TechFlow news, August 26 — According to official information, YZi Labs has announced a strategic investment in USD.AI, a financial protocol for artificial intelligence infrastructure. USD.AI is a protocol providing hardware-backed financing and currently has a total value locked (TVL) exceeding $62 million.
The protocol introduces a loan model backed 1:1 by physical AI hardware, reducing the traditional 60-90 day credit approval cycle to under seven days. Dana Hou, Investment Partner at YZi Labs, stated that USD.AI transforms the challenges of AI hardware financing into decentralized finance-native yield products, effectively aligning the interests of depositors, borrowers, and infrastructure providers.




