Sentient Foundation

If you're attending Token2049 in Singapore, Sentient's own Himanshu Tyagi will be speaking about the future of decentralized intelligence.

If we want truly open source, community-built, safe AI: OML (Open, Monetizable, Loyal) is going to be vital. Stay tuned for the whitepaper next week.

Sentient is unlocking the world’s intelligence, with groundbreaking AI models that ensure builders are recognized and rewarded for what they create. We’ve got open roles in engineering, BD, legal, and more. Come build the future of AI with us. https://lnkd.in/ds_9VS5P

Meet Sandeep Nailwal, a core contributor at Sentient and the visionary behind Polygon Labs. From his humble beginnings in a farming village without electricity — to leading a multi-billion dollar organization — Sandeep's journey is a testament to his unwavering determination and entrepreneurial spirit. In 2017, Sandeep co-founded Polygon to address Ethereum's scalability challenges. His innovative approach and strategic leadership have driven Polygon's mass adoption and solidified its position as a leading layer-2 solution. Beyond Polygon, Sandeep has a proven track record of success in the tech industry. As CEO and Founder of ScopeWeaver, and CTO of Wellspun E-commerce, he has demonstrated his ability to lead teams and drive innovation. Thinking about the intersection of AI and blockchain with Sreeram Kannan, Sandeep had the breakthrough idea that perhaps AI, like human minds, could be trained to be loyal. Perhaps it would be possible to use AI for a new form of cryptography. This was the spark that led to OML (Open, Monetizable, Loyal) AI Models, and the birth of Sentient. We're thrilled to have Sandeep's guidance as we pioneer the future of AI and blockchain.

What is reasoning, and why is everyone in AI so interested in it? How does reasoning fit into intelligence? Lately, reasoning and the role it plays in community built AGI has been a big topic of focus at Sentient. Researchers at Sentient will be sharing some of their insights and favorite research in the field on the Open AGI Discourse as part of a Season of Reasoning. Read more and catch the Season Opener Post on Open AGI Discourse. https://lnkd.in/e99Ks3GE

We are proud to introduce the Sentient Protocol, unveiled recently at the Open AGI Summit. Sentient is an open source AI monetization protocol that enables community-built AGI. The key innovation is Model Loyalty and a new format, the OML format, for representing models that enables them to be Open (download and use locally), Monetizable (track and monetize their usage remotely), and Loyal (locked for usage that do not conform to safe, ethical, values espoused by the model owner). Current forms of predominant AI were built on public goods from years of open innovation, but they extracted the value maximally from these public goods without sharing anything with the contributors - and created closed source hegemonies and empires out of it. Additionally, it censored information and imposed cultural preferences, which stifles innovation. Open models are torch-bearers of resistance. They provide an alternative for AI innovators to participate in the large AI economy. However, there’s no way to monetize them, nor is there a way to ensure they are used safely and ethically. We need a new ecosystem where open-source public goods of AI drive open AGI innovation. There is an urgent need for a new technology that allows builders to share models openly and yet get rewarded when those models are used. There is a need for a new protocol that aligns incentives of AI builders with AI innovation. The Sentient Protocol is a blockchain protocol for solving the alignment problem of community-built open AGI. It comprises contracts for incentives (ownership, usage, rewards) and nodes to enable decentralized control for access and alignment. Underlying the Sentient protocol is a new cryptographic primitive called OML (open, monetizable, loyal). The goal is to allow the model to be transparently downloadable and yet retain the ability to track usage (monetization) and ensure safe and ethical usage (loyalty). The cryptographic primitive of program obfuscation will also solve OML, but that is a long standing open problem. Sentient is devising AI methods themselves to create OML libraries for AI models – the birth of a new area that we call AI-native cryptography. In the first version, we convert backdoor attacks (security threat in AI) into model fingerprinting methods to authenticate model ownership. The Sentient protocol is modular, and can be composed with other implementations of OML (say, using trusted hardware) in the distribution layer or different decentralized storage or compute networks. The release of our complete whitepaper is coming soon, stay tuned. Sign up for Open AGI Research Discourse to get more updates: https://lnkd.in/e9Fh45JV

Thank you to everyone who attended the Open AGI Symposium at Columbia University. The speakers offered valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities in AI, from protecting digital rights to making AI more accessible 🤝

We're excited to have over 800 people registered for today’s Open AGI Symposium at Columbia University 🎉 Thank you for your incredible support! For those who can't attend in person, we will be recording the event and uploading it to YouTube at a later date for everyone to enjoy 🤝

We are thrilled to announce Sentient's $85M seed round, co-led by Founders Fund with @peterthiel, alongside Pantera Capital and @hiFramework. This marks a pivotal step in aligning AI development toward a community-built open AGI platform. Our vision at Sentient is to ensure AI benefits humanity as a whole. By creating an open platform for AGI development, we aim to distribute AI's benefits equitably and align its growth with global interests 🌍 Our Core Contributors @sandeepnailwal, Pramod Viswanath, Himanshu Tyagi and Sensys, bring a wealth of expertise in blockchain technology, AI research, and ecosystem building. Together, we are committed to delivering ownership rights to AI development and birthing an era of equitable AI entrepreneurship. This round also saw participation from leading funds like Ethereal Ventures, @robotventures, Delphi Digital, Symbolic Capital, Primitive Ventures, Nomad Capital, @hackvc, Arrington Capital, Hypersphere Ventures, @idgvc, Frontiers Capital, Casey K. Caruso, Protagonist, @foliusventures, Sky9 Capital, @canonicalcrypto, Mirana Ventures, Foresight Group, HashKey Capital, @spartan, Dispersion Capital and others. Sentient envisions establishing a thriving ecosystem of AI researchers, developers, and users. Today, we invite you to help us build a community dedicated to AGI’s ethical development. Join us by following this account and get ready for more updates! 👀 Read more here - https://lnkd.in/ect-qpEz

Announcing Ron Bodkin Co-Founder of Theoriq, as a speaker at the Open AGI Summit in Brussels on July 7th! 🇧🇪 The lineup keeps getting better! Reserve your complimentary tickets via the link - https://lu.ma/lm3dcn3v