
SemanticLayer announced a successful $3 million seed funding round led by Figment Capital, with participation from several venture firms including Hack VC, Robot Ventures, Bankless VC, Anagram, Fenbushi, and Perridon VC. The funding will be used to enhance Application-Specific Sequencing for decentralized applications (dApps). Meanwhile, OpenGradient has raised $8.5 million in seed funding to develop an innovative end-to-end decentralized platform aimed at secure open-source artificial intelligence (AI). Key investors in OpenGradient's funding round include a16zcrypto, CSX, CB Ventures, SV Angel, Balaji Srinivasan, Ilan Black, and Sandeep Nailwal. The OpenGradient team is recognized for their rapid development and is actively hiring to support their project at the intersection of Web3 and AI.
Huge congrats to this team on their fundraising milestone! OpenGradient is one of the most exciting projects in the AI x Crypto space: they are building native onchain inference support for dapps. Every app we use is (going to be) AI powered. OpenGradient is providing the… https://t.co/1KLPA6nhc8
We’d like to take this opportunity to congratulate and thank the @OpenGradient team. It’s impressive to see how quickly and efficiently they deliver. Congratulations to our friends and partners @OpenGradient @0xDeltaHedged @kukac24 @that_anokha_boy @mxjiKs @LetMuBeAMeasure… https://t.co/zzD4QzMMW8
Thrilled to be a part of @OpenGradient's journey accelerating the development of open-source AI for Web3 🎉 @0xDeltaHedged and @kukac24 are the best founders to work at the intersection of Web3 and AI. And they're hiring - if you're looking for a role there, DM me! https://t.co/LJ1zlZOkQD