This post is the detail behind Introducing Infinite AI. If you want the short version, read that one first. What follows is the curve, the collateral, and the launch sequence, written for people who want to check the mechanics before they mint.
Critical details
| Minting opens | Scheduled for September 29, 2026 at 09:00 UTC |
| Where | iai.finance, the only official mint venue; iAI is expected to trade on comfy.fun |
| Collateral | a0G, the liquid staking token of Ascend |
| Target supply | 9,270 iAI, the curve's pricing target and the contract's mint ceiling |
| Mint curve | rate(s) = 1,181.5 x e^(5.016 x (s / 9,270)^3.274), in 0G per iAI |
| Opening rate | about $314 worth of 0G per iAI, 1,221 0G at today's price |
| Pre-mint | September 28: the issuer mints the first 2,000 iAI on the same curve, collateral locked like any other mint, before public minting opens |
| Credit rate | Under initial parameters, eligible staked iAI is designed to receive 1.271 compute credits a day, a stated usage value of more than $1 per day, on 0G Private Computer, the 0G App and other supported apps, subject to applicable product terms |
| Staking rewards on collateral | Ascend keeps a 10% fee; the rest splits 50/50 between the minter and the issuer, so minters keep 45% of the gross staking rewards |
| Credit refresh | 00:00 UTC daily, no carry-over |
| Credit minimum | $0.01 of daily credit, about 0.008 iAI staked; below that, no credit accrues |
| Audits | iAI's contracts are audited by Octane; a0G is audited separately as part of Ascend |
| Token contract | 0xc77FBd3824cc68e612b26114D176879aDdc29463 on 0G Chain. Check it before interacting with anything that claims to be iAI |
Do not attempt to mint before the official announcement. Wait for the announcement from @0G_labs confirming that minting is open, and mint only on iai.finance.
The mint curve
The cost to mint rises with the amount of iAI that already exists. The rate is a function of current supply:
rate(s) = 1,181.5 x e^(5.016 x (s / 9,270)^3.274)where s is total supply at the moment you mint, and the result is 0G per iAI.
The exponent is what shapes it. Supply enters as a share of the 9,270 target, raised to the power 3.274, so the exponent stays tiny while supply is low and grows fast as supply nears the target. The rate barely moves across the first few thousand iAI and climbs steeply in the last stretch, which is why the chart looks flat at the start and steep at the end.
| Supply when you mint | Rate (0G per iAI) | Against the public entry |
|---|---|---|
| 2,000 (public minting opens) | 1,221 | 1.0x |
| 3,000 | 1,339 | 1.1x |
| 4,635 (half the target) | 1,984 | 1.6x |
| 6,000 | 3,951 | 3.2x |
| 7,416 (80% of target) | 13,232 | 10.8x |
| 9,270 (the target) | about 178,000 | 146x |
Read it from the public entry point. Minting opens to the public at supply 2,000, at 1,221 0G per iAI. At half the target the rate is still only about 1.6 times that, at 80% of the target about 11 times, and at the target about 146 times the public opening rate. The last stretch is steep enough that minting stops making economic sense, which is precisely the job it is doing.
Rates in the table are in 0G and do not change with the market. The dollar value of any given rate moves with the price of 0G.
Fractional mints are supported.
The target and the ceiling
9,270 is both the curve's pricing target and the contract's mint ceiling: minting refuses past it. In practice the contract almost never gets to say no, because the curve says it first. The last stretch is priced steeply enough that minting stops making economic sense well before supply reaches the ceiling. At launch, supply is also capped at a small genesis gate, an added safety measure separate from the 9,270 ceiling.
There is no daily mint cap and no emission schedule. Minting is first come, first served, and the only thing regulating the pace is the rising rate.
Supply moves down as well as up. Burning an iAI removes it from supply and frees capacity on the curve for everyone else.
The pre-mint
On September 28, before public minting opens, the issuer mints the first 2,000 iAI through the same vault, locking roughly 2.4M 0G of collateral at curve rates. They are used for the initial iAI liquidity on comfy.fun, so the market has depth from day one. Nothing is issued free, and no allocation sits outside the collateral model. Public minting therefore begins at supply 2,000, at 1,221 0G per iAI.
Early trading is still expected to be thin, and prices on comfy.fun can move sharply in the first days.
What happens to your collateral
It is locked, not spent. Minting moves your a0G into the vault contract. It is not lent, rehypothecated or moved anywhere else.
Half the staking rewards stay with you. Staking 0G through Ascend earns 90% of the network staking rewards, since Ascend keeps a 10% fee. Lock that a0G to mint iAI and the remaining rewards split down the middle: half keeps accruing to you as the minter, and the other half goes to the issuer. Net, you keep 45% of the gross staking rewards, on top of the credits. a0G you hold without locking keeps earning the full 90%.
Burning returns your lock plus your share of the rewards. Your position is tracked in 0G value, not in a0G tokens. Burning returns the 0G value you locked plus your share of the staking rewards it earned, paid out in a0G at the current rate. Lock 1,000 a0G when 1 a0G is worth 1.00 0G and you hold a 1,000 0G position; if a0G later reaches 1.15 0G, your half of the gain puts the position at roughly 1,075 0G, which pays out as about 935 a0G. Fewer tokens, more value. If you minted several times at different points on the curve, burning returns the weighted average across your mints.
Two rights, one token
This is the part to read twice, because the two rights inside iAI do not move together.
| Compute credits | Collateral claim | |
|---|---|---|
| Who holds it | Whoever stakes the token | Only the wallet that minted it |
| Transfers when sold | Yes | No |
| How it is used | Stake iAI, spend credits daily | Burn iAI, receive the a0G back |
Buying iAI on the market gets you the full credit stream and none of the collateral claim. Selling iAI you minted gives away the credit stream and leaves your collateral locked, recoverable only by buying an iAI back and burning it at whatever the price is then.
Neither of these is a flaw. A token where the collateral claim followed the token would be a different instrument. But it is the single most common thing to get wrong, so check which side of it you are on before you trade.
Getting out
Unstake the iAI and credits stop renewing after 00:00 UTC that day; the token becomes withdrawable after a cooldown of about 24 hours, subject to the terms. From there, sell it on the market or, if you minted it, burn it to release your collateral. Released a0G swaps on Bond or unstakes back into 0G through Ascend, which takes up to 22 days.
The bottom line
iAI is compute with collateral behind it. Every minted token has 0G locked in the vault, and the minter keeps half the staking rewards on that collateral alongside the credits. A minter who burns their own token unwinds both sides at once; a buyer holds the credit stream alone. There is no emission schedule, and no supply arrives without collateral locked behind it.
Minting is scheduled to open September 29 at 09:00 UTC on iai.finance. iAI is not available in some jurisdictions; the terms on the iAI site list them.
- Mint iAI: iai.finance
- Where iAI is expected to trade: comfy.fun
- Introduction and walkthrough: Introducing Infinite AI
- How Private Computer works: 0G Private Computer: Verifiable AI Inference
- Get 0G: hub.0g.ai
- Spend your credits: pc.0g.ai
- Follow @0G_labs for the launch announcement
Ascend, Infinite AI (iAI) and related compute credits are not available in all jurisdictions and are subject to eligibility criteria and applicable product terms. Compute credits are intended solely to access supported 0G AI services, are not redeemable for cash, and do not represent interest, dividends, or any type of guaranteed return. Product features, pricing, timing and availability are subject to change. Digital assets involve significant risk. This is not investment, financial, or legal advice.
