# FLock

> Not your models, Not your AI.

FLock.io helps developers train AI models collaboratively by providing decentralized infrastructure that preserves data privacy.

FLock.io helps developers create AI models collaboratively through decentralized infrastructure that preserves data privacy. With it, you can train models without sharing raw data, validate AI contributions across networks, and deploy models through marketplace integration. FLock.io democratizes AI development by removing centralized control barriers.

- Type: Company
- Sector: Infrastructure
- Status: Active
- Founded: 2022-01-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/flock_io

## Products

- [AI Arena](https://thegrid.id/profiles/flock_io): AI Arena implements decentralized AI model training through blockchain-based validation consensus, enabling competitive development environments where participants stake tokens to train and validate models using distributed datasets. (Developer Tooling, Live, Main Product)
- [FL Alliance](https://thegrid.id/profiles/flock_io): FL Alliance implements federated learning coordination through smart contracts, enabling collaborative model fine-tuning while preserving data sovereignty through local training and gradient aggregation mechanisms. (Developer Tooling, Early access)
- [AI Marketplace](https://thegrid.id/profiles/flock_io): AI Marketplace implements model hosting infrastructure through decentralized deployment mechanisms, enabling trained models to be accessed via APIs while maintaining performance monitoring and automated updates. (AI Agent Platform, Live)

## Assets

- [FLOCK (FLOCK)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/flock_io): FLOCK is the utility token of FLock.io, a decentralized AI training platform. It is used for staking to participate in model training and validation tasks, for governance voting through the DAO, and as payment to access AI models on the platform. The network employs a proof-of-stake mechanism with slashing penalties to discourage dishonest behavior, ensuring participants who submit poor-quality models or manipulate validation risk losing their staked tokens to maintain network integrity. (Utility)

## Links

- [Main](https://www.flock.io)
- [Whitepaper](https://www.flock.io/whitepaper)
- [Blog](https://www.flock.io/blog)
- [Documentation](https://docs.flock.io)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/flock_io)
- [Discord](https://discord.gg/fz5EqH7rhn)
- [Telegram](https://t.me/flock_io_community)
- [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/flock-io)
- [YouTube](https://youtube.com/@flock-io)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/FLock-io)
- [Medium](https://flock-io.medium.com)

## Legal

This data is provided under two licensing models.

Model 1 - open data. The open data core is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL) — a copyleft/share-alike license allowing free use, modification, and sharing for any purpose. Attribution is required: include "Powered by The Grid" linking to https://thegrid.id wherever the data is used. Derivative databases must be shared under ODbL terms. Trademarks, logos, and brand names (marked "Special TPIP") are not covered by the ODbL. For ML/AI use: training datasets that substantially extract ODbL data are Derivative Databases and must be shared under ODbL if publicly used; models must be attributed in documentation.

Model 2 - commercial licenses. The Grid Data Service (TGDS) is also available as a commercial license. See [Web Services Terms](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/web-services-terms) for commercial use that is not covered by the open data service.

The following applies to both licensing models.
- All data is provided AS IS with no guarantees of accuracy.
- The Grid does not provide investment, legal, or tax advice, and
- a project's presence in The Grid's data does not imply endorsement.


- [Data Licensing & Disclaimers](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/data-licensing-and-disclaimers): Licensing models and disclaimers
- [Open Data (ODbL)](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/open-data): Open Database License terms and scope for The Grid's open data service.
- [Attribution Guidelines](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/open-data-attribution-guidelines): How to attribute The Grid's data when using the open data service.
- [Web Services Terms](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/web-services-terms): commercial Terms for using data services.
- [All Legal Documents](https://about.thegrid.id/legal): Full index of terms, policies, and disclosures

## Optional

- [TGS Field Descriptions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-field-descriptions.md): Schema field definitions for The Grid's data model
- [TGS JSON Structure](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-json-structure.md): Data model structure and relationships
- [Product Type Definitions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-definitions.md): Definitions for each product type
- [Product Type Classification](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-classification.md): Guide for classifying products into types
- [Grid MCP Guide](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/grid-search/skills/grid-query/references/grid-mcp-guide.md): How to query The Grid programmatically via MCP