Founders Fund co-led an $85 million investment in Sentient, an open-source AI development platform built on Polygon.
Sentient aims to democratize AI development, countering dominance by tech giants like Google and Meta.
Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund has co-led a significant $85 million seed round investment in Sentient, an open-source AI development platform. The platform will be built on Polygon, an Ethereum scaler, marking Polygon’s foray into AI. Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal is a key contributor to Sentient, highlighting the project’s ambitious scope.
congratulations to the entire sentient team!
➨ a pivotal step for the @sentient_agi platform that will be built on polygon cdk, tapping into the unified liquidity of the agglayer https://t.co/Ma4k1MYVhY
— Polygon | Aggregated (@0xPolygon) July 2, 2024
The funding round was co-led by Founders Fund, Pantera Capital, and Framework Ventures, with contributions from numerous other investors, including Ethereal, Robot Venture