Bittensor Ecosystem Highlights — October Week 5

Subnet Updates & Achievements

This week, several subnets across the Bittensor ecosystem achieved major milestones — from funding rounds to new integrations, AI breakthroughs, and infrastructure upgrades.

Open Quantum (Subnet 48)

Quantum Computing is now live on Bittensor.
The subnet officially introduced quantum computing capabilities, a massive leap that bridges decentralized intelligence and quantum systems.
🔗 Read more

Targon (Subnet 4)

Secure Targon Compute launched.
Developers can now rent H200 GPUs secured by the Targon Virtual Machine — a major step toward scalable, verifiable decentralized compute.
🔗 Read more

Sundae Bar (Subnet 121)

Closed a £1M funding round.
This raise will accelerate SundaeBar’s mission to expand its decentralized AI infrastructure.
🔗 Read more

Synth Data (Subnet 50)

First subnet to integrate x402.
Their Synth API data is now available on x402, marking a key interoperability milestone.
They also turned $3,000 into $10,000 profit via Polymarket within a month — proving the economic power of on-chain AI intelligence.
🔗 Integration | Performance

Gradients (Subnet 56)

New model dominates benchmarks.
Gradients released a model outperforming top competitors across multiple AI benchmarks — further cementing their subnet as a frontier in decentralized ML.
🔗 See results

Red Team (Subnet 61)

@1inch integrates Innerworks’ AI-based threat detection.
This marks a real-world application of Bittensor AI models in Web3 security — protecting DeFi users at scale.
🔗 Details

Omega Labs (Subnet 24)

Omega Focus Marketplace goes live.
The new P2P Tasks Marketplace lets users exchange work directly through AI coordination.
🔗 Explore

Zeus subnet (Subnet 18)

First weather data provider on x402.
Zeus integrated with x402, expanding decentralized weather intelligence into Bittensor’s interoperable layer.
🔗 Announcement

Data Universe (Subnet 13)

Social data now available on x402.
SN13 becomes another key contributor to the growing x402 ecosystem, enabling social data intelligence for other apps and subnets.
🔗 See post

RESI (Subnet 46)

Raised $300K from @nxtgn_digital.
The investment from NextGen Digital Platforms will fuel further innovation in decentralized resilience intelligence.
🔗 Details

Chutes (Subnet 64)

New operational structure incoming.
Chutes will soon lock all alpha into a smart contract, distributing only APY for operational expenses — a transparent, DAO-aligned model.
🔗 Update

Ridges (Subnet 62)

First product launch this week.
Ridges will launch their first product on Nov 6th, open to the first 100 whitelist and community members.
🔗 Details

Score (Subnet 44) x Lead Poet AI (Subnet 71)

Strategic partnership announced.
Score partnered with Leadpoet to expand growth through a decentralized sales network — strengthening subnet-to-subnet collaboration.
🔗 Announcement

IOTA (Subnet 9)

Model improvement underway.
IOTA shows strong gains in their loss curve, marking steady technical progress.
🔗 See update

TaoFi (Subnet 10)

TAO/USDC pool surpasses $100M in volume.
Since launch, the pool has generated $300K+ in trading fees, reflecting strong DeFi adoption.
🔗 Update

Grail

Upcoming incentive mechanism redesign.
Grail will revamp their tokenomics next week to eliminate sell pressure and align incentives with utilization.
🔗 Details

Subnet Launches

SigmaArena (Subnet 127)

Led by @leomercier, SigmaArena is a new subnet that incentivizes AI trading agent development — merging crypto markets with autonomous agents.
🔗 Learn more

Embryon (Subnet 25)

@KeithSingery is launching Embryon — a subnet where alpha holders vote on which team earns the SN25 slot and funding, introducing a new DAO-driven subnet selection process.
🔗 Announcement

Bittensor Ecosystem Developments

Safello launches the first $TAO ETP

@SafelloAB introduced the Safello Bittensor Staked TAO ETP — listed on Switzerland’s SIX Exchange, marking a major milestone for institutional access to TAO.
🔗 Read more

“The Incentive Layer” Documentary Released

@evert_scott released the second Bittensor documentary, featuring key builders and narratives shaping the decentralized AI revolution.
🔗 Watch now

Talisman Adds dTAO Token Tracking

Users can now trade, stake, send, and receive dTAO alpha tokens directly from Talisman — complete account-level management is now live.
🔗 Details

Podcasts & Media

• Hash Rate #140 — @markjeffrey with @shibshib89 from @CrucibleLabs
  🔗 Listen here
• Hash Rate #141 — @macrozack and @mccrinbc from @bitstarterAI
  🔗 Listen here
• Revenue Search #44 — @SiamKidd & @MarkCrease with @Tom_dot_b and @Will_Mizu from @Bitcast_network
  🔗 Listen here

Final Thoughts

5th week of October once again proves that Bittensor isn’t slowing down. From quantum computing and decentralized weather forecasting to AI trading agents and institutional products, the network’s pace of innovation continues to accelerate.

If the ecosystem keeps building at this rate, it’s only a matter of time before decentralized intelligence rivals the biggest players in traditional AI.