Sahara AI

Sahara AI

Los Angeles, California, USA
94 employees
Infrastructure
Series A · $49M

About Sahara AI

Sahara AI (operating as Sahara Labs) is a decentralized Layer-1 blockchain platform built for open and equitable AI, enabling individuals and businesses to own, contribute to, and monetize AI assets and knowledge capital. Its platform includes the Sahara Blockchain, an AI Data Services Platform, an AI Marketplace, and enterprise-ready AI agents designed for real business workflows. The company aims to fairly compensate all participants in the AI economy — from data contributors and trainers to developers — through trustless, privacy-preserving, on-chain attribution.

Company details

Team Size94
LocationLos Angeles, California, USA
IndustryInfrastructure

Funding

Total raised

$49M

Last stage

Series A

Investors

Pantera Capital
BBinance Labs
Polychain Capital
SSamsung NEXT
Matrix Partners

Founders

Sean Ren

Sean Ren

Associate Professor of Computer Science and Viterbi Early Career Chair at USC; leads the INK Research Lab; named Samsung AI Researcher of the Year, MIT TR Innovator Under 35 (Asia Pacific), and Forbes Asia 30 Under 30.

LinkedIn
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Tyler Zhou

Former Investment Director at Binance Labs; studied at the University of California, Berkeley.

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.