Sahara AI’s 2024-2025 Roadmap: A User-Centric Vision for AI Infrastructure

The world of artificial intelligence is evolving rapidly, and Sahara AI is at the forefront of this transformation. Our mission is to create a decentralized ecosystem where AI developers, data labelers, resource providers, and end-users all work together to drive AI innovation and progress.

Sahara AI is a platform where everyone can create and monetize AI models, datasets, and applications in a collaborative space, built on the Sahara Blockchain. Our platform bridges the gap between developers and non-developers, enabling anyone to participate in the AI economy from Day 01, building the foundation for a more equitable, user-centric AI future.

This roadmap represents more than technological advancements; it’s a reflection of our commitment to transparency, accessibility, and collaboration. Together, we’re building AI that works for everyone.

Here’s what’s ahead:

Q4 2024: Data Services and Testnet Launch

In December 2024 we successfully launched the first phase of our testnet with our Data Services Platform. Participants earn rewards by collecting, refining, and labeling datasets—essential tasks that enhance AI model performance.

This launch bridges the gap between developers and data contributors, ensuring that anyone, not just developers, can participate in and benefit from the AI economy on our platform from day 01. Their contributions will help build the foundation for a more equitable, user-centric AI ecosystem.

Season 1 is now live! We will onboard participants from our waitlist in a phased approach over the next quarter before expanding access to the general public. This ensures a smooth rollout and a high-quality experience for early contributors. Season 2 will begin in Q1 2025, onboarding more contributors and introducing additional ways to earn rewards while directly shaping AI’s future.

Ready to contribute? Join the community waitlist for Season 2.

Q1 2025: AI Marketplace

In early 2025, model and app developers will gain new tools to build, train, and deploy their AI. In Q1 we will launch our AI Marketplace, introduce limited access to developer tools, and expand our Data Services Platform. 

The Sahara AI Marketplace will serve as an end-to-end hub where developers can explore, customize, and deploy AI models and pipelines, while also accessing high-quality data, scalable compute resources, and encrypted vaults. All with full transparency—all tracked on-chain. By the end of Q1 2025, our Data Services Platform will expand, enabling developers to crowdsource data collection, refinement, and labeling to streamline model development. 

Phase one of our Early Access Program will enable AI model and app developers to test RAG pipelines using data from our Data Marketplace—or import their own—and launch early-stage apps. As we build to our open release at the end of the quarter, more features will slowly roll out. If you’d like to be one of the first to try it, be sure to sign up for our Early Access Waitlist.

Q2 2025: Sahara Studio 

Mid-2025 will introduce Sahara Studio—a comprehensive suite of tools to streamline AI development:

• Model Training Toolkit: Fine-tune models for accuracy and performance.

• Model Deployment Toolkit: Deploy AI models efficiently at scale.

• Model Orchestration Toolkit: Optimize and manage workflows across multiple models in real-time.

Together, our AI Marketplace and Sahara Studio developer tools create a seamless, end-to-end environment for building and scaling AI applications while fostering a collaborative developer community.

Interested in early access? Sign up for Developer Early Access.

Q3 2025: Sahara Chain Mainnet 

The launch of the Sahara Chain Mainnet in mid-2025 delivers the on-chain infrastructure needed to support decentralized AI at scale. Designed with scalability, security, and transparency in mind, Sahara Chain Mainnet ensures trusted workflows for AI model development and deployment.

Everyone from individual developers to startups and larger enterprises will benefit from secure, transparent provenance of models and data, trusted transactions, and new opportunities to monetize AI assets—from datasets to models and beyond. This milestone paves the way for a robust, equitable AI ecosystem where innovation thrives, and individual contributions are rewarded.

Join our Inclusive, Collaborative AI Ecosystem

Sahara AI’s 2024-2025 roadmap reflects our commitment to creating tools and infrastructure that advance decentralized AI while empowering everyone to meaningfully participate in and benefit from AI’s advancements.

Whether you’re contributing data through our Data Services Platform, building and deploying models on our AI Marketplace, or using our on-chain infrastructure, each milestone represents a step toward a more equitable and collaborative AI ecosystem.

The future of AI will be built on trust, transparency, and innovation—and we invite you to be part of it.

Join the community waitlist, explore dev early access, and help redefine what’s possible with AI.