Lilypad x Swan

Alison HaireAlison Haire
3 min read

Lilypad is thrilled to announce a new strategic partnership with Swan - a decentralized compute marketplace and incentive platform for GPU providers, ecosystem partners, and Web3 communities.

Together, we are connecting Swanโ€™s compute leasing and community questing systems with Lilypadโ€™s decentralized AI-first job architecture to grow supply, bootstrap usage, and ignite public awareness.

Details of Partnership - Synergistic Strengths

Lilypad provides:

  • Decentralized compute infrastructure purpose-built for AI model hosting, inference, and agentic workflows

  • A modular API-first job engine with blockchain-coordinated payments and provenance

  • A growing network of builders deploying ML modules, AI agents, and custom applications

Swan brings:

  • Global access to GPU supply through trusted relationships with compute providers

  • Infrastructure orchestration tools optimized for Web3-native, demand-driven deployments

  • A track record of supporting builders and compute-focused projects through technical and business support

Together, Lilypad and Swan create a pipeline from GPU liquidity to application-layer value, with integrated tooling for both compute provisioning and viral ecosystem growth.

Practical Synergies (Short-Term)

  • Co-launch of marketing quest initiatives, allowing users to earn points across both Swan and Lilypad ecosystems

  • AI model developers can deploy on Lilypad with guaranteed access to compute

  • Compute providers participating in Swan can route idle GPU to real AI workloads on-chain

Use cases available now:

  • AI developers can deploy models to Lilypad and rely on Swan-backed GPU supply

  • Web3 users can earn incentives through cross-ecosystem campaign quests

  • Both communities can co-earn rewards for cross-promotion and usage

Roadmap Collaboration (Mid-Term)

In the coming months, Lilypad and Swan will:

  • Expand the integration of Swan-sourced GPU into Lilypad's verifiable compute network

  • Launch joint case studies showcasing public infrastructure powering real AI workloads

  • Provide builders with simplified onboarding documentation and real-time provider benchmarking dashboards

Together, we are building the connective tissue between decentralized compute sourcing and decentralized AI execution.

Strategic Value - Benefits for the Ecosystem

This partnership unlocks:

  • Steady supply for AI workloads with global distribution

  • Confidence for builders deploying latency-sensitive jobs

  • A working model of decentralized coordination between compute sourcing and AI application layers

Benefits for the Web3 and OSS ecosystem:

  • Demonstrates modular composability between infra providers

  • Provides a blueprint for sustainable DePIN incentive alignment

Benefits for developers and users:

  • Easier deployment of AI models without worrying about compute constraints

  • Greater geographic availability of compute nodes

  • Lower friction, cost, and wait time for AI job execution

Long-Term Vision - Open Compute + AI Collaboration

We believe infrastructure primitives like compute, storage, orchestration, and incentives should not be siloed.

Lilypad and Swan are demonstrating how aligned ecosystems can:

  • Bootstrap liquidity across multiple layers: GPU, agent, and community

  • Design public incentive systems that reward participation and usage

  • Co-develop the playbook for next-generation decentralized infrastructure projects

Together, we are contributing to a future where compute is as composable, decentralized, and accessible as code.

Future Outlook

Immediate next steps:

  • Announce partnership publicly across channels

  • Launch first round of Lilypad x Swan quests and community incentive tracks

  • Integrate Swan GPUs into the Lilypad provider onboarding flow

Long-term:

  • Co-managed decentralized compute incentive systems

  • Ongoing joint token programs and community campaigns

  • Deeper protocol-level integration between Swan job leasing and Lilypad's verifiable execution layer


๐Ÿ“ Explore Swan: swanchain.io๐Ÿ“ Deploy on Lilypad: lilypad.tech

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Alison Haire
Alison Haire

Let's talk about the real things. Founder @ Lilypad Compute Network prev-@Protocol Labs | @Filecoin | @Lilypad_Tech PM | Advisor @GodwokenRises | prev-@IBM TechJam Podcast Co-Host | coder, engineer, dog lover ๐Ÿ•, global citizen ๐ŸŒ, entrepreneur ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป, aspiring francophone ๐Ÿฅ