SAN FRANCISCO, CA – 29/01/2025 – (SeaPRwire) – In a groundbreaking development for the AI and Web3 sectors, Bluwhale, a pioneering AI Web3 start-up, has successfully secured an impressive 100millionin funding. The infusion of capital is set to propel Bluwhale’s ambitious plans to expand its Web3 intelligence layer across various Layer 1 (L1) and Layer 2 (L2) blockchains, marking a significant milestone in the company’s journey.
Bluwhale’s innovative approach to decentralizing AI is underpinned by its unique Layer 3 (L3) solution, which leverages zero-knowledge (zk) technology to provide aggregation, contextualization, and privacy enhancements to the computing environment. This advanced layer is designed to facilitate the training and inference processes for AI agents and models, setting a new standard for decentralized AI infrastructure.
The company’s L3 solution is powered by a network of nodes that individuals can operate on their mobile devices, contributing to verification and data processes, and eventually providing storage and computing resources. This decentralized model not only democratizes AI but also ensures a more secure and efficient ecosystem for all participants.
Han Jin, CEO of Bluwhale, emphasized the significance of this development, stating, “While the foundational elements for decentralized AI on the blockchain exist, they are often fragmented across various platforms and chains. Our collaboration with Caldera aims to address this challenge by delivering a comprehensive data contextualization and orchestration layer. This will create an optimal and secure aggregation environment for AI agents, models, and large language models (LLMs), akin to a multi-functional RAG system.”
Bluwhale’s custom zk-layer will initially be deployed on Arbitrum, a leading Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum, to decentralize AI workloads. This environment is optimized for privacy, speed, and cost-efficiency, enabling AI agents to seamlessly access and utilize underlying data, storage, and computing resources.
Matt Katz, CEO of Caldera, expressed his enthusiasm for the partnership, noting, “To truly decentralize AI on-chain, it is essential to have data, storage, and computation integrated into a single aggregation layer. This allows different parties to securely and safely consume and contribute resources. Bluwhale’s team has a deep understanding of this challenge, and we are thrilled to collaborate with them on this transformative initiative.”
Kiet Fong, Gaming Partnership APAC at OffChain Labs, a contributor to Arbitrum, highlighted the user-friendly nature of Bluwhale’s AI Layer, stating, “Bluwhale’s AI Layer simplifies the complexity of blockchains, making it as easy as plug-and-play for AI agents and as straightforward as having a friendly chat with the chain for retail users.”
The funding round attracted a diverse array of investors and partners, including Cointelegraph, SwissBorg, Awaken Finance, CoinBureau, Altcoin Daily, Master Ventures, DWF Labs, Baboon Ventures, Cryptonite Capital, Hub71, NewTribe Capital, Vitality Ventures, Citizen Capital, Castrum Capital, Elevate Ventures, Common Wealth Fund, AlphaCrypto Capital, Faro, Kahuna, Moon Capital, EVO, and London Real Ventures. Additional funding support was provided by Arbitrum and Movement Labs.
Nattaphol Vimolchalao, Director at Awaken Finance, commented on the investment, saying, “Awaken Foundation is proud to support the Bluwhale team in their mission to empower individuals to transform their data and mobile devices into valuable assets. Their innovative work aligns perfectly with our commitment to investing in bold, forward-thinking teams that are driving AI-powered transformative technologies within the broader Web3 ecosystem.”
Bluwhale’s previous investors include SBI Holdings, GSR Ventures, Cardano, Momentum6, Primal Capital, NxGen Ventures, Cyberport, Spyre Capital, Baselayer Capital, Haseeb Qureshi (Managing Partner at Dragonfly), Charles Huang (Creator of Guitar Hero), Jack McCauley (Founder of Oculus), and Decima Fund, a collaborative fund of Animoca Brands, Gumi, SBI, and MZ Crypto.
For more information, visit www.bluwhale.com.
About Bluwhale:
Bluwhale is revolutionizing the Web3 landscape by enabling individuals to contribute their data, storage, and computing resources from their mobile devices, exchanging them for monetary value. The company’s intelligence layer connects users with enterprises that benefit from these contributions, transforming a user’s digital footprint and mobile device into their most valuable asset. Bluwhale’s innovative AI layer specializes in unlocking the full potential of AI agents, models, and decentralized applications (dApps) by contextualizing and orchestrating the blocks that scale decentralized AI.
Founded by Stanford and Berkeley machine learning experts and a former TikTok AI lead, Bluwhale has secured $100 million in funding to cultivate the fastest-growing AI layer across multiple blockchains. The company is on a mission to empower individuals and enterprises to build and scale AI, significantly enhancing speed to market, user growth, and market penetration through decentralized AI.
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