KIP Protocol provides Web3 infrastructure that enables AI app developers, model makers and data owners to deploy and monetize decentralized AI assets while preserving ownership. The company pioneered decentralized Retrieval-Augmented Generation (d/RAG) and operates a KnowledgeFi platform used by Web3 companies to monetize knowledge assets. KIP supplies AI tooling (chatbot tutors, AI apps, decentralized KnowledgeKeys) and aims to power Open Campus U (OCU), a MOOC-style platform on the EDU Chain. The firm emphasizes monetization mechanisms (pay-per-query, subscriptions, KnowledgeKeys) and real-world deployments in universities since 2023, building on work dating to 2019. KIP’s team includes AI PhDs and has delivered projects for clients such as the World Bank, Visa, TEDx, Richemont and the Singapore Tourism Board. The company will use the newly approved $10 million DAO allocation to develop and launch OCU and scale educational offerings. KIP Protocol is an AI-focused Web3 base protocol. It seeks to protect the digital property rights of AI value creators using Web3 technology. The project aims to facilitate decentralized AI collaboration and shared objectives. Its core offering is a bottom-layer protocol targeting AI use cases. The company recently completed a strategic financing round; the amount was not disclosed. That round was led by Animoca Ventures with participation from B.Army, CSP DAO, MQdao and Spicy Capital.

Total raised

$10M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Aug 2024