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Xsolla and Aethir Launch $1M Grant Program for Gaming Innovators
March 7, 2025

Xsolla and Aethir Launch $1M Grant Program for Gaming Innovators

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Xsolla and Aethir are partnering to support video game development and distribution of games in the cloud. Together, we are announcing the launch of an exclusive $1M ecosystem grant program for innovative video game developers needing access to cutting-edge GPU computing services and streamlined cloud gaming distribution channels. The grant program is designed to offer hands-on support to game developers with clear visions of innovative gameplay experiences, facilitated by Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud and Xsolla’s cloud gaming platform. The grant program is being announced ahead of the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, one of the largest global gaming events, signifying Xsolla and Aethir’s dedication to supporting cloud gaming evolution. 

Through this $1M grant program, Xsolla and Aethir will support promising gaming studios focused on launching and hosting innovative cloud gaming experiences. Game developers can apply for the grant program to receive additional cloud credits to incentivize their users to play games in the cloud. 

The Xsolla and Aethir partnership is creating a cloud gaming powerhouse for innovative game developers and studios who want to capitalize on the immense growth potential of global cloud gaming. 

Xsolla is a leading global video game commerce company supporting game developers in 200+ geographies by providing 1,000+ payment methods, accepting transactions in 130+ currencies, and providing live ops support in 25+ languages worldwide. They offer industry-leading solutions to developers, publishers, and creators to help them launch, monetize, and distribute their games successfully through their innovative gaming platform with a pay-as-you-go monetization strategy for games in the cloud. 

Aethir’s decentralized GPU cloud supports the most advanced AI and gaming workloads with reliable, secure, cost-effective, and highly scalable GPU computing resources. The Aethir GPU-as-a-service model offers computing solutions for a wide range of gaming use cases, from cloud gaming, Instant Play, Smart TV gaming, and AR/VR gaming integrations, all the way to Web3 gaming. With Aethir’s robust and secure GPU network, gaming companies have a reliable cloud-computing partner to support their gaming projects’ entire journey, from market launch to user acquisition and expansion. With over 400,000 globally distributed GPU containers, Aethir has the means to support cloud gaming projects and scale their operations massively.

Unlike centralized cloud providers, which concentrate GPU resources in a few massive data centers in regional capitals, Aethir uses distributed cloud computing infrastructure spread across 95 locations worldwide. This enables us to efficiently reach cloud gamers across the entire network, empowering our enterprise clients to access a broader user base than centralized cloud providers. 

Through the newly launched grant program for gaming innovators, Xsolla and Aethir aim to support developer teams with critical infrastructure for user acquisition and monetization today to distribute the next generation of games. 

For the latest details regarding Xsolla and Aethir’s $1M grant program for gaming innovators, follow Aethir’s main X account and the Aethir Ecosystem account

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