San Francisco, CA, Feb. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 0G, the decentralized AI infrastructure protocol backed by $290M in funding and the team behind the world's fastest decentralized AI chain, today launched the 0G Apollo Accelerator, an up to $20M program built with Stanford blockchain veterans to fund and scale the first wave of revenue-generating AI applications on decentralized infrastructure.

0G and Stanford Blockchain Veterans Launch $20M Apollo AI Accelerator

Apollo is built in partnership with Blockchain Builders Fund (BBF), the organization behind Stanford's blockchain ecosystem, including the Stanford Blockchain Accelerator, BASS, and MS&E 447; backed by Google Cloud, which is providing $200,000 in cloud credits per accepted team; and Privy, the wallet infrastructure platform acquired by Stripe and trusted by the leading teams in Web3. Top teams that earn a spot in the cohort get enterprise-grade compute and production-ready wallet infrastructure from day one, not after they raise their next round.

Every accepted team receives:

Up to $2,000,000 per project in direct funding, calibrated to stage, traction, and roadmap

$200,000 in Google Cloud credits per team: enterprise infrastructure

1:1 mentorship from Stanford blockchain veterans, 0G protocol engineers, Google builders, and top investors

10 weeks of structured programming, including AI best practices, technical 0G integration, paths to PMF, GTM, fundraising, tokenomics, legal, and leadership

Demo Day, a live pitch to leading VCs and investors across the global Web3 ecosystem

Alumni network connectivity to Stanford's blockchain community and BBF's portfolio of 150+ companies ...