Artificial intelligence startup Sentient has announced the launch of its open-source artificial general intelligence (AGI) network, opening access to 2 million users who had been waitlisted. The new platform enables multiple AI agents to collaborate in real time, marking a major step in global AI development.
The company stated that it will directly compete with leading players such as OpenAI and AWS by offering the first open AGI network. The platform brings together more than 40 AI agents, various models, and over 50 data sources, all working in real time.
“The US-China AI standoff risks locking out the rest of the world. Without a common open base, sovereign models become national silos. Sentient gives India and allied nations the rails to compete, and win, on their own terms,” said Sandeep Nailwal, cofounder of Sentient.
The platform integrates ecosystem agents deployed across multiple blockchains, with access available through Sentient Chat, the company’s consumer interface. Nailwal described the launch as “a pivotal moment where India proves it can define the AI future not just follow it.”
Sentient highlighted the platform’s capabilities, including generating comprehensive investment reports that combine pricing, research, and market data in real time. The company explained, “From generating comprehensive financial asset reports to delivering personalised daily news briefings, planning travel, or producing detailed research summaries, Sentient’s spaces demonstrate how agents can be orchestrated into complex, multi-step workflows, going far beyond simple prompt wrapping.”
The San Francisco-based company was cofounded by Himanshu Tyagi and Sandeep Nailwal. In 2024, Sentient secured 85 million dollars in seed funding in a round coled by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, Pantera Capital, and Framework Ventures, with additional investors also participating.
“We’re proving that open, composable intelligence can out-innovate any single company,” said Tyagi. “When thousands of developers can contribute specialised agents that automatically work together, you get emergent intelligence that no single closed system can match.”
Sentient underlined that unlike closed labs limited to a small pool of engineers, it taps into a global community of developers. The model is built on a token-based incentive system where contributors earn tokens whenever their agents, models, or data are used. Users can also stake tokens to support the agents they value most.
The company further explained, “Unlike traditional pay-per-API models that charge developers without offering ownership or profit-sharing, Sentient rewards contributors with a direct stake in the network’s growth.”
With its open-source AGI network, Sentient is positioning itself as a challenger in the AI space, offering developers and users worldwide a new way to collaborate and innovate.
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