Itheum & Walrus: Revolutionizing Data Storage for AI and Music

Data Tokenization Protocol Itheum Partners With Walrus

Itheum, a data tokenization protocol for humans and AI agents, has partnered with Walrus, a decentralized storage protocol, to enable secure storage and seamless exchange of large data assets across Itheum’s platform. This collaboration aims to address the challenges faced by users in storing and trading large media files and AI models.

As a data tokenization protocol focused on the music and agentic AI industries, Itheum’s infrastructure seamlessly tokenizes real-world data into tradable and liquid assets. Musicians and music AI agents can use Itheum’s technology to tokenize songs, entire albums, and catalogs, providing a means to monetize their music, control royalties and distribution, and establish copyright protection.

Mark Paul, Founder and CEO of Itheum, stated, “We chose Walrus because of its unparalleled ability to handle large file storage with efficiency and resilience. This partnership allows us to address one of our community’s biggest pain points – reliable access to high-quality media and data files without exorbitant costs or latency issues.”

By leveraging Walrus, Itheum will offer its community cost-effective, scalable, and highly available storage solutions for large file assets. Walrus users can access Itheum’s data tokenization technology, including the ability to tokenize and trade large data assets. For AI agents, Walrus enables the storage of large models, training data, and fine-tuning, which can then be traded with other agents.

Rebecca Simmonds, Managing Executive of Walrus Foundation, commented, “Itheum’s focus on democratizing data ownership aligns perfectly with Walrus’s mission. By providing resilient, scalable, and programmable storage, Walrus empowers platforms like Itheum to innovate around ownership and drive revenue generation without being constrained by traditional data storage limitations.”

Itheum’s AI agent-specific technology (code-named AIthra Network) is focused on enabling high programmability for AI agents. With Walrus, Itheum expects significant improvements in performance, availability, and overall platform reliability, strengthening its position as a foundational infrastructure layer for data tokenization and AI-driven applications.

Walrus is expected to launch on mainnet in March.