NEAR AI Unveils Decentralized AI Infrastructure Innovations at NEARCON 2026

NEAR AI has made significant strides in its vision for an AI Integrated Super App by introducing two groundbreaking technologies at NEARCON 2026. These innovations aim to address the pressing concerns of security and scalability in decentralized artificial intelligence, enabling enterprises to deploy intelligent systems with confidence.

The first technology release is IronClaw, a secure iteration of the OpenClaw framework. This platform enables artificial intelligence agents to interact with applications, execute workflows, and automate tasks across multiple systems while maintaining confidentiality. Key features include secure execution of AI-driven workflows, isolation between sensitive data and model processing layers, and verifiable logs documenting agent actions.

The second release is the Confidential GPU Marketplace, designed to provide decentralized access to graphics processing units while preserving workload confidentiality. This platform enables companies to rent distributed computing power through a network coordinated by NEAR DCML, a decentralized machine learning layer. The reliance on Trusted Execution Environments ensures that data remains protected even from infrastructure providers hosting the hardware.

NEAR AI's vision for an AI Integrated Super App aims to merge blockchain infrastructure with enterprise AI requirements, addressing long-standing gaps in decentralized computing. By combining privacy-first execution with blockchain verification, this initiative attempts to create a more complete decentralized computing stack.