0G Labs CEO Takes Stage at Token2049 for AI Without Limits Fireside Chat

**0G and ETHGlobal announce Open Agents Hackathon** with $15,000 in prizes for AI agent developers. **Two prize categories:** - Best Agent Framework, Tooling & Core Extensions: $7,500 - Best Autonomous Agents, Swarms & iNFT Innovations: $7,500 The hackathon follows successful ETHGlobal Cannes event where 44 teams built on 0G in 48 hours. Notable projects included Croisette.cc (autonomous AI portfolio manager), Shawarma Orchestrate (multi-agent prediction swarm), and Indelible (onchain political accountability). Winning project Zero Training showcased federated learning framework with final models minted as Agentic ID (ERC-7857). Developers can start building at [build.0g.ai](http://build.0g.ai)

**0G Labs wrapped up a busy week at EthCC [9] Cannes** with significant community engagement and developer activity. **Key highlights:** - Hosted 5 events throughout the conference week - Secured 4 speaking slots on various stages - Received 44 hackathon submissions from builders - Distributed $15,000 in bounties to participants The team maintained an active presence on the French Riviera, focusing on developer engagement and showcasing their verifiable AI infrastructure capabilities. For the complete breakdown of activities and outcomes, visit the [full recap](https://0g.ai/blog/ethcc-cannes-2026-recap).

**Jake Salerno's keynote at the Burton Stage drew standing-room-only crowds**, with attendees sitting on the floor to hear his message on AI verification. **The core argument**: AI systems currently operate on trust assumptions, but verification can fundamentally change this paradigm. **Three pillars of verified AI**: - Verified Compute - Verified Identity - Verified Training The presentation builds on earlier data showing enterprise trust in AI sits at just 27%, while non-human identities already outnumber humans 100:1. Salerno's framework positions verification not as a marketing slogan, but as an essential engineering requirement for AI systems to earn genuine trust.

**Production-ready infrastructure is here.** Qwen AI models, Uniswap v3 (via Oku), and Ghast AI memory are now running onchain together—not as demos, but as live applications on a unified base layer. **Key integration:** - AI compute and storage - DeFi protocols - Shared infrastructure layer This marks a shift from centralized APIs to **token-based mechanisms** that enable autonomous agents to invoke AI models directly onchain—programmable, on-demand, without intermediaries.

**0G Foundation has partnered with Alibaba Cloud to bring Qwen large language models directly on-chain.** Key developments: - AI agents can now access Alibaba's Qwen models without API keys, fiat billing, or manual setup - Uses a token-based mechanism for programmable, on-demand access - Eliminates centralized intermediaries that were built for humans, not autonomous systems - Enables direct on-chain invocation of AI models This infrastructure aims to provide "liquidity of intelligence" for the emerging agentic economy, where autonomous AI agents need seamless access to computational resources. [Read full coverage on Bitcoin.com](https://news.bitcoin.com/0g-foundation-and-alibaba-cloud-partner-to-bring-qwen-llms-onchain/)