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Gensyn

gensyn.ai London UK company Series A

Headquarters
London
Sector
infrastructure
Stage
Series A
Incorporated
2020

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What does Gensyn do?

Gensyn is building a network that lets model training run across other people's idle hardware, with cryptographic proof that the work was actually done. The verification is the hard part and the reason the idea has not worked before.

How does Gensyn work?

Distributes training across independent hardware and proves the work was done with cryptographic verification, which is the part that makes trustless compute possible at all.

What does Gensyn offer?

A decentralised compute protocol, in development.

Gensyn designs a decentralized compute protocol that verifies machine learning training tasks completed across distributed hardware. By pairing probabilistic verification proofs with peer-to-peer compute routing, the network allows developers to train complex neural networks on consumer GPUs and independent data centres at lower costs. Founded in 2020 by Ben Fielding and Harry Grieve, it raised a $43m Series A in 2023 led by a16z crypto.

Who runs Gensyn?

Gensyn has 2 currently appointed directors.

Currently appointed officers only, from the Companies House register. Directors who have resigned are excluded — naming someone who left as running the company is worse than naming nobody.

Where is Gensyn based?

Gensyn is headquartered in London. It was incorporated in 2020. Other AI companies in London →

Why does Gensyn matter to a UK operator?

Training on other people's idle hardware, with proof the work was done. The verification is the hard part and the reason earlier attempts failed; worth watching rather than adopting.

Company record

Registered as GENSYN LIMITED, company 12601008, a private limited company, incorporated on 13 May 2020. Registered office: International House, 64 Nile Street, London, England, N1 7SR. SIC 62012 - Business and domestic software development.

Looked up on the register. Of the first 83 numbers supplied to this directory, 12 belonged to entirely different businesses.

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