CrunchDAO is a collective intelligence protocol that distributes machine learning workloads across a global community. More than 10,000 ML engineers and 1,200+ PhDs contribute models from over 100 countries, bringing diverse perspectives and methods rarely available in traditional research environments. The protocol organizes this global effort into Crunches—prediction challenges with clear rules, transparent scoring, and structured rewards. These challenges turn collective intelligence into a high-performance forecasting engine.