YeagerAI, the company developing the decentralized artificial intelligence network GenLayer, has closed a $7.5 million seed round.
North Island Ventures led this round of funding with participation from venture capitalists and multiple angel investors, including Node Capital, Arrington Capital, ZK Ventures, WAGMI Ventures, BlockBuilders, and Maelstrom, the family office of Arthur Hayes.
The YeagerAI team is pioneering a technology initiative called ” intelligent contracts,“Or a blockchain-based system that leverages large-scale language models connected to the Internet to execute functions.
“Some of the key limitations the industry faces stem from needing humans in the loop and not having access to real-world data,” Amos Meiri, partner at Node Capital, said in a press release.
Describing some of the new tools unlocked by combining AI and blockchain, GenLayer co-founder Albert Castellana described enabling “consensus on subjective decisions.” Today’s blockchains rely on deterministic computation, meaning that given a specific input, a smart contract always produces the same output.
Being able to respond to external information online allows developers to build applications that adapt to changing situations, such as financial markets, weather, and news events.
GenLayer also leverages AI in a custom delegated proof-of-stake algorithm, randomly selecting a lead validator to propose an output, which is then voted on by four other validators connected to the other LLMs. If the subjective output receives majority support, the transaction is processed.
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