Hashforest Technology announced the rebranding of Phala Network to phala.com, marking its transformation into a global confidential AI infrastructure company. This strategic shift emphasizes trust, privacy, and compliance in AI ecosystems, leveraging Phala’s expertise in decentralized Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs).
Phala Network rebrands to phala.com, focusing on confidential AI.
Founded in 2019, joined NVIDIA Inception Program in 2025.
Provides trust layer for AI data, LLMs, and agents.
Integrates with platforms like Vana, OODA, Near, Sahara, Ritual.
Phala Cloud offers verifiable AI with enterprise-grade privacy.
Aims for mainstream enterprise AI adoption beyond Web3.
On September 4, 2025, Hashforest Technology announced that Phala Network has rebranded to phala.com, reflecting its evolution from a Web3-native project to a global leader in confidential AI infrastructure. Founded in 2019 by Marvin Tong and Hang Yin, Phala pioneered the world’s largest decentralized TEE network for privacy-preserving blockchain computation. Its recent inclusion in the NVIDIA Inception Program has expanded its focus to meet enterprise demands for trustworthy, private, and verifiable AI systems. Marvin Tong, co-founder, stated, “The future of intelligent systems won’t just be about scale—it will be about trust, ownership, and compliance. That’s the layer Phala provides.”
Phala.com positions itself as the trust layer for AI, ensuring data, large language models (LLMs), and AI agents remain private and compliant. Its infrastructure integrates with leading user-owned AI platforms, including Vana for user-owned data, OODA/OpenRouter for inference routing, and Near, Sahara, and Ritual for open AI model economies. This creates a secure AI architecture where confidential compute safeguards data and intelligence flow. The platform’s hardware-secured GPU servers, part of Phala Cloud, enable rapid deployment of secure AI models, achieving 100% privacy with only a 5% performance trade-off.
The rebrand to phala.com signals Phala’s ambition to move beyond crypto infrastructure into mainstream enterprise AI markets. With over 120,000 community members and 35,000 machines providing 150k vCPU computing power, Phala demonstrates robust demand for decentralized AI services. The shift aligns with its partnerships, such as with CARV, which deployed AI agents on Phala Cloud using Confidential Virtual Machines for tamper-proof execution.
Hashforest’s rebranding of Phala Network to phala.com marks a pivotal step toward building trusted AI infrastructure. By combining advanced TEE technology with strategic partnerships, Phala is poised to lead in delivering secure, scalable AI solutions for global enterprises.
Founded in 2022 and headquartered in California, Hashforest Technology LLC is the U.S. subsidiary of Hashforest Technology Pte. Ltd., focused on advanced R&D and North American market expansion. Its flagship product, Phala Cloud, delivers verifiable AI with enterprise-grade privacy through hardware-secured infrastructure in U.S. data centers.
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