AIU: The Reserve Currency of Compute
Institutional Deck | Powered by Cardano | Backed by Compute + Energy
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The AI Paradigm Shift
"Every future company will have two factories: A physical product factory and an AI factory — continuously training, deploying, and using AI"
— Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA
This fundamental shift represents the most significant change in enterprise infrastructure since the advent of cloud computing. Companies that fail to build their AI factory will be left behind in an increasingly AI-native economy.
Introducing the AIU
The Global Compute Reserve Currency
The AIU (Artificial Intelligence Unit) is designed as a standardized, stable unit for AI computational power, essential for a volatile market.
Addressing Compute Scarcity
It provides a critical solution to the growing bottleneck of limited, fragmented, and expensive AI compute resources, ensuring broad access.
Backed by Real Assets
Each AIU is transparently secured by tangible, high-performance compute infrastructure and sustainable renewable energy sources.
Introducing the AIU
Standard Unit
1 AIU = 3.6 PFLOPs (1 hour on 1 NVIDIA H100-equivalent)
Tokenized Asset
Redeemable, auditable compute unit with full blockchain transparency
Reserve Currency
Serves as the first fungible reserve currency of AI compute infrastructure
Fort Knox Site: Aerospace Energy Campus
The Fort Knox site is strategically developed as a premier Aerospace Energy Campus, designed to house advanced AI compute infrastructure within an environment of unparalleled security and energy independence.
Strategic Location & Security
Leveraging the inherent security of Fort Knox, the campus provides a highly protected and resilient environment for mission-critical operations and sensitive data.
Sustainable Energy Integration
Powered by a dedicated energy grid with a focus on sustainable and renewable sources, ensuring consistent, cost-effective, and environmentally responsible compute operations.
Innovation & Research Hub
Serving as a nexus for aerospace and AI research, fostering collaboration between industry, academia, and government to drive breakthroughs in compute and energy solutions.
Fort Knox Site: Aerospace Energy Cells by Bloom
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20MW Bloom Energy
Fuel cell-powered data center with guaranteed uptime and carbon-neutral operations
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AI Labs Incubator
Upstairs facility houses AI startups developing real-world applications
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Nvidia Compute Cluster
Onsite Tier III liquid cooled datacenter with B200 Chips
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AIU Treasury Vault
First AIU redemption facility and primary token treasury location
AIU vs Conventional Compute Credits
Traditional cloud credits expire worthless and cannot be traded or transferred. AIU tokens create a liquid market for compute capacity, enabling enterprises to hedge AI infrastructure costs and optimize resource allocation across time horizons.
Price Strategy & Institutional Discounting
Dynamic Pricing Model
The AIU's base price is dynamically adjusted based on real-time market demand for compute and the underlying energy costs, ensuring fair value and responsiveness to industry shifts.
Volume-Based Discounts
Institutional partners benefit from tiered discounts proportional to the volume of AIUs acquired, incentivizing larger, strategic commitments to our compute ecosystem.
Long-Term Agreements
Preferred pricing and reserved capacity are available through customized long-term agreements, providing stability and predictability for mission-critical AI operations.
Strategic Partnerships
Collaborative ventures offer unique discounting structures, fostering mutual growth and integrating AIU into key enterprise and research initiatives.
Price Strategy & Institutional Discounting
Our pricing strategy is designed to promote widespread adoption and provide significant value to institutional partners, ensuring long-term stability and growth for the AIU ecosystem.
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Dynamic Pricing Model
AIU pricing is set to reflect current market demand for compute, while maintaining competitive rates against traditional cloud providers.
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Volume-Based Discounts
Institutional buyers benefit from tiered discounts, reducing the effective cost per AIU for large-scale compute acquisitions.
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Long-Term Agreements
Defense industry partners can secure preferred pricing and guaranteed compute allocation through multi-year contracts, hedging against future price volatility.
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Strategic Partnerships
We offer tailored incentives for strategic collaborations that advance AI research and development, fostering innovation within the AIU network and U.S. Defense Industry.
This approach incentivizes early and large-scale adoption, positioning AIU as the preferred compute currency for leading AI enterprises and research institutions.
Price Strategy & Institutional Discounting
  • Retail AIU Price Target: $12–$15 Based on compute cost inflation, model efficiency, and future scarcity of GPU availability.
  • Institutional Early Access Price: $5–$8 Seed round partners and validator node backers receive compute at a 40–60% discount.
  • AIU Token Appreciation Curve:
  • AIU appreciates as models deliver more AI value per FLOP
  • Burn-on-redemption mechanism introduces deflation
  • Backed by 20-year surety bond, not speculative issuance

AIU's pricing strategy aligns long-term compute buyers, traders, and developers in a single liquid market — bringing standardization to AI compute infrastructure cost curves.
AIU Appreciation Curve
Efficiency Gains
As AI models improve, each FLOP produces exponentially more valuable output
Value Appreciation
More output per compute unit means AIU appreciates relative to raw hardware costs
Performance Lock
AIU serves as a 'time capsule' of performance-locked compute power
This creates a unique investment thesis: AIU holders benefit from both AI algorithmic improvements and hardware efficiency gains over time.
Tokenomics & Governance
Supply Cap
AIU token supply strictly capped by bonded PFLOPs capacity
DAO Treasury
Community-governed treasury manages AIU reserves and validator selection
Burn Mechanism
AIUs permanently destroyed upon redemption, creating deflationary pressure
Staking Rewards
Lock AIUs to earn yield or priority access to new compute capacity
AIU Network To Market Strategy
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Institutional Partners
Seed 100 institutional partners with early AIU access and preferential pricing
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Validator Network
Establish certified GPU providers across multiple geographic sites for redundancy
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Infrastructure Layer
Deploy on-chain explorer and API for seamless AIU redemption and analytics
This phased approach ensures strong institutional adoption while building the technical AI compute infrastructure for scale.