Verifiable AI computing layer OpenGradient completes $9.5 million in funding, with participation from a16z crypto and others

Verifiable AI computing layer OpenGradient announced the completion of a $9.5 million financing round, led by a16z crypto, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, SV Angel, Foresight Ventures, Pragma, SALT, Symbolic Capital, Canonical Crypto, Black Dragon, NEAR, Celestia, and Thanefield Capital, as well as angel investor and former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan.

The funds from this round will be used to build and expand decentralized AI infrastructure, providing model hosting, execution, and cryptographic verification services, achieving open, auditable, and verifiable AI model operations on-chain, laying a solid trust foundation for the AI agent economy and decentralized intelligent applications.

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