Grayscale launches new fund for decentralized artificial intelligence with Bittensor, Filecoin, Livepeer, Near, And Render.

Grayscale Investments has launched the Grayscale Decentralized AI Fund, a new actively managed crypto investment product targeting protocols at the intersection of blockchain infrastructure and artificial intelligence and machine learning. The fund is open to accredited investors and is structured to provide diversified exposure to crypto projects building decentralized AI services and infrastructure, or addressing risks and centralization issues emerging from mainstream AI platforms. Grayscale, which manages more than $17 billion in digital-asset products and runs over 20 crypto-focused vehicles including its spot bitcoin ETF, is positioning the new fund as part of a broader strategy to capture demand around AI-themed digital assets. At launch, the fund holds a concentrated basket of five tokens: Bittensor (TAO), Filecoin (FIL), Livepeer (LPT), Near Protocol (NEAR), and Render (RNDR), with NEAR reported as the largest single allocation at roughly one‑third of the portfolio. These assets cover different layers of the decentralized AI stack, from Bittensor’s machine‑learning network to Filecoin’s decentralized storage, Livepeer’s video processing, NEAR’s smart contract and execution layer, and Render’s GPU rendering network. Grayscale plans to rebalance the fund quarterly based on a mandate that focuses on decentralized AI protocols and AI‑related infrastructure, reflecting growing institutional and retail interest in AI‑linked crypto tokens, many of which have significantly outperformed the broader market over the past year. The launch underscores how large crypto asset managers are creating thematic products around AI as a way to channel investor demand into a curated set of on‑chain projects rather than individual token picks.

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