INTELCAP

IntelCap // AI & Crypto Funding Tracker

Funding rounds where AI meets crypto.

An independent record of raises where artificial intelligence and Web3 collide: amounts, investors, dates, and verifiable sources — no noise, no mockups.

16

Rounds tracked

$551M

Total raised

40

Unique investors

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CompanySectorAmountDateInvestorsSource

World (Tools for Humanity)

Strategic token sale

Biometric identity project co-founded by Sam Altman (OpenAI, World ID / WLD); this round was raised via a strategic token sale.

Crypto$52.5MPantera Capital, Bain Capital Crypto, Eightco Holdings, Selini CapitalTechCrunch

Prime Intellect

Series A

Open-source infrastructure for decentralized AI training and reinforcement learning; known in the crypto ecosystem for its community-run INTELLECT-1/2 training runs and its PRIME token.

AI$130MRadical Ventures, NVIDIA Ventures, Intel Capital, Dell Technologies CapitalTechCrunch

Grass

Bridge

DePIN network that monetizes unused bandwidth to collect public web data for AI training datasets.

AI+Crypto$10MPolychain Capital, Tribe CapitalBlockworks

Nous Research

Series A

Decentralized AI startup training open-source models, using Solana as a verification layer for distributed compute.

AI+Crypto$50MParadigmFortune

Hyperbolic

Series A

Decentralized GPU marketplace and serverless inference platform, already used by Hugging Face, Quora, and several university labs.

AI+Crypto$12MVariant, Polychain CapitalSiliconANGLE

Talus Network

Strategic

Layer 1 built for on-chain AI agents that can manage smart contracts and act autonomously in DeFi and gaming.

AI+Crypto$6MPolychain Capital, Foresight Ventures, Animoca BrandsThe Block

Fraction AI

Pre-seed

Crypto-AI startup specializing in decentralized data labeling, combining human contributors with AI agents. Date approximate (round closed in September 2024).

AI+Crypto$6MSpartan Group, Symbolic CapitalThe Block

Sahara AI

Series A

Decentralized blockchain platform for open AI: a marketplace for data, models, and compute.

AI+Crypto$43MPantera Capital, Binance Labs, Polychain Capital, Samsung NextPR Newswire

Chainbase

Series A

Omnichain data network building a "crypto world model" to make blockchain data usable by AI.

AI+Crypto$15MTencent Investment Group, Matrix Partners ChinaThe Block

Sentient Labs

Seed

Open-source AI platform co-founded by a former Polygon executive, letting developers get paid for contributions to community-built models.

AI+Crypto$85MFounders Fund, Pantera Capital, Framework VenturesCoinDesk

ORA

Strategic

Verifiable AI oracle enabling on-chain inference (opML) and tokenization of AI models on Ethereum and its L2s.

AI+Crypto$20MPolychain Capital, HF0, HashKey CapitalCointelegraph

Vana

Series A

User-owned data protocol letting people pool and monetize personal data for AI model training. Announcement date unconfirmed — sources disagree.

AI+Crypto$18MParadigm, Polychain Capital, Casey CarusoVana

io.net

Series A

DePIN network aggregating underused GPUs worldwide to provide on-demand compute for AI and ML companies.

AI+Crypto$30MHack VC, Multicoin Capital, 6th Man Ventures, Delphi Digital, Solana LabsTech Startups

Ritual

Series A

Decentralized execution layer that brings AI model inference on-chain for smart contracts.

AI+Crypto$25MArchetype, Accomplice, Robot Ventures, AccelCoinDesk

Kaito

Series A

AI-powered search engine for digital assets, aggregating on-chain data and crypto social feeds.

AI+Crypto$5.5MSuperscrypt, SpartanCoinDesk

Gensyn

Series A

Blockchain protocol connecting idle GPU/CPU compute to machine-learning training jobs, with cryptographic verification of completed work.

AI+Crypto$43Ma16z crypto, CoinFund, Canonical Crypto, Protocol LabsCoinDesk

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