Sentient, an open-source AI platform, has raised $85 million in a seed funding round co-led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, Pantera Capital, and Framework Ventures. Key contributors include Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder of Polygon. Sentient aims to build community-contributed AI models to compete with centralized platforms like OpenAI, offering direct model access and rewards for contributions. The platform plans to integrate with Polygon and launch its testnet later this year.
Sentient, an open-source AI platform, has raised $85 million in a seed funding round co-led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, Pantera Capital, and Framework Ventures. Key contributors include Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder of Polygon. Sentient aims to build community-contributed AI models to compete with centralized platforms like OpenAI, offering direct model access and rewards for contributions. The platform plans to integrate with Polygon and launch its testnet later this year.