🚀 Big news! Sentient, an open-source AI platform, just scored an $85M investment! Co-led by Pantera Capital, Framework Ventures, and Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, with participation from Ethereal, Robot Ventures, and more.

👨‍💻 One of the main contributors? Sandeep Nailwal, founder of Polygon. He's all about ensuring AI benefits are distributed equitably.

🎓 Also on board are engineering professors Pramod Viswanath and Himanshu Tyagi, aiming to compete directly with OpenAI.

🔧 Funds will be used to speed up the development of Sentient's AI platform, with a testnet slated for Q3 this year.

💬 What do you think about this? Let's chat below! #DeFi #DAO #Web3 #Layer2