CANNES, France — June 30, 2025 — Somnia, the high-performance Layer 1 blockchain supported by a $270m fund and designed for reactive, fully on-chain applications in gaming and entertainment, today announces a collaboration with Google Cloud.

This collaboration integrates Google Cloud’s sophisticated technical infrastructure, AI agent
development platform and frameworks, and robust security features with Somnia’s
entertainment-driven blockchain. The new collaboration, announced during EthCC in Cannes,
will redefine creativity and what’s possible for gaming developers worldwide.

Somnia’s collaboration with Google Cloud is engineered to improve products for the gaming
industry which is increasingly building on blockchain technology. Recently, Somnia achieved a
significant milestone of 1 billion transactions on its testnet, demonstrating the platform’s
scalability and robust infrastructure capabilities. Remarkably, the testnet network processed 250
million transactions in less than a month and reached an impressive 80 million transactions in a
single day, showcasing exceptional performance. The network is supported by a strong validator
ecosystem including BCW Group, Luganodes, B-Harvest, Kiln, and many others.

Somnia’s existing architecture is designed for the technological demands of game developers
with capabilities exceeding 1 million TPS (transactions per second), sub-second finality,
sub-cent transaction fees and decentralized design for handling mass volumes of simultaneous
activity. The Somnia network has onboarded over 60 active projects on its testnet including
games such as Sparkball, Variance, Masks of the Void and Maelstrom.

“Working with Google Cloud marks a huge step forward in setting the foundations for a truly
agentic, on-chain internet,” said Paul Thomas, Founder of Somnia. “With their support across
validator operations, BigQuery datasets and AI agent tooling we’re redefining how games are
built and giving developers an accessible platform to build immersive, intelligent projects that
can flourish.”

Adding greater capability into game development

In addition to enhanced security and AI agentic functionality on its network, Somnia’s work with
Google Cloud also unlocks greater opportunities for developers to utilize best-in-class cloud
infrastructure, enhanced security and AI agent technologies. This furthers Somnia’s mission to
make blockchain entertainment development more accessible and attractive for game and
entertainment developers and entrepreneurs.

• Benefits of the collaboration for Somnia and developers include:
• Google Cloud as Network Validator: Google Cloud will operate as a validator on the Somnia network, enabling Somnia to utilize its enterprise-grade technical infrastructure to bolster network security, reliability, and decentralization.
• Integrated Cloud Platform: Somnia developers will have seamless access to Google Cloud’s fully integrated Cloud, data and AI platform that includes real-time blockchain data streaming via Google Cloud Pub/Sub, and indexed Somnia datasets within BigQuery for powerful analytics.
• Enhanced Threat Intelligence Powered by Mandiant: Recognizing the unique security challenges of Web3, the partnership integrates Google Cloud’s security capabilities, spearheaded by Mandiant. This provides Somnia and its ecosystem with proactive threat intelligence, expertise in securing Web2 and Web3 infrastructure interconnections, and tailored security solutions for key risk events like mainnet launches, token generation events (TGEs), smart contract deployments, and incident response. Mandiant’s focus includes securing private key infrastructure, signing processes, and mitigating risks from sophisticated actors.
• Empowering Agentic Ecosystems: Somnia is integrating Google’s AI agent ecosystem, including ADK, A2A, and MCP, to enable intelligent, interoperable agents within on-chain games and applications. This unlocks advanced use cases such as dynamic NPCs, AI-driven market participants, and reactive game features that leverage Somnia’s high speed and low fees.

James Tromans, Managing Director – Web3 at Google Cloud comments “Google Cloud is
dedicated to supporting the Web3 ecosystem with our secure, scalable infrastructure and
powerful AI capabilities. To empower Somnia’s developers, we’re excited to collaborate and
provide a scalable platform, powerful data streaming and robust security intelligence, and to
support Somnia developers as they create agent-driven applications.”

This collaboration between Somnia and Google Cloud will be integrated with the Somnia
network this summer with developers being invited to Somnia’s testnet to build and deploy
projects leveraging this new capability. The integration represents a significant milestone in the
infrastructure and tooling required for a future where intelligent agents and decentralized
technologies converge, supporting developers and the wider industry in this new age of
blockchain entertainment.

ENDS

About Somnia
Somnia is the fastest and most cost-effective EVM Layer-1 blockchain, capable of processing
over 1 million transactions per second (TPS) with sub-second finality and sub-cent fees.
Somnia’s new multi-stream consensus technology achieves sub-second block certainty and
higher transaction throughput. Sequential execution and compression algorithms effectively
handle high-density scenarios, increasing the amount of data transferred between nodes by
10-20x. The custom database IceDB achieves 15-100 nanosecond read/write times, reducing
transaction costs to less than a penny. This makes Somnia an ideal platform for building
large-scale, real-time applications in games, social, metaverse, finance, and other fields, serving
millions of users, all on-chain, making EVM more efficient than ever before.

For more information, visit https://somnia.network

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Source: Somnia