Last year marked a defining chapter in FLock’s evolution. We started 2025 with our Token Generation Event and mainnet launch, and ended it ready to launch our demand-driven, full-cycle AI development platform.
Since FLock was founded in 2022, we’ve been on a mission to make the development of privacy-preserving decentralised AI that’s secure, equitable and community-driven. Throughout the year, the team launched many products, cemented phenomenal partnerships, published academic papers and co-hosted numerous events, including our first FLockCON.
This blog outlines the milestones that shaped the year and the foundations we have laid for long-term sustainability.
Partnerships in the public and private sectors
FLock’s new partnerships cemented its place not just in the ecosystem but in the wider world with practical use cases. It has demonstrated how privacy-preserving AI can be applied to drug discovery and manufacturing to benefit the industry without sharing sensitive data.
We forged relationships with a long list of incredible organisations and companies: UNDP, GSR Markets, Animoca Brands, HashKey HSK, AIGEN Sciences, HBV International, CIMG Inc, DIMO Network, Beacon Protocol, OneKey, Codatta, Questflow, Pieverse, Eden, 0xifini, Deluthium, OpenGradient, Aethir and Acurast.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
The UNDP selected FLock.io as its new AI Strategic Partner. As a mentor, we are supporting pilot projects in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Blockchain Accelerator, and its global hackathons.
FLock supported initiatives aligned with the UN SDGs contributing to responsible AI infrastructure across member states. Blockchain is leaping ahead in fostering international development, but there’s potential for far more. Our focus is climate risk modelling, inclusive energy planning, social protection, and transparent supply chains.
To name a one, in Latin America and the Caribbean, collaboration with the University of Cambridge advanced a blockchain platform integrating parametric climate insurance, gender-responsive lending, and micro-savings to improve resilience and financial inclusion for underserved communities.
Qwen by Alibaba Cloud
FLock partnered with Qwen: a tier 1 open-source LLM, developed by Alibaba Cloud. This marked the first time a major Web2 LLM has chosen to deeply integrate with a decentralised training platform. Then, in August we co-hosted a hackathon for students from leading Korean universities.
Yet more partnerships
Animoca Brands selected FLock as its strategic DeAI training partner, initiating the development of a venture capital research model using federated learning techniques to analyse investment data and deliver insights to venture funds participating in the FL Alliance.
With AIGEN Sciences and Professor Jaewoo Kang, co-creator of BioBERT, FLock applied privacy-preserving AI to drug discovery, enabling hospitals and research institutions to collaborate securely without sharing sensitive data.
Furthermore, we have established two Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) companies listed on the Nasdaq and HKEx. Unlike purely passive DATs – such as Microstrategy – our focus is on partnering with entities that integrate FLock’s privacy-preserving AI technologies.
FLock partnered with CIMG Inc. (NASDAQ: IMG) to develop LifeNode, an AI-driven wellness platform that secures user privacy via decentralized infrastructure. Similarly, our deployment with MBV International (1957.HK) in the manufacturing sector demonstrated significant productivity gains while maintaining strict data protection standards.
Key launches
Mainnet launch and Token Generation Event (TGE) on Base
On December 31, 2024, we announced the official launch of our mainnet on Base. This launch coincided with the Token Generation Event (TGE) for our native token, FLOCK, which serves as our utility token and debuted on Bybit.
From the outset, the launch of the FLock mainnet on Base represented a critical inflection point. Within one week of launch, the network surpassed 100 delegation pools and reached 2.8 million FLOCK tokens staked, reflecting strong early confidence from validators and the wider community.
This momentum continued throughout the year. By October 31, 2025, the network had grown to 262 validators, 1,416 delegators, and 55,928 token holders, demonstrating both decentralisation and broad participation.
Digital Currency Group (DCG) and A41, Korea’s largest validator by total staked assets, joined the network as a validator on the FLock mainnet.
FLock Web3 AI Agent Model’s accuracy surpassed industry-leading LLMs
The team unveiled the FLock Web3 Foundation Model trained, based on Qwen by Alibaba, in March. Its accuracy surpassed industry-leading proprietary LLMs. It was immediately snapped up by io.net, OpenGradient and Hashkey Chain, showing how AI agents can deliver real-world value and become indispensable tools for on-chain intelligence, DeFi, and beyond.
The model replaced the on-chain part of Claude on Base MCP, positioning FLock as the underlying intelligence layer for Base’s emerging AI-agent infrastructure.
FLockOFF on Bittensor
The launch of the new Bittensor subnet (UID 96) FLock OFF, accelerated by Yuma, addressed edge AI’s need for dense, high-quality datasets built for training on lightweight, local devices. It’s our answer to a foundational challenge in federated learning: how do you build a dataset that’s small in size but massive in knowledge?
Bittensor is a permissionless federated learning network optimised for Small Language Models (SLMs) training on edge devices.
API Platform
FLock launched its OpenAI SDK-compatible API Platform on platform.flock.io. It’s an easy way to create API keys to use with AI models, allowing developers to seamlessly build, integrate and scale AI-powered applications.
Tokenomics 2.0 with gmFLOCK and AI Arena v2.1
Following AI Arena v2.0 (May 2025), the November v2.1 update revamped the reward distribution to be fairer and to promote long-term growth within the ecosystem. We introduced a host of powerful features: a new token called gmFLOCK, delegation pools, and DAO integration.
The token economy remained a priority throughout the year. Tokenomics v2 – gmFLOCK – was designed to provide greater incentive for long-term builders. The more recent tokenomics v2.1 upgrade ensures fairer rewards for training nodes and validators that receive a delegation while mitigating market imbalance after the conclusion of training tasks.
Next, FLock prepared for the launch of Tokenomics v3, known as Moonbase. This consists of two core components: the API Platform, which we launched on September 15, and the upcoming FLock Model Launchpad, which we proudly name FOMO (aka. FLock Open Model Offering).
Research papers and awards 🎓
FLock reinforced its global standing at the forefront of DeAI research. The company was named among the CB Insights AI 100, identifying it as one of the world’s most promising AI companies. FLock won Best Application at the IEEE Global Blockchain Conference, alongside continued recognition for its award-winning academic research.
We partnered with leading academics from the National University of Singapore and HPC-AI Tech to advance research in large-scale decentralised learning and high-performance computing. FLock sponsored ETHGold at the University of Oxford’s Mathematical Institute and the Imperial College London AI Arena Hackathon.
One of FLock’s system design papers detailing the AI Arena architecture was accepted for presentation at the World Wide Web Conference 2025, the world’s largest and most influential academic gathering focused on the evolution of web technologies.
Award-winning paper on global healthcare transformed by blockchain-enabled federated learning
Global healthcare is due for a shake-up by blockchain-enabled federated learning (BCFL). We’re so sure it can break data silos that we authored an award-winning paper on the topic: “Multi-Continental Healthcare Modelling Using Blockchain-Enabled Federated Learning”.
We propose a framework using datasets from Europe, North America and Asia, and try it out on glucose management, to tackle how the issues of data privacy are holding back AI development.
FLock was delighted to receive the Best Application Award at the IEEE Global Blockchain Conference.
Other key papers included:
- “How to Fully Unleash the Productivity of Agentic AI: Decentralized Agentic Swarm Network” presented at the CFAgentic Workshop at ICML 2025.
- “AIArena: A Blockchain-Based Decentralized AI Training Platform” presented at the DAI 2025.
- “Scaling Decentralized Learning with FLock” presented at the 1st Workshop on AI for Real-world Challenges (AI4RWC) co-located with the 24th International Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology (WI-IAT 2025).
Event highlights
FLock spoke at or co-hosted over 20 events across the globe. Highlights included speaking on the main stage at WebSummit Qatar, where it was recognised as a leading start-up within the global technology landscape.
FLockCON debut in Seoul
Our FLockCON debut at Korea Blockchain Week (KBW) Sept 22-28 in Seoul was a huge moment. Co-hosted with Base’s AI Onchain Summer, it showed just how fast the AI x Web3 frontier is moving. See the full keynote recap with speaker highlights and photos here, and our YouTube videos here.
FLockCon is our global event series aligned with major blockchain weeks, uniting DeAI builders through theme-based meetups, curated panels, workshops, and hands-on hackathons. Its two goals are clear:
- Strengthen ecosystem ties by connecting community members, developers, KOLs, and close collaborators.
- Attract new builders by inviting more developers and DeAI enthusiasts to join and build with FLock.
Looking ahead: the 2026 roadmap
Looking ahead to 2026, FLock is entering a new phase focused on institutional scale. The monumental launch of FLock Open Model Offering (FOMO) finalises FLock’s evolution into a full-cycle AI platform with a balanced supply-demand ecosystem that drives innovation across the industry. It makes the creation of specialised, high-value AI models a financially sustainable and profitable activity, without requiring the central control of a major centralised corporation.
Our priority will be to deepen adoption across Web2 sectors, with a particular emphasis on major financial institutions, governments, large technology firms, and transportation and infrastructure operators.
As we enter the next phase, we can’t wait to see where our team and community take us. Stay engaged, stay inspired, and stay with us as we step into an exciting future.
