ARC is a privacy-first AI infrastructure protocol that combines on-chain AI inference with an encrypted blockchain stack. ARC's Twitter Score is 32 out of 1000 as of September 2026, ranking #30,437 (top 10%) among 486,860 tracked accounts.
ARC was co-founded by TJ Dunham, who serves as CEO, and Henry Syahputra, who serves as CTO. The project describes itself as a global group of technology, research, and operations teams building privacy-first AI infrastructure through the ARC Global framework. Its technical stack integrates Reactor AI, Matrix encrypted infrastructure, and the ARC Protocol, with legal responsibilities distributed across three entities: ARC Labs AG handles core AI infrastructure including Matrix and Reactor, ARC Efficiency GmbH manages enterprise deployment and integration, and ARC Inc. in Samoa exclusively operates the $ARC utility token and ecosystem participation programs.
ARC has been selected for the Google Cloud AI Startup Program, receiving $350,000 in Google Cloud partner credits along with access to Google tools, per ARC's own disclosures. The active $ARC v2 contract runs on Ethereum at 0x672fdBA7055bddFa8fD6bD45B1455cE5eB97f499 and on Base at 0x431151F26c48B4D4BEFc34048a0966Bf960A0c50; earlier v1 contracts on both chains have been deprecated and are not recommended for new transactions. ARC states that $ARC is a usage-based utility token and does not represent equity, ownership, or profit participation in any affiliated entity.
ARC's token tooling includes an Ethereum-to-Base bridge, migration pathways from older ARC-related tokens, optional non-financial governance features, and a participation-rewards program. The protocol's participation system has used stARC as an engagement indicator, with $ARC holdings affecting stARC allocation and discretionary ETH distributions tied to on-chain protocol revenue. The published roadmap covers a decentralized network beta, decentralized compute, network-contributor participation functionality, and expanded governance features. ARC has been mentioned by 77 accounts, with 477 total mentions across the platform. ARC's account has published 4,966 posts and has 54,517 followers as of September 2026.
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The accounts that follow ARC include 87 founders, 22 angel investors, 134 influencers and 2 VCs. Among them are Mario Nawfal, Matthew Graham, Mando, scoopy.sockpupp.eth, DFarmer and TraderSZ.