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“Can a blockchain-native AI agent platform become the infrastructure layer for open, decentralised AI applications?”
HQSan Francisco, California, United States
Latest roundNov 2024 (per Crunchbase, 12 rounds total; amounts obfuscated)
IndustryFintech / Crypto
The story
NEAR began as a blockchain protocol company (NEAR Protocol) based in San Francisco, aiming to bring decentralised applications to mainstream users. The entity near.ai (Jasnah Inc. d/b/a NEAR AI) subsequently emerged as an AI agent and cloud services platform operating under the same brand. The embedded finance dimension of the business is not established by available public evidence.
Last 12 months
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Product timeline
2018
NEAR Protocol founded as a blockchain application platform designed to bring blockchain to mainstream applications.· pivot
2024
NEAR AI (Jasnah Inc. d/b/a NEAR AI) emerged as the AI-focused arm, operating cloud and agent services at near.ai.· pivot
The stack
Payments / PSP
Accounting gap: none