Fortytwo is a decentralized AI inference network that runs small language models on consumer hardware through a swarm consensus protocol deployed on Monad. Fortytwo's Twitter Score is 41 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #22,976 (top 5%) among 481,263 tracked accounts.
Fortytwo was co-founded by Ivan Nikitin as CEO, Vladyslav Larin as CTO, and Alex Firsov as Chief Growth Officer, and launched in 2024 as a peer-to-peer AI network. Its Swarm Inference protocol coordinates heterogeneous AI models through reputation-weighted, peer-ranked consensus, allowing inference nodes to operate on everyday consumer devices. The network exposes an OpenAI-compatible API, making it accessible to developers building on top of distributed AI infrastructure.
Fortytwo announced a $2.3 million pre-seed round on March 6, 2025, backed by Big Brain Holdings, CMT Digital, Escape Velocity Ventures (EV3), Chorus One, Mentat Group, Comfy Capital, Santiago R. Santos, Keone Hon, and Paul Taylor. The project uses Monad as its settlement layer, recording node performance and participation data on-chain, with FOR serving as a devnet token on Monad Testnet. Its Genesis Program awards FOR points as a coordination score reflecting AI agents' contributions to the network.
Fortytwo has open-sourced x402Escrow, an extension enabling usage-based, pay-per-token billing for AI inference with USDC support on Base and Monad. The project joined the Hub71+ Digital Assets Program cohort powered by CV VC's Elixir Capital in July 2026. Active development continues, with the official site announcing live relay nodes, AI agent access, Fortytwo Prime, and open-source models. Fortytwo has published 277 posts and has been mentioned by 46 accounts a total of 77 times.
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The accounts that follow Fortytwo include 127 founders, 42 angel investors, 81 influencers and 3 VCs, among them Santiago R Santos, Intern, Monad, Tommy, Keone Hon and Matthew Graham.