# OpenGradient

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/opengradient

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: New York, US
- Website: www.opengradient.ai
- Total disclosed funding: $8.5M
- Latest round: Seed (Oct 9, 2024)
- Investors on record: 5

## About

Based in New York, US, and founded in 2024, Vanna Laboratories, Inc., trading under the name OpenGradient operates as the developer of a decentralized blockchain network designed for safe computing of artificial intelligence. This allows the AI industry to scale verifiable computing, which brings insight to AI workflows. In April 2026, OpenGradient raised an undisclosed amount of venture funding from new investors Pragma, Canonical Crypto, Black Dragon Capital, NEAR, Celestia, and Thanefield Capital, with participation from returning investors a16z crypto, Coinbase Ventures, SV Angel, Foresight Ventures, Salt Ventures, and Symbolic Capital. Individual and other unspecified investors also participated in the round. The round was part of a larger USD 9.5 million seed and venture funding.

OpenGradient is a decentralized platform for hosting AI models, securely doing inference, and deploying AI applications. It allows developers to connect open-source AI models with blockchain technology, resulting in smarter decentralized apps (dApps). The company's platform focuses on safe, scalable, and permissionless AI solutions, with tools for risk management, Sybil resistance, machine learning optimization, and AI agent deployment. OpenGradient's platform enables composable AI models, which may be coupled in smart contracts to construct complex, powerful applications. It also provides verifiable and safe inference using cryptographic methods.

The company will use the April 2026 funding to support scale its growth and further development of its Compute Layer technology.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Oct 9, 2024, $8.5M — SV Angel, Foresight Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Salt Ventures, Symbolic Capital

## Investors

- SV Angel (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sv-angel) — Seed
- Foresight Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/foresight-ventures) — Seed
- Coinbase Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/coinbase-ventures) — Seed
- Salt Ventures — Seed
- Symbolic Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/symbolic-capital) — Seed