Collaboration & Technology - Vodafone and Sumitomo's joint venture, Pairpoint, collaborates with Chainlink on a tokenized asset financing solution for AI in telecommunications infrastructure [1] - The solution uses Chainlink Runtime Environment to securely source and relay asset usage and pricing data onchain [2] - This data calculates investor rewards based on real-world AI computing activity [2] - The model tokenizes new infrastructure investments to existing telecom towers to enable AI capabilities [3] Investment & Finance - The solution aims to drive investment into key AI infrastructure through a next-generation tokenized financing model [2] - Investors can purchase these tokenized assets to support the investment [3] - Sumitomo has ¥11 trillion (approximately $75 billion USD) in total assets [2] Company Information - Vodafone serves over 275 million customers across 15 countries [2] - Sumitomo is a leading integrated trading and investment company in Japan [2]