Zypher Network, a provider of distributed infrastructure for AI systems, has secured $7 million in funding. The round was co-led by UOB Venture and Signum Capital, and was supported by Hashkey Capital, Hong Leong Group, Cogitent Ventures, Catcher VC, Hydogenes Labs, DWF Venture and others.
The fund supports further development of Zypher's Zero Knowledge (ZK) protocol stack and AI agent rollup infrastructure. Zypher's goal is to provide a tool that allows you to expose the behavior of AI agents without exposing private data. This is becoming increasingly important as autonomous AI agents are being adopted more widely in industries such as customer support, finance and robotics.
Zypher's core product is “Prompt Proof.” This is a ZKTLS-like protocol that validates AI prompts without revealing sensitive inputs or outputs. It is distributed via the REST API and is designed to support the use of AI in legal operations, financial services, and other automated systems.
The infrastructure is supported by Zytron, a layer 2 rollup of Zypher in the BNB chain, and also supports “proof mining” to allow for distributed ZK calculations.
Zypher's tools are already integrated with other blockchain and AI projects, including Eliza OS, IO.NET, RISC Zero, and the Eigen layer. A new campaign is expected soon to support distributed agent validation.
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