The partnership will introduce a purpose-built decentralized exchange, native cross-chain bridge, and liquidity infrastructure for Ambient ecosystem
-- GrandCroix, a Miami-based new generation of mining company for decentralized AI networks, announces a strategic collaboration with Ambient Network, to launch the first native decentralized exchange (DEX) for the Ambient ecosystem in Q2 2026.
The platform will ship with a full DeFi stack from day one - including an automated market maker (AMM), cross-chain bridging, and built-in liquidity tools - designed specifically for Ambient.xyz
Ambient is an SVM-compatible PoW L1 that will serve as a cornerstone of the agentic economy, unleashing Asimov-ian intelligence on chain. It is 10x more efficient than incumbent crypto AI systems, and features:
- Fully verified Inference with < .1% overhead but high security on one huge smart model (600b+ parameters) and its fine-tunes
- 10x better training performance than existing approaches
- Extremely high utilization of miners due to optimization on a single model for inference and validation
- A non-blocking proof of work consensus that foregrounds economic competition around the core activities of the network (inference, fine tuning, training) while maintaining extraordinary TPS .
Participants earning Ambient token rewards have no native trading venue, limited cross-chain access, and no way to provide liquidity or earn yield within the ecosystem they're helping build.
To close all three gaps, GrandCroix is building a vertically integrated DeFi platform - not just a swap interface - engineered for the specific needs of DePIN participants. Built on
Ambient and scheduled to go live in Q2 2026, the platform will launch with:
- AMM Swap Engine - Optimized for $AMB and core trading pairs (SOL, USDC, USDT), with support for concentrated liquidity positions.
- Native Cross-Chain Bridge - Integrated bridge enabling $AMB transfers between Solana and EVM-compatible chains (Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum) from day one, with no third-party bridge required.
- Liquidity Positioning Dashboard - Tools for liquidity providers to set price ranges, monitor performance, and manage positions. Designed to be accessible to sensor operators, not just DeFi power users.
Rather than bolting together fragmented third-party tools, the platform delivers a unified on-chain experience tailored to the people actually participating in the network.
The timing reflects a structural shift: as DePIN ecosystems mature beyond hardware deployment into data monetization and token utility, they need native financial infrastructure to sustain growth. Without it, value leaks to centralized intermediaries and cross-chain friction discourages participation. Ambient's institutional backing from a16z crypto and Delphi Ventures - signals that the network is ready for this layer.
"Every blockchain needs a financial layer to enable builders to build on top of it and support its growth," said Nour De Vos, Founder & CEO of GrandCroix. "Our collaboration with Ambient is about building that missing layer - so participants can not just contribute data, but actively participate in the ecosystem's economic growth by building apps."
Liquidity Strategy
GrandCroix will seed initial liquidity from its own treasury and mining operations, providing day-one trading depth across core pairs. Ambient will also provide additional liquidity to the dex funded t will support early liquidity growth.
Roadmap
- Q2 2026 - AMM, Bridge, and LP Dashboard live on Solana mainnet
- Q3 2026 - Additional bridge chains, limit orders, and programmatic trading API
- Q4 2026 - Community governance launch with on-chain voting for fee parameters and new pair listings
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About GrandCroix
GrandCroix is a decentralized AI and DeFi infrastructure company headquartered in Miami, Florida, and a division of Group NDV. The company operates at the intersection of decentralized computing and decentralized finance, building essential infrastructure for emerging blockchain ecosystems. GrandCroix's operations span active mining across major decentralized networks — including Bittensor, NousResearch, Gonka AI, Ambient Network, and Psy Protocol — large-scale GPU infrastructure management, and native DeFi product development.
About Ambient Network
Ambient sets out to address the deficiencies just described by building a fundamental pillar of the agentic economy: an AI secured blockchain ten times more efficient than incumbent systems with built-in privacy and censorship resistance that runs a single, huge, highly performant, auditable, and transparent model (and its fine tunes) at low latency by leveraging hyperscale on-chain distributed computing to deliver human-like capabilities to applications on-chain and cross-chain.
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Name: Nour De Vos
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