{"id":10723,"date":"2026-03-20T19:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T19:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/bittensor-tao-surges-28-as-nvidia-ceo-huang-praises-open-ai-models\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T19:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T19:13:09","slug":"bittensor-tao-surges-28-as-nvidia-ceo-huang-praises-open-ai-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinsvalue.net\/blog\/bittensor-tao-surges-28-as-nvidia-ceo-huang-praises-open-ai-models\/","title":{"rendered":"Bittensor (TAO) Surges 28% As Nvidia CEO Huang Praises Open AI Models"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bittensor\u2019s TAO ripped higher on Thursday and topped in early European trading on Friday after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang highlighted the project on the All-In podcast<\/a>, pushing the token from $243.5 to $310.6 before it cooled to $298.1 by press time.<\/p>\n

The move put one of crypto\u2019s most closely watched AI-linked assets back in focus, not because Huang endorsed the token directly, but because he treated the underlying technical milestone as meaningful in a much bigger debate over open AI infrastructure.<\/p>\n

The moment came when Chamath Palihapitiya pointed Huang to what he called a \u201cpretty crazy technical accomplishment\u201d inside \u201cthis crypto project called Bittensor.\u201d He described a recent training run on Subnet 3 in which participants used distributed excess compute to train a Llama model \u201ctotally distributed\u201d while still managing the process statefully.<\/p>\n

Nvidia CEO Responds To Bittensor’s Accomplishment<\/h2>\n

Huang\u2019s immediate reaction was brief but memorable: \u201cOur modern version of Folding@home.\u201d<\/p>\n

That line mattered because it effectively reframed Bittensor\u2019s latest milestone in language traditional tech audiences already understand. Folding@home was one of the most recognizable examples of decentralized volunteer computers; Huang\u2019s comparison suggested he viewed Bittensor\u2019s experiment less as crypto theater and more as a legitimate expression of distributed coordination.<\/p>\n

In the context of TAO\u2019s price action, traders appeared to read that as external validation from one of the most influential executives in AI hardware.<\/p>\n

Huang then widened the discussion beyond Bittensor itself and into the structure of the AI market. \u201cI believe we fundamentally need models as first-class products, proprietary products, as well as models as open source. These two things are not A or B, it\u2019s A and B. There\u2019s no question about it,\u201d he said. He followed that with an even sharper distinction: \u201cModels are a technology, not a product. Models are technology, not a service.\u201d<\/p>\n

He spent the next stretch explaining why that dual-track model matters. For general-purpose consumer use, Huang said most people will continue to prefer turnkey services rather than fine-tuning their own systems. \u201cI would really, really love not to go fine-tune my own. I would really love to keep using ChatGPT. I love to use Claude. I love to use Gemini. I love to use X,\u201d he said, arguing that this horizontal layer of AI products \u201cis thriving\u201d and \u201cis going to be great.\u201d<\/p>\n

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On the @theallinpod<\/a> this week, @chamath<\/a> asked @nvidia<\/a> CEO Jensen Huang about decentralized AI training, calling our Covenant-72B run “a pretty crazy technical accomplishment.”<\/p>\n

One correction: it’s 72 billion parameters, not four. Trained permissionlessly across 70+ contributors\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/BN0tWG66e8<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 templar (@tplr_ai) March 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But he drew a hard line when it came to industry-specific deployment, saying domain expertise \u201chas to be captured in a way that they can control,\u201d and that \u201cit can only come from open models.\u201d<\/p>\n

That distinction goes to the heart of why Bittensor reacted so violently. While Huang didn\u2019t make a token call, or presented Bittensor as the winner of open AI, he did endorse the coexistence of proprietary and open model ecosystems, while acknowledging that specialized industries will need more controllable, open foundations.<\/p>\n

At press time, TAO traded at $297.0<\/p>\n

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