AI is no longer just a technology—it is becoming the infrastructure of power. Yet, its development remains locked behind the walls of a few dominant corporations, whose control over massive, proprietary data centers gives them outsized influence over the trajectory of its development. This stronghold of centralized power raises fundamental questions: Who decides the future of AI? Who benefits from its intelligence? And who is left behind?

The barriers to entry are staggering—independent researchers and smaller organizations are largely shut out, unable to access the computational resources required to build the next generation of AI. Without intervention, AI’s progress will be dictated by a handful of tech giants, reinforcing existing power structures and limiting innovation to what is profitable for them, rather than what is truly beneficial for society.

Enter Psyche: Democratizing AI Development

Nous Research, renowned as an open-source AI lab counterbalancing the closed-source industry leaders, is addressing this centralization risk with a novel solution called Psyche. Psyche reimagines AI training by enabling distributed, collaborative development without requiring collocated, specialized hardware or costly infrastructure. More than just a training framework, Psyche is a step toward ensuring that the path to superintelligence remains open and shaped by a broa