November’s must-watch TGE superstar @SentientAGI Why is it worth taking a moment to dive deep into this project? First up, the impressive funding lineup: The co-founder is Sandeep Nailwal from Polygon @0xPolygon. Investors include Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, Pantera, and Framework. Projects backed by Founders Fund have yet to disappoint. Next, the hottest open-source AI narrative + a powerhouse research team: Pramod Viswanath: A Princeton University professor specializing in information theory, machine learning, and distributed systems. He’s the core architect of the OML model, driving breakthroughs like fingerprint technology to protect model ownership. Himanshu Tyagi: An engineering professor at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), focusing on AI and information security. He’s another key pillar of research, contributing to the development of the OML and Dobby models, ensuring loyalty and monetization in open environments. There’s also collaboration with universities like Princeton, NYU, AmericaD, providing research support. The team works with external experts like Andrew Miller, a professor at the University of Illinois and deputy director of IC3, who contributed to the OML paper. Real-world tech with a mission for decentralization: Current AI models are closed off, controlled by giants like OpenAI and Anthropic. Sentient aims to use the OML model to let anyone upload their own models and training data. The models run on-chain, with blockchain tracking contributions and automatically distributing rewards. Sentient has already launched GRID, a global open intelligent network, connecting 100+ partners and 50+ proxy nodes. These proxies can collaboratively handle various tasks: from on-chain research and social trends to market analysis. It might sound abstract, but imagine asking a question and having multiple AIs automatically coordinate to give you the best solution. Plus, all inference processes are verifiable on-chain. About the TGE: Sentient co-founder @sandeepnailwal mentioned during an AMA that tokenomics details will be announced in a week or ten days. Some digging has revealed that Sentient’s official team has added three new domains related to block explorers, cross-chain bridges, and node interfaces. These keywords are closely tied to the mainnet, and the $SENT token is a necessary tool for the mainnet. So, it’s highly likely we’ll see an airdrop around mid-November.