Solstice and TensorX have announced a partnership to finance up to $1 billion in European sovereign AI infrastructure. The onchain financing protocol will launch aiUSX, a yield-bearing asset allowing companies to use capital earmarked for AI spend to help fund the hardware buildout. The initiative aims to meet rising demand for EU-based compute while providing corporate treasuries with productive, liquid assets.
Solstice and TensorX are partnering to create a financing facility with up to $1 billion in capacity for AI hardware and data-center build-out across the European Union. Solstice will provide the onchain financing, while TensorX operates a fleet of NVIDIA GPUs in EU data centers.
TensorX delivers AI models with zero data retention and predictable pricing for startups and enterprises. “Europe wants AI that can run on its own terms, on its own soil, without handing its data to someone else’s cloud on the world stage,” said Tim Grant, Executive Chairman of TensorX.
As part of the deal, Solstice will launch aiUSX, a yield-bearing asset backed by the infrastructure lending. The product is designed for companies holding capital for future AI inference costs. aiUSX will initially be capped at $5 million, with capital remaining liquid and redeemable.
“Every company is turning into an AI company, and every one of them watches its inference bill climb,” said Ben Nadareski, CEO of Solstice. He described aiUSX as treasury management for the AI era, allowing companies to earn yield on reserved capital.
Both companies are part of the Deus X Capital ecosystem. “Sovereign AI is one of the biggest infrastructure buildouts of this decade, and it runs on capital as much as it runs on chips,” stated Stuart Connolly, CIO of Deus X Capital.
Solstice is an onchain settlement and yield protocol with over $500 million in total value locked. TensorX is a sovereign AI infrastructure company based in Dublin, ensuring full data residency for its clients.
