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The Edge Compute Schism: Inside Paolo Ardoino's War on Hyperscale AI

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino, in an interview on Eye on AI, criticized Silicon Valley's gigawatt data center approach to AI and unveiled Tether's QVAC, a 4-billion-parameter edge model that he claims outperforms Meta's Gemma 27B, advocating for peer-to-peer, localized intelligence and warning of a subsidized AI IPO bubble.

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In an explosive conversation on Eye on AI, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino dismantles Silicon Valley's gigawatt data center consensus. Revealing Tether's QVAC breakthrough—a 4B parameter edge model outperforming Meta's Gemma 27B—Ardoino presents a radical blueprint for peer-to-peer, localized intelligence and exposes the subsidized unit economics powering the AI IPO bubble.

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