Major investors include a16z crypto, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, SV Angel, Foresight Ventures, Pragma, SALT, Symbolic Capital, Canonical Crypto, Black Dragon, NEAR, Celestia, and Thanefield Capital. Angel investors include Balaji Srinivasan (ex-Coinbase CTO), Illia Polosukhin (co-founder, NEAR), Sandeep Nailwal (co-founder, Polygon), Bruno Faviero (Magna), Daniel Cheung and Ryan Watkins (Syncracy Capital), and Ekram Ahmed (Celestia).

OpenGradient is the Network for Open Intelligence - a decentralized infrastructure network designed to host, execute, and verify AI models at scale. Rather than functioning as a standalone blockchain, OpenGradient operates as a specialized AI coprocessor, enabling applications, blockchains, and agents to outsource computationally-heavy tasks to a dedicated network of specialized GPU and TEE nodes. Its stack includes a verifiable inference network, a decentralized Model Hub with 2,000+ models, and developer tooling that allows applications and agents to use AI with cryptographic guarantees around execution, provenance, and monetization. OpenGradient is backed by a16z crypto, Coinbase Ventures, and leading investors across AI and crypto infrastructure.