Agglayer launches specialized ZK infra and AI-DeFi chains
Polygon Weekly Overview - June 20, 2025
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Agglayer Spotlight
🟪What happened: ZisK, a high-performance zero-knowledge virtual machine (zkVM) incubated by Polygon and being spun off independently, launched to Agglayer. Separately, Forknet, a layer-2 (L2) scaling solution to aggregate liquidity across blockchains, also launched to Agglayer.
🟪Why does it matter: The launch of these chains on Agglayer advances the vision of creating an ecosystem built around specialized chains rather than general-purpose ones. ZisK and Forknet leverage unified interoperability to solve liquidity fragmentation, each focused on a specific use case.
ZisK, led by Polygon Co-Founder Jordi Baylina, tackles ZK proof generation infrastructure with real-time Ethereum block proving and 1.5GHz zkVM execution speeds. This allows developers to use tools to create custom circuits, Rollups and ZK applications.
The fully open-source stack also eliminates vendor lock in. This means developers aren't tied to a single chains infrastructure technology as they can modify, integrate or migrate their ZK-infrastructure without dependency on external vendors.
On the other hand, Forknet is an L2 that is designed to provide interoperability and liquidity access for projects wanting to integrate AI inferencing. It targets the growing intersection of AI and DeFi by leveraging NeurochainAI's marketplace with Agglayer connectivity. NeurochainAI is a decentralized AI compute marketplace where users can access AI computing resources and services through blockchain infrastructure.
The platform creates a dual incentive where developers with spare computing power can connect to Forknet and earn rewards from other projects using their resources. As a decentralized AI compute platform, inference requests are distributed across the network rather than to specific hardware, and the first node to compute the response receives the reward.
The platform's native order book DEX also enables perpetual and spot trading across AggChains. This can turn isolated token rewards into active cross-chain liquidity to create an ecosystem that bridges AI inference rewards with DeFi trading opportunities.
🟪The big picture: These launches showcase how the Agglayer ecosystem is evolving with specialized chains that target distinct market needs, while maintaining unified interoperability. ZisK brings ZK infrastructure that can support the entire ecosystem's proving needs, while Forknet bridges AI compute with DeFi trading opportunities.
Both chains benefit from Agglayer's multistack upgrade, which enables modular infrastructure tailored to specific use cases. Forknet, like Katana, is built on CDK OP Stack, showcasing the flexibility of this approach.
This expansion comes as Polygon Labs announced its “gigagas” roadmap to 100,000 TPS, scaling infrastructure massively for global payments and real-world assets. The three-phase approach targets 5,000 TPS with Agglayer integration by end of 2025, and a goal of 100,000 TPS by 2026. Together, these developments position Agglayer as a unified ecosystem that can support everything from specialized ZK applications to payments and decentralized AI.
Into the Agglayer
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