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Origins Network has secured\u00a0$8 million\u00a0in strategic financing to build a modular blockchain purpose\u2011built for AI agents, betting that verifiable compute will be the missing trust layer for the next wave of autonomous systems. The round, announced on March 23, 2026, features\u00a0Animoca Brands<\/strong>\u00a0alongside TBV, Candaq, Castrum Istanbul and Coinvestor Ventures, with the team describing the cap table as a blend of Web3, AI and cloud\u2011native backers.<\/p>\n In a statement, Origins said it wants to make AI \u201cauditable, not mystical,\u201d arguing that users should be able to check how an AI agent arrived at a result rather than accepting black\u2011box outputs. To do that, the network introduces\u00a0Proof of Computation (PoC), a design where heavy AI inference runs offchain on GPU\u2011rich infrastructure, while succinct proofs of that work are verified and settled onchain. \u201cWe\u2019re not trying to turn a blockchain into a data center,\u201d the team said. \u201cWe\u2019re turning blockchains into verifiers of AI behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Under the PoC model, AI agents submit their workloads to an offchain execution layer \u2014 which can tap infrastructure from partners like\u00a0AWS,\u00a0Tencent Cloud, and\u00a0Alibaba Cloud\u00a0\u2014 and then post cryptographic evidence of the computation back to Origins\u2019 chain. That lets applications prove that a model actually ran a given prompt or data pipeline, without forcing every full node to re\u2011execute the underlying workload. The project frames this as a middle path between fully centralized AI APIs and heavyweight \u201cAI on L1\u201d experiments that risk clogging general\u2011purpose chains.<\/p>\n The broader context is a funding wave into\u00a0modular AI blockchains. In 2024, 0G Labs raised\u00a0$35 million<\/strong>\u00a0at pre\u2011seed to build a modular AI data availability layer, arguing that \u201ccore infrastructure needs to be built\u201d before today\u2019s centralized AI stacks can plug into Web3. More recently, networks like\u00a0Hemi<\/strong>\u00a0have raised eight\u2011figure rounds to connect Bitcoin and Ethereum as modular execution and settlement layers, a sign that investors are comfortable backing deep, technical infrastructure plays rather than just consumer apps. Origins is effectively aiming to do the same at the AI layer, but with a tight focus on verifiable agentic workloads.<\/p>\n Lead backer\u00a0Animoca Brands\u00a0has spent years assembling one of the broadest Web3 portfolios, with over\u00a0600\u00a0<\/strong>investments spanning gaming, NFTs, and infrastructure. Its chairman,\u00a0Yat Siu<\/strong>, has often argued that Web3\u2019s real unlock is \u201cdigital property rights at internet scale,\u201d and Origins fits neatly into that thesis by trying to make AI\u2011generated outputs ownable and auditable rather than ephemeral. In a recent interview, Siu described Animoca as \u201ca gateway to the utility tokens of Web3\u201d \u2014 as opposed to pure memecoins \u2014 and said the firm is now backing infrastructure that brings institutional\u2011grade transparency and accountability into crypto.<\/p>\n For crypto markets, the bet is simple but ambitious: if AI agents are going to manage portfolios, underwrite loans, or trade on decentralized exchanges, they\u2019ll need a chain where their decisions can be inspected and, if necessary, challenged. Origins Network wants to be that chain.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Summary Origins Network\u00a0has raised $8 million in strategic funding to build a modular blockchain tailored for AI agents with verifiable computation. 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Animoca\u2019s bet on AI\u2011native Web3<\/h1>\n