What is Dippy (SN11)?

Deep Dive

1. Purpose & value proposition

Dippy addresses the $0 loneliness crisis (linked to health risks like +29% heart disease risk (CDC)) by developing specialized LLMs for emotional engagement rather than task assistance. Unlike general-purpose models like GPT-4:

• Empathy-first design: Optimized for sustained conversational flow and character consistency
• Open-source gap: Fills void between closed-source roleplay leaders (Character AI) and inferior community alternatives
• Real-world use: Integrated into Dippy’s existing app which averages >1 hour/user session

2. Technology & architecture

Built on Bittensor’s decentralized AI network (Bittensor docs):

• Miners submit fine-tuned LLMs (up to 34B parameters) to a shared Hugging Face repository
• Validators rank models using criteria like coherence, creativity, and response length
• Incentive layer: SN11 tokens reward top-performing models weekly, with anti-copying mechanisms

The subnet completed Phase 3 of its roadmap in June 2025, enabling continuous SOTA iteration using app user data.

3. Ecosystem & adoption

• App integration: Top miner models deploy weekly to Dippy’s production app (ranked #1 lifestyle app in Germany)
• Developer traction: 1,200+ GitHub repo forks suggest strong open-source interest
• Market position: Operates in $3.4B AI companionship sector projected to grow at 28% CAGR through 2030 (Grand View Research)

Conclusion

Dippy combines proven consumer demand with decentralized AI refinement, though its crypto-economic model remains tightly coupled to Bittensor’s untested subnet incentives. How might evolving FTC guidelines on AI emotional manipulation impact its open-source development?