a new subnet focused on AI-generated video, incentivizing the development of text-to-image-to-video models within the Bittensor ecosystem.
Vocence (SN102)
Vocence is a new subnet dedicated to voice intelligence, incentivizing the creation of advanced voice and speech models. More information is available here.
Bittensor Ecosystem
Proof of Talk Event
Proof of Talk announced that it will renew its Bittensor track at the next event taking place at the Louvre in Paris on June 2–3, 2026, signaling continued recognition of decentralized AI as a major emerging sector. See the announcement here.
General Tensor Funding
General Tensor announced that it has raised $5 million across its pre-seed and seed funding rounds, strengthening the infrastructure and builder ecosystem around Bittensor. Learn more here.
TAO Times Returns
The TAO Times newsletter has officially returned, bringing back another media outlet dedicated to covering the Bittensor ecosystem. See the announcement here.
Podcasts & Articles
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis hosted a podcast episode featuring MogMachine and the Hippius subnet, discussing developments around decentralized AI and Bittensor. Watch the episode here.
Bittensor Masterclass at NUS
A Bittensor masterclass was delivered by Const Reborn at the National University of Singapore, helping introduce decentralized AI concepts to a new generation of builders and researchers. See the session here.
TAO.com Podcast
TAO.com released Episode 10 featuring Carrot and Swamination from Yuma, covering key ecosystem topics and developments. Watch the episode here.
DeSciPilled Podcast
The DeSciPilled podcast featured Micaela Bazo and Pennapdr from MetaNova Labs, discussing decentralized science and drug discovery innovations. Listen to the discussion here.
Gordon Frayne Podcast
TPN Labs appeared on the Gordon Frayne podcast to discuss developments within the ecosystem. Watch the episode here.
Yuma Group Podcast
Yuma Group released a podcast episode featuring Vericore, exploring developments in decentralized AI markets. Watch the episode here.
Subnet Summer AMA
Subnet Summer hosted an AMA with Barbarian7676, discussing developments within the Bittensor community. Watch the session here.
Opinion Article
Samster published an article titled “Everything Becomes an Optimization Problem,” exploring broader philosophical and technological implications of optimization-driven systems. Read the article here.
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