OpenGradient is a decentralized infrastructure network that hosts, executes, and verifies AI models for onchain applications, co-founded by Matthew Wang and Adam Balogh. OpenGradient's Twitter Score is 83 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of August 2026, ranking #9,287 (top 5%) among 482,922 tracked accounts.
OpenGradient operates a verifiable inference network built on specialized GPU and Trusted Execution Environment nodes, enabling private and auditable AI model execution. The project announced an $8.5 million seed round in October 2024, led by the a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator, and has disclosed $9.5 million in total funding as of April 2026. Backers include Coinbase Ventures, SV Angel, Symbolic Capital, Foresight Ventures, NEAR, Celestia, Thanefield Capital, SALT Fund, Pragma, Canonical Crypto, and Black Dragon, alongside angel investors including Balaji Srinivasan, Illia Polosukhin, and Sandeep Nailwal.
OpenGradient's technical stack spans a decentralized Model Hub with more than 2,000 AI models, a Python SDK supporting ML and LLM inference, a MemSync memory layer, digital twins, and BitQuant quantitative infrastructure. A LangChain integration launched in March 2025 allows LangChain agents to call specialized models through the verifiable inference layer. A February 2026 infrastructure upgrade embedded the x402 payment protocol into TEE instances and introduced an onchain registry of verified TEE instances. The Python SDK version 1.1.2 was released in July 2026.
OpenGradient's native utility token is OPG, an ERC-20 deployed on Base with a total supply of one billion tokens, also available on BNB Smart Chain and Mantle as a LayerZero Omnichain Fungible Token. The published token allocation reserves 40% for the ecosystem, 15% for the foundation, 15% for core contributors, 10% for investors and advisors, 10% for staking rewards, 6% for liquidity and launch, and 4% for an airdrop. OPG is used for verifiable AI inference, governance, and ecosystem growth. OpenGradient has 175,498 followers as of August 2026 and has published 2,420 posts. It has been mentioned by 228 accounts a total of 858 times.
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OpenGradient draws a technically engaged following across the crypto and AI sectors. The accounts that follow OpenGradient include 311 founders, 89 angel investors, 225 influencers and 11 VCs. Among them are Mario Nawfal, Tommy, Zeneca, Andy, Jake Brukhman and Sreeram Kannan.