$THETA LABS has announced the launch of the first phase of EDGECLOUD on May 1, 2024. EDGECLOUD is a distributed software platform designed to provide GPU processing power for developers, researchers, and businesses for artificial intelligence and video tasks. Leveraging the support of $THETA EDGE NETWORK, EDGECLOUD has access to approximately 10,000 edge nodes, offering a total computing power of 77,538 TFLOPS. It also supports smart contracts, allowing for the registration of computing tasks on the blockchain. Additionally, the $THETA team has collaborated with LAVITA.AI, FEDML, and GOOGLE CLOUD to develop an AI model pipeline for video-to-text applications. The launch of EDGECLOUD will enable AI developers to easily select and deploy popular models and utilize tools such as JUPYTER NOTEBOOK for development.