Venice AI Partners With Strike Robot to Provide Primary Inference API Backend

The privacy-first AI platform on Base (Ethereum layer-2 network) says the companies will jointly build vision-language model infrastructure for robotic products including SR Agentic and SR Platform.

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Summary

Venice AI announced a partnership with Strike Robot under which Venice AI will serve as the primary inference API backend for Strike Robot’s product offerings. According to the announcement, the companies also plan to co-develop the VLM (vision-language model) reasoning and inference layer for robots, beginning with SR Agentic and SR Platform. The statement describes Venice AI as a privacy-first, uncensored AI platform built on Base (Ethereum layer-2 network), linking the deal to growing overlap between blockchain-based infrastructure, AI services, and robotics deployment.

Terms & Concepts
  • Inference API: A service interface that lets applications send requests to an AI model and receive generated outputs in real time.
  • VLM: Vision-language model, an AI system that processes both images and text to support understanding, reasoning, and task execution.
  • Base: An Ethereum layer-2 network designed to offer lower-cost and faster transactions than Ethereum’s main chain.