PINAI

#216 AI Agent

Personal Intelligence Network from Ethereum, Google Brain, Stanford, and MIT alumni - $10M pre-seed from a16z CSX and Hack VC for personal AI with crypto-economic security.

$ 32.2k 1m volume

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PINAI homepage screenshot — Polymarket AI Agent — Homepage www.pinai.com

Quick facts

Founded: 2024-09
Team: 10-50
Funding: Pre-seed · $10M raised; Hack VC, a16z CSX, Anagram Ventures, Symbolic Capital Partners
Venues: Polymarket

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#216

$32.2k

134 active users

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builderCode

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0x8c6ad5c06019f0edeff4a21a8ae5b32fe5fa1c6665de5c93c1dc8fc943bb56c0

Profile

What is PINAI?

PIN AI is an AI Assistant for Polymarket. The company (pinai.com) is a Personal Intelligence Network co-founded by Davide Crapis (Ethereum Core Research, Protocol Research lead), Ben Wu (MIT graduate, Y Combinator alum, Strategy lead), Bill Sun, and Regan Peng, with team backgrounds from Ethereum, Google Brain, Stanford, and MIT. PIN AI raised $10M in pre-seed funding announced September 9, 2024 from Hack VC, a16z CSX, Anagram Ventures, Symbolic Capital, DCbuilder, Foresight Ventures, Blockchain Builders Fund, Alumni Ventures Group, and individual angels, joining the Fall 2024 a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator cohort. The product set includes DataConnector (secure data connection with privacy and transparency), on-device LLM processing, an AgentHub marketplace where specialised agent services compete for user attention, and PIN Claw (a Telegram-deployable personal AI with one-click setup). Social presence is @PINAI_IO on X, t.me/pinai_community on Telegram, and discord.gg/pinai. On the Polymarket Builder leaderboard PIN AI ranks #216 all-time at $32.2k cumulative volume across 134 users.

PIN AI (pinai.com) is the Personal Intelligence Network - an open-source platform for Personal AI with crypto-economic security designed to give users privacy, ownership, and personalised AI services rivaling closed-source alternatives like Apple Intelligence. The company emerges from research collaborations at Ethereum Core, Stanford, and MIT and is co-founded by Davide Crapis (formerly Ethereum Core Research, now leading Protocol Research), Ben Wu (MIT graduate, Y Combinator alum, leading Strategy), Bill Sun, and Regan Peng.

PIN AI raised $10 million in pre-seed funding announced September 9, 2024, joining the Fall 2024 cohort of the a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator (a16z CSX). The round was led by Hack VC and a16z CSX, with participation from Anagram Ventures LP, Symbolic Capital Partners LP, DCbuilder Inc., Foresight Ventures Ltd., Blockchain Builders Fund LP, Alumni Ventures Group, and several individual angels. The announcement was timed to coincide with Apple's same-day Apple Intelligence launch.

The product set includes DataConnector (secure data connection platform that enables users to control and share personal data with AI services while preserving privacy and transparency), on-device LLM processing for sensitive personal data, an AgentHub marketplace where specialised agent services compete for user attention, and PIN Claw - an 'AI lobster that knows you', deployable via Telegram with one-click setup. Social presence: X @PINAI_IO, Telegram t.me/pinai_community, Discord discord.gg/pinai, LinkedIn linkedin.com/company/pin-ai.

Polymarket integration: PIN AI is a polymarketVerified builder, suggesting that one of the AgentHub agents or the broader Personal AI surface routes Polymarket prediction-market trades on behalf of users (the personalised-AI thesis maps cleanly to a prediction-market use case - your personal agent acts on your view of news events). On the Polymarket Builder leaderboard PIN AI ranks #216 all-time at $32.2k cumulative volume from 134 lifetime users - the 134-user count is one of the more retail-distributed signals in this slice and is consistent with a productised consumer AI app.

Product

Key features

DataConnector - secure personal data connection with privacy and transparency
On-device LLM processing
AgentHub marketplace for specialised agent services
PIN Claw - Telegram-deployable personal AI with one-click setup
Crypto-economic security for personal AI
Open-source Personal Intelligence Network
Compatible with Polymarket prediction-market trading

Team

Founders & team

Davide Crapis

Co-founder, Protocol Research

Co-founder of PIN AI; formerly Ethereum Core Research. Leads Protocol Research.
Ben Wu

Co-founder, Strategy

Co-founder of PIN AI; MIT graduate, Y Combinator alum, serial entrepreneur. Leads Strategy.
Bill Sun

Co-founder

Co-founder of PIN AI.
Regan Peng

Co-founder

Co-founder of PIN AI.

Backing

Funding & investors

Stage: Pre-seed
Total raised: $10,000,000
Investors: Hack VC, a16z CSX, Anagram Ventures, Symbolic Capital Partners, DCbuilder Inc., Foresight Ventures, Blockchain Builders Fund, Alumni Ventures Group
Announcement: https://www.pinai.com/post/pin-ai-team-from-ethereum-google-brain-stanford-and-mit-secures-10m-from-hack-vc-a16z-csx-and

Independent coverage

What others have written about PINAI

PIN AI secures $10M from a16z CSX, Hack VC, and All-Star angels to launch open platform for personal AI — Decrypt
PIN AI Secures $10 Million Pre-Seed Funding And Joins a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator — Binance Square
Apple Intelligence rival secures $10M to develop open-source alternative — Cointelegraph
PIN AI raises $10M in pre-seed funding to advance decentralized AI platform — SiliconANGLE
PIN AI - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding — Crunchbase

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How to verify PINAI

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Polymarket's own verification — $PINAI carries the official ✓ verified flag in the data API.
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About PINAI 07 answers

FAQ

01 What is PINAI?

02 What is the official website of PINAI?

PINAI's official site is https://www.pinai.com/. We verified the URL by visiting the homepage and confirming it references Polymarket or prediction markets directly. If you believe this URL is incorrect, email [email protected].

03 Is PINAI verified by Polymarket?

Yes — PINAI carries Polymarket's official ✓ verified flag (returned by their data API as `verified: true`). This indicates Polymarket has reviewed the builder; it's not a guarantee of product quality or financial outcomes.

04 Who founded PINAI?

Davide Crapis (Co-founder, Protocol Research), Ben Wu (Co-founder, Strategy), Bill Sun (Co-founder), Regan Peng (Co-founder). Sourced from the project's own materials and public profiles; we don't fabricate team identities and clearly mark builders whose team is publicly anonymous.

05 Has PINAI raised funding?

Pre-seed; $10M raised; investors include Hack VC, a16z CSX, Anagram Ventures. Announcement: https://www.pinai.com/post/pin-ai-team-from-ethereum-google-brain-stanford-and-mit-secures-10m-from-hack-vc-a16z-csx-and.

06 What are PINAI's key features?

DataConnector - secure personal data connection with privacy and transparency; On-device LLM processing; AgentHub marketplace for specialised agent services; PIN Claw - Telegram-deployable personal AI with one-click setup; Crypto-economic security for personal AI; Open-source Personal Intelligence Network; Compatible with Polymarket prediction-market trading. Sourced from the official site/homepage at the time of research.

07 How does PINAI compare to similar builders?

PINAI is ranked #216 all-time, with similar-category peers including Omen Trading, PolyRadar, COM2A. The leaderboard reorders daily — see the history chart for PINAI's rank trajectory.