In brief
- Telegram launched Cocoon, a decentralized AI compute network on TON that pays GPU owners in crypto for powering private AI tasks.
- Telegram will use Cocoon internally, integrating it into Mini Apps and AI tools for its billion-plus users.
- The project challenges Big Tech’s dominance, positioning TON as an open, user-controlled alternative to AWS and Azure.
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov took to the stage at Blockchain Life 2025 in Dubai on Wednesday to announce Cocoon, a decentralized AI compute network built on The Open Network (TON) blockchain that will pay GPU owners in Toncoin for powering private AI inference.
The network, formally called the Confidential Compute Open Network, will launch in November with Telegram as its first…
Oct 29 2025
