Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said the model shows that high-performing AI does not need to depend entirely on centralized data centres. VisionPsy-Nano-460M-Flash, meanwhile, is optimized for speed, preserving nearly all of the original model’s performance while improving mobile responsiveness. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said the release demonstrates that efficient local AI can challenge the industry’s reliance on centralized data centres. During testing, it surpassed competing small-scale AI models from Liquid AI and Hugging Face, outperforming all tested 0.5B-class models across 16 out of 17 benchmarks. Through QVAC, Tether Data is pursuing decentralized AI systems designed around privacy, user control and device-based intelligence rather than large-scale data centre dependence.