Posemesh
A decentralised machine-perception network built by Auki Labs. Domain servers host the 3D map of a venue, reconstruction servers turn scans into spatial data, and Hagall handles real-time networking between devices.
Also known as: Auki Posemesh, Posemesh Protocol
The posemesh is Auki Labs’ decentralised spatial-AI network. It separates spatial data into three layers: domain servers (per-venue persistent maps), reconstruction servers (compute that turns customer scans into 3D point clouds or gaussian splats) and Hagall (the real-time networking layer that lets devices in the same space coordinate). Each layer is meant to be operator-run, with AUKI tokens staked as reputation collateral for inclusion in the reward pool.
The architecture is designed to push spatial data toward the venue owner rather than aggregating it on a central platform. A retailer running a Cactus pilot operates the domain server for their store; the spatial map of that store is owned by that retailer, not by Auki Labs. Reconstruction is performed by node operators with mid-tier NVIDIA GPUs, who consume scan jobs from the Domain Management Tool app and run a custom structure-from-motion pipeline. The output is fed back into the domain server and the customer or staff device.
At time of writing the network is honest about its current state. The OpenZeppelin audit of Auki’s smart contracts describes the posemesh as “currently a centralised system” with multi-party-computation wallets controlling privileged on-chain roles. Auki Labs has not pushed back; the May 2025 community update used the phrase “a great deal of centralized control over the protocol in its current shape” and described progressive decentralisation as the roadmap. The reconstruction node network was still in closed beta with a handful of community operators at H2 2025. The Hagall networking layer is open-source under MIT but the operator gating is the same.
The protocol economy is a burn-for-credit-mint loop. Retailers and developers burn AUKI to receive non-transferable off-chain service credits; each burn triggers a deflationary mint that is mathematically smaller than the burn, trending total supply toward a five-billion equilibrium against a ten-billion ceiling. On-chain throughput is currently small (DeFiLlama records $43,456 annualised fees against $371,725 annualised incentive emissions), so the deflationary mechanism is structurally real but not yet meaningfully reducing supply. Whether the flywheel kicks in is the central economic thesis question for AUKI.