Pi Network Ventures Invests in OpenMind’s Revolutionary Decentralized OS for Robotics
Robots Get Their Own Web3 Operating System
Pi Network Ventures just placed a major bet on the future of autonomous machines—backing OpenMind's ambitious project to build the first truly decentralized operating system for robotics.
The Crypto-Meets-Robotics Revolution
This isn't just another blockchain project. OpenMind's decentralized OS could fundamentally reshape how robots communicate, make decisions, and operate without centralized control. Think decentralized finance—but for physical machines.
Why This Matters Beyond Crypto
While traditional tech giants build walled gardens, OpenMind's approach mirrors crypto's core philosophy: open, permissionless, and community-driven development. The potential applications span manufacturing, logistics, and even household robotics.
Pi Network's Strategic Move
This investment signals Pi Network's expanding vision beyond mobile mining into real-world blockchain infrastructure. They're betting that decentralized robotics could become the next trillion-dollar market—and honestly, Wall Street analysts probably think it's just another 'crypto fad.'
The future of robotics might not be controlled by tech giants after all—it could run on decentralized networks.
Pi Network Ventures makes its first-ever strategic investment
Pi Network Ventures, the investment arm of Pi Network (PI), has announced its first-ever investment, backing OpenMind, a company developing a decentralized OS for robots.
OpenMind is building OM1, an OS designed to give robots a unified way to perceive, reason, and act across different hardware platforms. Built on top of it is FABRIC, a protocol that enables robots to identify, verify, and collaborate with each other securely in both physical and digital environments.
The investment aims to connect PI Network’s global decentralized node ecosystem with OpenMind’s robotics technology, enabling a shared computational and economic framework for both humans and machines.
According to OpenMind CTO Boyuan Chen, “Our mission has always been to create open infrastructure for intelligence that exists in the real world, not just in the cloud. Working with Pi Network helps us extend that idea across both robotics and decentralized computing.”
OpenMind previously closed a $20M funding round led by Pantera Capital in August 2025, with backing from Coinbase Ventures, Ribbit, Topology, Pebblebed, and other prominent investors.
Ahead of the investment, OpenMind and Pi Network conducted a proof-of-concept experiment to test distributed AI processing using Pi’s global node network. Over 350,000 active Pi Nodes participated by providing unused computing resources for OpenMind’s image recognition models.
The results confirmed that Pi’s decentralized network could handle real AI workloads, turning the system into a large-scale, peer-powered AI cluster. Node operators were able to earn Pi for contributing their compute power, showcasing the potential of distributed AI training and inference without relying on centralized cloud providers.
Following the successful pilot, OpenMind plans to expand development of OM1 and FABRIC, refine pilot deployments, and onboard additional partners over the next year.
