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Theta EdgeCloud Gains Customer Momentum in the US with the Addition of Michigan State University
January 20, 2025 – Theta Labs has recently announced a significant milestone in their expansion into the US market with the addition of Michigan State University’s SEIT Lab to their growing list of customers. The partnership underscores Theta’s commitment to supporting academic research and innovation in AI-powered technologies.
The SEIT Lab, led by Professor Qiben Yan, is a prominent research group focused on advancing AI and blockchain technology. Their work has been recognized for its groundbreaking contributions in areas such as adversarial robustness, secure transaction frameworks, and decentralized computing. By joining Theta EdgeCloud, the lab will have access to a decentralized cloud platform that enables efficient training and deployment of AI models.
Professor Yan’s team at SEIT Lab is expected to leverage this infrastructure to accelerate their research in secure AI, federated learning, and blockchain-powered systems. “We’re thrilled to welcome Michigan State University and the SEIT Lab to Theta EdgeCloud,” said Mitch Liu, co-founder and CEO of Theta Labs. “We believe that our platform can help Professor Yan’s team scale various AI projects that require high-performance computing cost-efficiently.”
The partnership highlights Theta’s growing presence in the US academic community, following a series of successful collaborations with top-tier institutions such as University of Oregon. The company has already established a strong foothold in Asia, securing partnerships with eight of the top 10 South Korean universities.
In his statement, Professor Yan emphasized the potential benefits of this collaboration: “Theta EdgeCloud can help us push the boundaries of decentralized technology by enabling our team to scale AI projects that require high-performance computing cost-efficiently. We believe that this will lead to groundbreaking research in secure intelligent systems for IoT and AI applications.”
This development marks a significant milestone in Theta’s US expansion strategy, which aims to position the company as a leading provider of decentralized cloud infrastructure for AI, media, and entertainment. With their innovative platform, they are poised to revolutionize the way researchers and developers approach complex projects.
About Theta Labs:
Theta Labs is the leading provider of decentralized cloud infrastructure for AI, media, and entertainment powered by a global network of 30,000 distributed edge nodes and a native blockchain.
Source: zycrypto.com
