Nillion is a decentralized, privacy-preserving data network that aims to be the world’s first blind computer. Nillion enables multi-party computation (MPC) without disclosing sensitive information, such as input data or AI model parameters, among the parties during processing. This is accomplished through its unique Nil Message Compute (NMC) cryptographic primitive. NMC allows Nillion to distribute data processing across its network of nodes while ensuring confidentiality and eliminating the need for nodes to communicate with each other during the process.

Founded in 2021, Nillion has already raised over $50 million in funding through its Seed (Dec 2022) and Series A (Oct 2024) rounds to develop critical privacy-preserving infrastructure for decentralized AI, healthcare, and DeFi. The network operates on a dual execution layer system. Its Petnet layer manages computation and storage, while its Coordination layer supervises governance and payments, providing developers with tools such as nilAI and nilVM.

Scaling the Nillion Network

First announced in February 2025, this partnership represents a significant step toward scaling the Nillion network. By leveraging io.net’s extensive DePIN infrastructure of globally distributed GPUs, Nillion is able to reduce its overall latency, which is critical for deploying real-time AI protocols, and lower its deployment costs by up to 90% compared to centralized legacy providers.

Improving io.net Offerings

The partnership between Nillion and io.net is win-win. Nillion gains the compute infrastructure required to scale, and io.net benefits from aligning with an innovative decentralized MPC network that requires immense GPU power. This collaboration is expanding io.net’s service capabilities into privacy-preserving applications and creating a steady source of demand for io.net’s providers.

The Future of Nillion and io.net

Nillion and io.net engaged in a proof-of-concept collaboration to integrate GPU-powered computation into Nillion’s clusters before its mainnet launch. As Nillion starts to expand its mainnet, this partnership could pave the way for even more innovative privacy-preserving opportunities, such as the creation of secure DeAI marketplaces and quantum-secure IoT solutions.

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