MIT Technology Review Interviews MetaComput CEO Daniel Kim
In Q2 2024, MetaComput stood at a critical juncture:
Its technical architecture had been completed.
- Platform development was underway.
- Global node onboarding was accelerating.
- Testing of the MCT on-chain incentive model was progressing.
At this pivotal moment, MetaComput’s vision was presented clearly and comprehensively to the global stage for the first time.
During the “AI Infrastructure Forum 2024” organized by the authoritative tech media MIT Technology Review,
MetaComput’s Co-Founder and CEO Daniel Kim was featured in a special interview session.
The discussion covered topics such as:
- “Global Compute Financialization”
- “Decentralized Energy Networks”
- “Supply-Side Revolution in the AI Era”
This interview, described externally as “the defining voice for the new era of compute assets,”
not only unveiled MetaComput’s grand blueprint for the first time but also clearly positioned it as a “Global Intelligent Energy Protocol Network.”
At the outset, the interviewer directly challenged:
“You’re not the first team to build a compute platform. What fundamentally differentiates MetaComput from traditional cloud service providers?”
Daniel Kim’s answer went straight to the core:
“We’re not building a cloud platform.
We’re reconstructing the energy network.”
He elaborated:
“The future of artificial intelligence isn’t about stacking algorithms.
It’s about reconstructing the energy system.
Today’s large models, AIGC applications, AI terminals — all require an efficient supply of ‘energy’ — that is, compute power.
And right now, that compute power is controlled by a handful of companies.
This is the biggest bottleneck of the digital economy.”
According to Daniel, MetaComput’s goal is not to become the next AWS —
it is to become “the power company for the AI era,”
allowing every country, enterprise, developer, and even individual user
to “generate, consume, invest in energy,”
participating in the core value network of the future intelligent economy.
During the interview, Daniel systematically disclosed MetaComput’s three foundational logics for the first time:
1. Global Reconstruction of Compute Resource Orchestration
“We are collaborating with GPU clusters, edge nodes, and data centers across more than 20 countries and regions,
breaking down computational resource silos across national borders,
building a truly globally orchestrated compute infrastructure network.”
This network includes centralized supercomputing facilities, enterprise edge resources, and personal smart devices — all integrated via MetaComput’s standardized orchestration protocol.
2. Task Contractualization + Transparent Scheduling
“Every compute task invocation is standardized and processed as a smart contract on-chain,” Daniel emphasized.
“At MetaComput, compute power is not a black box — it’s a measurable, priceable, schedulable foundational energy asset.”
3. MCT Asset Model Design
MetaComput’s MCT (MetaCompute Token) is not a typical platform token.
It is an on-chain asset certificate for:
- Task Execution
- Compute Staking
- Node Rewards
MCT can be used for payments, settlements, governance participation, and more.
At one point, the interviewer asked:
“Given the current global AI landscape, won’t MetaComput face pressure by challenging the dominance of traditional cloud service giants?”
Daniel offered a vision-driven response:
“I’m not worried about AI models themselves becoming the problem.
I’m more concerned about ‘who runs them.’
If 80% of the world’s compute power ends up concentrated in five tech companies,
AI won’t become a tool for the people — it will become an elite-controlled black box.”
“MetaComput’s mission is to return the power of intelligence back to everyone.”
This statement ignited heated discussions and became one of the most quoted remarks from the entire session.
In the closing segment, Daniel outlined MetaComput’s future roadmap:
- AI Developers:
Use MCT to pay for on-demand compute and deploy models across global nodes. - Compute Providers:
Contribute GPU resources to earn rewards and participate in node governance. - Ordinary Users:
Engage via lightweight nodes, staking participation, or liquidity mining to gain long-term returns. - Global Institutions:
Invest in the intelligent energy economy through contract-based compute markets.
He concluded:
“We firmly believe that the future of compute will be distributed, open, and investable.
It will not be the private property of a few corporations,
but the foundational infrastructure built by everyone.”
Within just 48 hours of the interview’s release, MetaComput captured global attention.
Organizations like the OpenCompute Alliance, DePIN Asia Network, and AIGC Infra Network
publicly expressed high interest in the project.
MIT Technology Review later commented:
“The proposal of MetaComput may not merely be a technical model,
but a direct response to the question of ‘Who will hold the energy distribution rights in the intelligent era?’
We are witnessing the drafting of the ‘Constitution of Compute’ for the smart world.”
This interview did more than unveil MetaComput’s technical vision.
It showed the world a different future for AI infrastructure:
- A global, orchestrated, universally accessible compute network.
- Tasks that are traceable.
- Compute that can be owned and invested in.
A new intelligent energy network for humanity is taking shape.
Daniel Kim’s closing words in the interview became his most direct promise to this era:
“We don’t innovate for the sake of technology.
We reconstruct for the sake of the future.“