> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.vannalabs.ai/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.vannalabs.ai/introduction/summary.md).

# Summary

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## Vanna Network Overview

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Terminology Ti&#x70;**:** An "inference" is just a fancy way of saying "running a trained AI/ML" model on some input parameters.
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**The Vanna Network is the decentralized execution layer for AI/ML.**

Vanna supports native inference directly computed, secured, and verified on-chain; designed in a way that is so seamless that leveraging AI/ML in dApps is as easy as a simple smart contract function call.

**Vanna is the one-stop-shop for AI inference and has everything you need to run an inference pipeline on-chain.**

1. **Querying Data:** Access oracle feed data or on-chain state by making interchain queries to smart contracts.
2. **Preprocessing:** Leverage Vanna's built-in precompiles to preprocess queried raw data to prepare it for inference.
3. **Inference Execution:** Seamlessly and scalably run inference with any level of cryptographic security that suits your use-case&#x20;
4. **Inference Validation:** All cryptographic proofs securing inference are verified on the Vanna network by validator nodes.&#x20;
5. **Publishing & Provenance:** Inference results can be delivered to contracts on any chain through cross-chain messages, and are also published to the data availability layer.