Bittensor’s first crowdfunding platform. Discover new teams. Pledge TAO. And get liftoff 🚀 Open for all: TG @ https://t.co/16ayiZ35IL From @macrozack 🫶bitstarter.aiJoined September 2025
Bittensor: you came, you saw, you crowdfunded @DeSciClaims - and launched a subnet, live in the Louvre.
Thank you to @proofoftalk for letting us take centre stage and prove our community's power.
Claims: complete. Provenonce: imminent.
@ExploitSummit: we're coming for you.
How is Proof of Talk 2026 already over?
We have been picturing this week in our heads since June 2025. And somehow, 2 days have passed so quickly.
We are proud, we are grateful, and we already miss you.
What a privilege it was to host this room.
Join us next year.
These guys are showing the world what’s really possible when you harness the power of the network.
Proud to have launched them onto Bittensor. Keep building 🔥
Today we’re releasing Quasar-Preview!
Our first public proof that the Quasar architecture works at real scale.
[ 18B MoE - 2B active / 5M context ]
Built with Loop Transformer + Quasar attention
Trained on Bittensor through decentralized infrastructure 👇
$TAO - My first pledge with the @bitstarterAI team, for the upcoming @DeSciClaims subnet!
I was in the @taostats room when Claims won the live crowdfunding event, judged by the audience as well as @const_reborn, @mogmachine, @mikecontango, and @macrozack.
The atmosphere was electric, and there was no doubt about who would win that session at the Louvre, just as there was no doubt about the Claims team’s palpable enthusiasm.
More details on this amazing project are coming below, which suggests we have another great team joining Bittensor!
If you want to crowdfund this subnet before it goes live, you still have a bit less than 48 hours. And I do believe this one is gonna break the most funded subnet record!
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Claims is a Bittensor subnet building a canonical claim-evidence graph to solve the replication and data-structuring crisis in science.
Large language models heavily hallucinate when processing scientific literature (e.g., Claude Opus at 62% and GPT-5.2 at 59% on biomedical benchmarks). Claims eliminates this by transforming unstructured scientific text into machine-readable, verified data.
The Core Technology: It leverages SciWeave, an AI assistant tool built by the team that achieved a 0% hallucination rate on the ScholarQABench benchmark.
The Mechanics: Bittensor miners compete to extract structured data from research papers, which are then graded by validators using rigorous, tamper-resistant mathematical reward functions.
Monetization & Market: Claims targets the $20–50B R&D intelligence market and the hyper-growing $5–9B market for high-quality scientific AI training data.
The Team
The project is driven by DeSci Labs and stands out for its elite combination of world-class academic research and deep-tech software engineering:
Dr. Philipp Koellinger (CEO): A Professor of Economics who previously led a 300+ scientist genetics consortium that successfully standardized behavioral genetics data replication. His work is extensively published in top-tier journals like Nature and Science.
Sina Iman (CTO): A veteran engineer specializing in machine learning, cryptography, and blockchain infrastructure. He has a strong industry pedigree, notably serving as an early engineer at Palantir.
Dr. Christian Roessler (Mechanism Design): A Professor of Economics expert in game theory. He is responsible for building the mathematical incentive structures that prevent miner collusion and sybil attacks within the subnet.
The crowdfunding for Claims is still live for another day + 16 hours. You can still join. We'll know after the crowdfunding round closes which subnet slot we got. Exciting 🚀
app.bitstarter.ai/subnets/proof-…
We're hiring a CTO at @bitstarterAI the most innovative incubator in the Bittensor ecosystem.
If you're bittensor:native, have hands-on subnet building experience, strong ML credentials, and can hold your own in a room with founders, partners, and protocol leaders - we want to hear from you.
This is a senior, external-facing leadership role. Not heads-down. You'll shape how we evaluate teams, architecture, and technical risk across our entire portfolio.
UK-based or UK hours. Entrepreneurial mindset. Ownership attitude.
Feel free to send me a DM.
We're hiring 💡
Our new CTO will take charge of one of the biggest jobs in Bittensor: building the best aspiring teams into tomorrow's top subnets.
From leading our Machine Learning track to screening subnet submissions and mentoring founders, this role has it all.
Link ⬇️
We hosted a Machine Learning workshop last week at @proofoftalk featuring the incredible work of @MacrocosmosAI - now help us find the best ML projects out there to build on Bittensor 👇
app.bitstarter.ai/subnets/proof-…
Desktop is currently the easiest experience, but want to pledge from mobile?
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Want to learn more about the finalists?
You'll find their pitch decks through the link above, underneath each team.
Paris saw @DeSciClaims win Proof of Pitch. 🏆
But the crowdfund isn't over. Both teams still need your support to power their launches on Bittensor.
If @provenonce_ai doesn't secure a subnet, all pledged TAO will be returned.
Back a team ↓
The crowdfund is still open. For both finalist teams.
Claims will get a subnet - number dropping soon - but we’ll also have one week to place @provenonce_ai in a subnet of its own.
If we fail to secure a subnet for Provenonce within one week, all the pledged TAO will flow back to pledgers.
For those asking: both teams are cracked. We’re not leaving Provenonce on the table. We’re focused on launching both.
Pledge here → app.bitstarter.ai/subnets/proof-…
The judges voted. You voted.
After 45 minutes live at the Louvre, @DeSciClaims had raised 184 TAO.
Claims wins Proof of Pitch at @proofoftalk 🏆
And now they're launching a subnet on Bittensor - auditing the science that the world runs on.
Proof of Pitch is now underway at @proofoftalk , hosted by @bitstarterAI .
We’re pleased to share the opening speech from @macrozack
The winning team will receive a powerful prize package to fast-track their success:
▫️A fully funded subnet slot sponsored by Bitstarter
▫️Up to 1000T OTC funding from
@UnsupervisedCap
▫️Full support from the Bitstarter team
▫️An exclusive interview with @taotimesdotai
▫️A feature episode on Hash Rate with @markjeffrey
▫️A feature episode on Revenue Search with @MarkCreaser& @SiamKidd
▫️Proof of Talk 2026 investor dinner and 2027 VIP tickets
▫️Incubation program and ongoing fundraising support from @XVentures_Fund
▫️Campaign credits from @Bitcast_network
This is a tremendous opportunity for the winning project to secure funding, visibility, and long-term strategic support.
Best of luck to all the teams competing!
Live pitches. Live judging. Live crowdfund.
The Bitstarter crowdfund comes to the Louvre today as four teams compete for a #Bittensor subnet slot at Proof of Pitch.
Full running order below⬇️
17:15 CET today at @proofoftalk
This is what winning Proof of Pitch gets you. 🏛️
🔲 Fully funded subnet slot - sponsored by bitstarter.ai
💰 Up to 1000T OTC funding from @UnsupervisedCap
🚀 Full Bitstarter support
🎙️ Interview with @taotimesdotai
🎙️ Episode on Hash Rate with @MarkJeffrey
🎙️ Episode on Revenue Search with @MarkCreaser & @SiamKidd
🎟️ Proof of Talk 2026 investor dinner & 2027 VIP tickets
📈 @XVentures_Fund incubation & ongoing fundraising support
📣 @Bitcast_network campaign credits
Four teams pitch tomorrow at the Louvre.
Two finalists advance.
You decide who wins.
bitstarter.ai | 17:15 PM CET | @ProofOfTalk
“You can start with a movement behind you - people who believe in your project before you’ve even launched.”
Ahead of @proofoftalk , @macrozack joined @allan_quantifi at Paris’ Blockchain school @42born2code
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