Together AI and Pearl Research Labs Partner to Lower AI Inference Costs with Crypto-Based Model

Jul 11, 2026

Together AI has partnered with Pearl Research Labs to launch a discounted inference endpoint for the Gemma-4-31B-it-pearl model. The service leverages a 'Proof of Useful Work' mechanism, converting AI workloads into cryptocurrency emissions to help reduce inference costs.

Why it matters: This partnership introduces a novel economic model that could lower the cost of running large language models by integrating cryptocurrency incentives.

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