The open-source artificial intelligence development platform Sentient has completed a seed round financing of $85 million, led by Founders Fund, Pantera Capital, and Framework Ventures. Other investors include Ethereal Ventures, Robot Ventures, Symbolic Capital, and Delphi Ventures. One of Sentient's core contributors is Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder of Polygon, with Sreeram Kannan, founder and CEO of EigenLayer, serving as an advisor. The platform aims to build open-source AI models through community contributions to address centralization and security ethics issues in the AI field. Sentient plans to launch a testnet in the third quarter of this year and will leverage Polygon's technology for development.

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<p>According to The Block, the open-source artificial intelligence development platform Sentient has announced the completion of an $85 million seed round of financing. The round was led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, Pantera Capital, and Framework Ventures, with other investors including Ethereal Ventures, Robot Ventures, Symbolic Capital, Delphi Ventures, and more.</p>
<p>One of Sentient's key contributors is Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder of Polygon. Sentient's advisor is Sreeram Kannan, founder and CEO of EigenLayer. Sentient is dedicated to building open-source AI models through community contributions to address the centralization and security ethics issues in the current AI field. Sentient plans to launch a testnet in the third quarter of this year and intends to leverage Polygon's technology for development.</p>
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