Chutes
#64InferenceServerless AI inference processing 9.1T+ tokens across 400K+ users at 85% lower cost than AWS.
Price
24h
7d Change
Market Cap
Emission
Miners
Validators
Competitor Mapping
Chutes
Decentralized
Market Cap
$141.55M
TAM
$118.00B
Model
Token-incentivized
Team
Decentralized miners
AWS Bedrock + Together AI
AMZN
Market Cap
$2.13T
TAM
$118.00B
Model
Revenue-driven
Team
Enterprise
Chutes undercuts AWS inference pricing by 85% using decentralized GPU miners. Together AI and Fireworks AI are closer VC-backed competitors.
Implied Valuation
If Chutes captures a share of AWS Bedrock + Together AI's $118.00B TAM
Bear - 0.1% TAM
$118.00M
implied valuation
vs $141.55M current
Base - 1% TAM
$1.18B
implied valuation
vs $141.55M current
Bull - 5% TAM
$5.90B
implied valuation
vs $141.55M current
Scenarios illustrate potential scale relative to the traditional market. Actual outcomes depend on adoption, tokenomics, and competitive dynamics.
Thesis
First Bittensor subnet to surpass $100M valuation with real usage. 5M+ daily requests and 101B daily tokens prove product-market fit. 85% cost advantage vs AWS is structural.
Team
Built by Rayon Labs, the most influential development group in the Bittensor ecosystem. Led by 'namoray' (pseudonymous founder). Also operates SN56 (Gradients) and SN19 (Nineteen). The 'Rayon Trio' controls ~23.7% of all daily TAO emissions. Team is partially pseudonymous.
- namoray - Founder/Lead - Pseudonymous, represents Rayon Labs publicly in podcasts and community
Funding
No traditional VC funding disclosed. Funded through TAO emissions (~518 TAO/day, ~$52M annualized across miners/validators). Revenue reinvested via auto-staking.
Traction
400K+ users, 100K+ API users. 5M+ daily requests. 12B+ tokens/day (up from 6.6B recently). 9.1T+ cumulative tokens. OpenRouter integration driving additional volume. External annual revenue estimated at $1.3M-$2.4M (self-reported, unaudited). Platform revenue funneled back via auto-staking mechanism.
Recent News
- Mar 2026 - Processing 12B+ tokens/day, up from earlier levels
- 2026 - Surpassed $100M implied valuation based on subnet token price
- 2026 - OpenRouter integration driving significant user growth
- 2026 - Revenue auto-staking mechanism purchasing SN64 Alpha token from product usage
Risk
Revenue heavily subsidized by TAO emissions; unit economics unclear when subsidies decline post-halving.