It’s been an incredible eight months since the doors to Sogni Testnet Phase 1 first opened, introducing the world to a bold new vision for Creative AI built on decentralized computing. This isn’t just a progress update. It’s a story of belief, hard work, and a community-driven movement that’s reshaping how artists and builders interact with AI.
From the beginning, Sogni’s mission was ambitious yet clear: give open-source AI wings, and build a people-powered network for creators that breaks free from the high costs, limitations, and gatekeeping of traditional platforms. Sogni wants AI creation to be fast, affordable, and censorship-resistant—not just for Web3 users, but for everyone.
The Genesis: A Vision for Decentralized Creativity
It all began with a simple question: What if the world’s idle GPUs could become a global creative engine? What if we could build a decentralized supercomputer—not for corporations, but for artists and developers—to create without limits? That was the spark that set everything in motion.
In September 2024, Sogni launched its first testnet phase and opened AI rendering to the public for free. It wasn’t just a technical launch; it was a real-time experiment in digital equity. From that moment on, the Sogni Supernet began to grow—driven not by corporate infrastructure, but by the contributions of everyday users and creators.
Building Momentum
Over the past seven months, the pace hasn’t slowed. The team—now 12 full-time members strong—has shipped product updates, hosted community events, and refined a vision that gets sharper with every iteration. What began as a testbed is now a creative force.
The heart of that force? The tools.
Evolving the Sogni Platform
Sogni didn’t stop at providing access to compute power. It built a full creative stack for artists and developers:
- Sogni Web: Reimagined as a fully featured creative platform accessible right from the browser. It brings powerful AI rendering capabilities to users no matter the device.
- Sogni Studio Pro (macOS): A toolset for speed and control. It now includes real-time pose and facial expression capture via live camera, plus Instant-ID for model-guided face transfer. Updates have also improved worker performance and gallery usability.
- Sogni Pocket (iOS): Creation on the go, with advanced features once exclusive to desktop. From pose capture to ControlNet tools like Depth Map and PaintOver, mobile users now have full creative agency.
- Telegram Sticker Bot: A lightweight way to build and share art as stickers.
- Eliza Agent Plugin: Brings Sogni into agent workflows, expanding its use beyond static image generation.
- Sogni SDK: A robust SDK that allows developers to integrate Sogni’s capabilities into their own apps and services.
Alongside those tools, the platform now supports multiple aspect ratios, size presets, and multilingual prompt enhancements—a nod to the wide range of users shaping its evolution.
A Living Laboratory
At the center of it all is the Sogni Testnet. In just eight months, over 360,000 users have joined, generating more than 71 million AI images. The network is powered by 863 community-contributed GPU nodes—both Macs and high-performance GPUs—delivering performance that rivals any centralized system.
Each phase of the testnet has expanded on the last:
- Phase 1: Launched with open access and no tokens, purely to stress-test the system.
- Phase 2 & 3: Introduced tSOGNI testnet tokens, bringing incentives and structure.
- Phase 4 (current): Extended through July 2025 with enhanced airdrops, deeper participation, and visibility into a growing leaderboard ecosystem.
More than just a test, the network has become a collaborative space where speed, access, and creative freedom are constantly redefined.
This is only the beginning. In Part 2, we’ll go deeper into the infrastructure that powers Sogni—from the SDK and Supernet to the real-world partnerships that are shaping the creative economy. Stay tuned.