At Devconnect ARG in Buenos Aires, Fluence and Filecoin foundation hosted the 13th DePIN Day, a full day dedicated to the builders shaping decentralized physical infrastructure. More than 300 developers, founders, and researchers gathered for discussions, demos, and collaboration. With over 1,300 registrations, 25 speakers, 5 sponsors, and 40 media partners, DePIN Day Buenos Aires highlighted how quickly the DePIN ecosystem is growing.
DePIN Day Arrives in Latin America
DePIN Day reached Latin America for the first time, streaming live from Buenos Aires. Builders across the region gathered to explore how decentralized infrastructure is moving into real deployment. The program examined how incentives in Web3 reshape infrastructure across wireless networks, energy systems, sensors, compute, and storage. The discussions reflected the steady shift from isolated pilots to robust systems running in production environments.
The event was organized by Fluence and co-hosted with the Filecoin Foundation, supported by AR.IO, Protocol Labs, iExec, and Oasis Protocol. Their involvement brought together a broad group of network operators, researchers, and application teams who are advancing the next generation of user owned and verifiable infrastructure.
Insights From Teams Running Real Infrastructure
The speaker lineup reflected the full depth and breadth of the DePIN ecosystem. Leaders from Fluence, Filecoin Foundation, Protocol Labs, Messari, Metamask, Akash Network, Livepeer, Lattice, WeatherXM, AR.IO, and others shared insights from networks that are already serving real workloads.
The day opened with check in and an introductory talk from Tom Trowbridge of Fluence, followed by a session with Danny O’Brien from the Filecoin Foundation. A panel on DePIN as the physical layer of AI infrastructure brought perspectives from NodeOps, Akave, Messari, Oasis Protocol, and iExec. Additional presentations included Livepeer, Silencio, and Fluence, each covering specific challenges in verifiable compute and distributed data systems.
The agenda continued with a major Filecoin announcement, followed by an afternoon program that featured WeatherXM, a case study from Skymapper and Akave, and a panel on how VCs evaluate long term opportunities in DePIN. The conversation included Fluence, Lattice, Escape Velocity, Blue Yard Capital, and Framework Ventures. Sessions from Glow and AR.IO followed, leading into a panel on the new compute stack with contributors from Fluence, Akash Network, Consensys, and Zeeve. The day concluded with a fireside conversation between Tom Trowbridge of Fluence and Juan Benet of Filecoin.
A Global Movement Building Momentum
Each DePIN Day adds momentum to a movement that is already transforming how infrastructure is built and shared. Buenos Aires captured that energy clearly. Builders pushed code to production, founders formed new partnerships, and the DePIN community strengthened its connections through direct collaboration.
The outcome spoke for itself. DePIN is operating in real environments and powering real applications. The builders in Buenos Aires made that visible and showed that the next generation of cloud is being assembled piece by piece, open, verifiable, and built together.
