Open source AI platform Sentient has completed an $85 million seed round of financing, led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, Pantera Capital and Framework Ventures, with participation from Ethereal Ventures, Robot Ventures, Symbolic Capital, HashKey Capital and others. One of Sentient's core contributors is Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal. Sentient's advisor is EigenLayer founder and CEO Sreeram Kannan. Sentient is committed to building open source AI models through community contributions. Sentient plans to launch a testnet in the third quarter of this year and plans to use Polygon's technology for development. (The Block)