Antseed Unveils 20-Provider AI Marketplace as USDC Payments Bypass Aggregators

"AntSeed instead allows buyers to discover providers directly, send requests peertopeer, and settle payments instantly in USDC to a provider's wallet. According to a media statement, the network requires no accounts, no API keys, and has no approval process or central point of control. OpenRouter and similar aggregators helped define the market for unified AI access, but that market does not need to remain centralized, said Shahaf Antwarg, Antseed's cofounder."

"The platform offers an alternative to AI aggregators such as Openrouter, which list models, route all traffic through their own servers, and hold provider earnings until payout. Antseed gives AI consumers and providers a direct, peertopeer alternative where access, reputation, and payments are coordinated by the network rather than a single platform."

"Discovery on Antseed uses the same peertopeer protocol that powers Bittorrent, eliminating reliance on a central server. All transactions are recorded onchain, making track records public, portable, and tamperresistant. The network supports the same API format used by OpenAI and Anthropic, enabling tools such as Claude Code and Cursor to connect by changing a single setting."

"At launch, Antseed includes 20 providers offering frontier models such as GPT and Claude Opus, as well as opensource systems including Kimi and GLM. Nontechnical users can access the marketplace through Antseed's desktop client Antstation."

Antseed launched a decentralized P2P marketplace on May 15 that connects AI consumers directly with model providers. The network removes centralized intermediaries that route traffic through their own servers and delay provider payouts. Buyers discover providers directly, send requests peer-to-peer, and settle payments instantly in USDC to a provider wallet. The design requires no accounts, no API keys, and no approval process or central point of control. Discovery uses a peer-to-peer protocol similar to BitTorrent, avoiding reliance on a central server. Transactions are recorded on-chain, creating public, portable, tamper-resistant track records. The marketplace supports the same API format used by OpenAI and Anthropic, and nontechnical users can access it through the Antstation desktop client.

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