3M+ Venice users rely on confidential inference for their most sensitive queries. Today, the token catches up.
Private AI. Private trade. Same principle, end to end.
$VVV now trades privately on NEAR Intents.
Is $VVV actually one of the better AI crypto plays?
Or is it just another AI ticker running with the sector?
That is the question I’ve been trying to answer.
I don’t think Venice is interesting only because “AI is hot.”
The reason I’m paying attention is that two things are happening at the same time:
1. The product is improving
2. The tokenomics are getting tighter
That combination is rare.
I tried Venice before.
For a while, it did not really stick.
Interesting product, good narrative, but not good enough to replace the AI tools I was already using.
That has started to change.
I now find myself using it more naturally, especially when privacy matters.
And the core problem is easy to understand:
people want powerful AI tools, but they do not always want to paste private notes, wallet research, strategy ideas, or client work into closed systems.
But I don’t think the cleanest comparison is only Venice vs ChatGPT or Claude.
Those products are giants.
The more interesting angle is Venice as an alternative to local models.
Local AI is powerful, but it is still annoying for most people.
You need the right machine.
You need setup.
You need updates.
You need to manage models.
And even then, the UX is often rough.
Venice sits in the middle:
more private than closed AI platforms,
much easier than running everything locally.
That is the edge I’m watching.
Then there is the token side.
VVV launched with 100M supply.
50M was allocated to the airdrop.
Only around 17.5M was claimed.
The remaining ~32.5M was burned, removing a major early supply overhang.
Emissions have also been cut aggressively.
They are now around 5M VVV/year, with 3M/year targeted by July 2026.
Lower emissions do not guarantee price.
But they do reduce the amount of new supply the market has to absorb.
Staking adds another layer.
When you stake VVV, you receive sVVV and get access to Venice’s token/API utility layer, including private AI compute through its staking and DIEM system.
So stakers are not just farming emissions.
They are tied to the product’s AI capacity.
Then there are the burns.
Venice now has revenue-linked VVV burns from paid subscriptions.
New paid subscriptions trigger VVV buys and burns:
Pro: $2
Pro+: $5
Max: $10
This is the part I like most.
A lot of crypto tokens talk about usage.
But usage never really touches the token.
With VVV, the link is clearer:
product revenue → market buys → burns → lower supply
That does not make VVV risk-free.
Far from it.
The risks are obvious:
AI narrative can cool off.
Venice has to keep improving.
Big AI platforms are hard to compete with.
Token emissions still exist.
Revenue has to grow enough for burns to matter.
But I do think VVV is more interesting than “AI ticker goes up.”
The real bet is this:
private AI becomes useful enough that people pay for it,
and that revenue increasingly flows back into the token.
If Venice keeps improving the product while emissions fall and burns grow, VVV has a real shot at becoming one of the stronger AI trades this cycle.
Not because AI is hot.
Because private AI might become a real category.
Curious how others see it:
is private AI already investable, or still too early?
Today we passed 2,000,000 registered users on Venice
13 months to our first million. Half that to the next
To every builder, creator, and free thinker who choose privacy: this is your milestone
The uncensorable are unstoppable
Grok Imagine is now live on Venice ✨
• text-to-image
• image editing
• text-to-video
• image-to-video
Access the stacked creative suite from xAI – anonymously
Gemini 3 Flash Preview is now available on Venice API and app.
Send it images, rapid-fire prompts, or heavy workloads—it thinks fast enough to actually keep up with you.
Buybacks have started
First official VVV burn will occur next month with these buybacks and happen monthly after
We are working on a dashboard where you can monitor the VVV buyback and burn, stay tuned
Venice is Burning: towards a deflationary VVV
Big upgrades coming to our tokenomics and mechanics:
➢ In 1 week (on October 23rd): VVV emission reduction from 10M/yr to 8M/yr
➢ Early Nov: Start VVV buyback & burn based on October revenue
➢ Later in Q4: continued vertical integration of VVV into Venice V2
Let’s break it down 🧵
How to build a privacy-first AI workflow to turn YouTube videos into blog posts using Venice AI and n8n
Perfect for content creators, digital marketers, agencies, and anyone who values privacy while scaling their content creation systems
Venice creator-in-residence @jordanurbs walks you through it