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📍 Menlo Park · Silicon ValleyFounded 2016

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Genius Ventures, Inc. (GNUS.AI), founded in 2016 by Kenneth Hurley and Brent Arias, is a self-described venture studio operating a decentralized AI/ML compute network that lets users monetize idle device GPU capacity through a blockchain token system.

Founders / core team

Kenneth Hurley联合创始人

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