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GrandCroix and Ambient Network announce their collaboration to launch the first Native DEX for the DePIN ecosystem in Q2 2026
The partnership will provide a purpose-built decentralized exchange, a native cross-chain bridge, and liquidity infrastructure for the surrounding ecosystem.
Miami, Florida, USA
GrandCroix, a new generation of decentralized AI network mining company based in Miami, announces a strategic collaboration with Ambient Network, to launch the first native decentralized exchange (DEX) for the ambient ecosystem in the second quarter of 2026.
The platform will ship with a full DeFi suite from day one – including automated market maker (AMM), cross-chain delivery, and built-in liquidity tools – designed specifically for surrounding.xyz
Ambient is an SVM-compatible PoW L1 that will serve as a cornerstone of the agent economy, unleashing Asimov-ian intelligence on-chain. It is 10 times more efficient than current encrypted AI systems, and features:
- Fully verified inference with <.1% overhead but high security in one huge (600b+ parameters) and fine-tuned intelligent model
- 10 times better training performance than current methods
- Extremely high miner utilization due to optimization on a single model for inference and validation
- Unobstructed proof of working consensus that highlights economic competition around core network activities (inference, fine-tuning, and training) while maintaining exceptional TPS.
Participants receiving Ambient Token rewards have no local trading venue, limited on-chain access, and no way to provide liquidity or earn yield within the ecosystem they are helping to build.
To fill all three gaps, GrandCroix is building a vertically integrated DeFi platform – not just a swap interface – designed to meet the specific needs of DePIN participants. Built on
Ambient is scheduled to launch in the second quarter of 2026. The platform will launch with:
- AMM Swap Engine – Optimized for AMB and underlying trading pairs (SOL, USDC, USDT), with support for concentrated liquidity positions.
- Native Cross-Chain Bridge – An integrated bridge that enables AMB dollar transfers between Solana and EVM-compatible chains (Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum) from day one, without the need for a third-party bridge.
- Liquidity Positioning Dashboard – Tools for liquidity providers to define price ranges, monitor performance and manage positions. Designed to be accessible to sensor operators, not just DeFi power users.
Instead of bringing fragmented third-party tools together, the platform provides 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 to data monetization and tokenized facilities, they need local financial infrastructure to sustain growth. Without this, value leakage to central intermediaries and cross-chain friction discourages participation. Institutional support for Ambient from a16z crypto and Delphi Ventures indicates 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 Noor de Vos, founder and CEO of GrandCroix. “Our collaboration with Ambient is about building that missing layer – so participants can not only contribute data, but actively participate in the economic growth of the ecosystem by building applications.”
Liquidity strategy
GrandCroix will provide initial liquidity from its treasury and mining operations, providing trading depth from day one across major pairs. Ambient will also provide additional liquidity to the funded index, which will support early liquidity growth.
Road map
- Q2 2026 – AMM, Bridge, and LP dashboard goes live on Solana mainnet
- Q3 2026 – Additional bridge chains, limit orders, and automated trading API
- Q4 2026 – Launch of community governance through cross-chain voting for fee parameters and new pair lists
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About Grand Croix
GrandCroix is a decentralized AI and DeFi infrastructure company headquartered in Miami, Florida, and a division of NDV Group. The company operates at the intersection of decentralized computing and decentralized finance, building the core infrastructure for emerging blockchain technology ecosystems. GrandCroix’s operations span active mining across major decentralized networks – including Bittensor, NousResearch, Gonka AI, Ambient Network, and Psy Protocol – managing large-scale GPU infrastructure, and developing native DeFi products.
About the surrounding network
Ambient is setting out to address the shortcomings just described by building a key pillar of the agent economy: AI-secured blockchain technology 10 times more efficient than existing systems with built-in, censorship-resistant privacy that runs a single massive, high-performance, auditable, transparent model (and its microchips) at low latency by leveraging massively distributed on-chain computing to deliver human-like capabilities to on-chain and cross-chain applications.
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