GRID has officially launched recently! Recently, Founders Fund and its founder Peter Thiel have garnered significant attention, with the stock prices of its portfolio companies BMNR and ATNF both soaring. Sentient is one of Founders Fund's latest investment projects—its only investment in the cryptocurrency space. Sentient's mission is to ensure that Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) remains open-source and decentralized, free from the control of any single entity. Its core belief is that AGI will not manifest as a single, massive model but will exist as a network composed of multiple specialized intelligences. The products that Sentient is building enable open-source AGI to be commercialized, thus ensuring sustainability. The team (led by top experts in AI and the cryptocurrency field) • Sandeep — a leading figure in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry • Pramod — an AI expert from Princeton University • Himanshu — a renowned AI professor at the Indian Institute of Science (IISC) Investors To date, it has raised $85 million, led by Founders Fund. GRID officially launched today. 🌐 GRID = The world's largest open-source intelligence network + The strongest AI ecosystem in Web3 What is GRID? Sentient is building GRID — the flagship network and the first step towards open-source AGI: a system composed of agents, models, data, and computing power that collaborates to provide high-quality AI outputs. Each request is broken down, distributed to appropriate agents, processed with tools and domain data, and then merged into the optimal result. The output reflects the collective intelligence of thousands of open-source developers rather than the product of a small closed-source team. Product Matrix • Dobby — The world's first open-source, community-built AI model • Sentient Chat — The gateway to GRID (currently in closed testing), where users can see in real-time which intelligences are driving their answers • Open Deep Search, Model Fingerprinting, and other ecosystem products • Token economy inspired by Bittensor, but with a reward mechanism linked to actual usage, making it healthier and more sustainable SENT Economic Model — Funding for open-source The biggest challenge facing open-source AI has always been funding and commercialization. The design of the SENT token economy aims to address this issue: • Community members can stake SENT on GRID participants (referred to as "artifacts"), guiding token releases and earning rewards • Token release distribution weights are based on actual usage, revenue, and expert representative voting • Rewards will flow to projects that are genuinely used and valued, allowing the community to jointly fund and expand open-source AI Current GRID Ecosystem GRID has already onboarded over 110 partners, including: • 50+ professional agents • 50+ data providers • 6 models • 10+ computing and verifiable AI infrastructure partners Sentient's self-developed products: Sentient Chat, Dobby, Model Fingerprinting, Open Deep Search Ecosystem examples: • Napkin (AI charts/infographics) • Exa (top-tier web search) • Caldo (AI-driven character search and information enhancement) • Kaito (cryptocurrency social data) • Messari Co-pilot (cryptocurrency market insights) • The Graph (blockchain data indexing) • EigenLayer (launching Dobby Judge AI adjudication system) 🔹 GRID proves that open-source, community-built intelligence is fully capable of competing with the world's most powerful closed-source laboratories. 🌐 Join link: