In a transformative move for the decentralized technology ecosystem, Kwaai and Verida today announced their intent to join forces to create a world-leading, end-to-end decentralized AI platform. This union brings together two highly complementary open-source technology stacks to empower a new generation of private, personalized, and user-owned AI applications.

The combined organization will unify Verida’s decentralized data and connectivity infrastructure with Kwaai’s decentralized AI systems to build a comprehensive, open-source solution to realize sovereign AI.

Working with Reza and the Kwaai team has been inspiring. Their dedication to open source, long-term thinking, and community building aligns perfectly with our mission to make personal technology and AI accessible to everyone. Our technologies complement each other in exciting ways, and we’re thrilled to take this step together. Chris Were, Verida CEO.

Verida’s gracious contribution accelerates the Kwaai mission by providing complementary components of personal data connectors and shared storage. By merging our two communities, we follow the example of Linux in demonstrating the power of open source to transform an industry. Reza Rassool, Kwaai Chair.

Today, Verida and Kwaai signed a memorandum of understanding to support the contribution of Verida’s technology to the Kwaai project. This agreement reflects our commitment to bringing our communities together and jointly exploring the future role of the VDA token and network.

A Shared Mission

At the heart of this initiative is a unified mission: to build open-source, decentralized, human-centric AI that prioritizes sovereignty, accessibility and personal agency.

This is not just a technology partnership — it’s a global movement towards reclaiming control over data, computation, and decision-making in the age of AI.

By joining forces Verida and Kwaai are accelerating the realization of personal AI, that empowers individuals, respects data sovereignty and leverages decentralized infrastructure to ensure user control.

Open source ecosystems thrive on modularity, and we expect the personal AI stack to involve multiple technologies working together. Verida’s decentralized identifiers make it possible to link diverse sovereign services — including compute, storage, and messaging. Verida’s encrypted decentralized database is just one of several storage components expected to power a flexible, full-featured personal AI platform.

About Kwaai

• Kwaai is a rapidly growing community of 850+ AI volunteers — a technical and policy think tank of designers, builders, and researchers supported by over 30 partner organizations.
• KwaaiNet: a peer-to-peer fabric supporting distributed AI — Built by the People, For the People. KwaaiNet aggregates unused and unsold processing in residential, enterprise, and cloud computing to deliver a digital public infrastructure accessible to all. KwaaiNet comprises a three-layered sandwich of a shared storage network, a community inference layer, and an Intentcasting network.
• Kwaai builds Personal AI focused on empowering individuals, respecting data sovereignty, and leveraging edge infrastructure such as KwaaiNet.
• The Kwaai Fundamental AI workgroups are driving cutting-edge research to enhance AI efficiency and capability. Areas of exploration include GraphRAG architectures, sub-quadratic neural networks, physics-informed neural models, state space modeling, and privacy-preserving methods like homomorphic confidential computing.

The Verida ecosystem includes:

• A global community of 85k X followers, 30k Discord members, multilingual ambassadors, application builders, and data integrators
• Data connector framework enabling users to export and connect their existing data and services — like Gmail, Telegram, Slack etc.
• Self-sovereign confidential compute to facilitate private operations on personal data and services
• A proven decentralized database network for storing encrypted personal data
• Verida Vault web application enabling people to manage their data and connections
• Decentralized identifier and API key implementations to support personal identity and key management

Verida Network Transition

The current Verida Storage Network, which has served as a critical testbed for decentralized storage and early AI integration, will cease operations on June 6, 2025. All users and builders must export their data before this date.

Going forward, the next iteration of Verida’s open-source infrastructure — tailored specifically for decentralized AI — will be developed and supported under a dedicated working group in the Kwaai community.

A New Vision for the VDA Token

Verida and Kwaai joining forces presents a unique opportunity to review the utility and scope of the existing VDA token. Originally designed as a decentralized storage credit, the combined organization has a much broader scope and the VDA token to become the basis for a universal community-driven economy for decentralized AI infrastructure. This will support access to personal storage, compute, and inference across a fully integrated, decentralized AI stack.

How You Can Get Involved

Join the growing community of decentralized AI pioneers:

1. Join the Kwaai Community: kwaai.ai/home/sign-up
2. Investigate running a KwaaiNet Node: kwaai.ai/kwaainet
3. Follow Verida and Kwaai on X to stay updated

What’s Next?

This is a high-level announcement. In the coming weeks we will share more detailed plans with actionable steps members from both communities can take to support a smooth integration of technology, community and other key stakeholders.

Stay tuned. The future of decentralized, ethical, user-owned AI starts now.

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The MyData Awards are given to organizations that have made meaningful and demonstrable contributions toward realizing the vision of the MyData Declaration. Among numerous exceptional submissions, Verida’s nomination stood out in a highly competitive field. This award acknowledges our steadfast commitment to creating solutions prioritizing individuals’ rights, consent, autonomy, and privacy within an ever-evolving digital landscape.

At Verida, we are deeply honored by this recognition and remain committed to building infrastructure that empowers individuals to take control of their personal and private data — while enabling developers to access it via Verida APIs, always with clear user consent. This award reinforces our vision of a future where data is handled ethically, securely, and with privacy at its core.

This recognition comes on the heels of our recent launch of the Verida Vault — a powerful web application that lets users securely import and manage their personal and private data from centralized platforms like Google and Telegram (with more integrations coming soon), connect seamlessly to decentralized applications, and personalize their private AI experience.

With Universal Sign-In, Verida Vault lets anyone log in using email, wallets, or socials — making access to the Verida Network simple and flexible. This opens the door for Web2 users and the broader crypto community to join our mission: returning control of personal and private data to individuals and businesses, because data only holds real value for its rightful owner when it’s stored and shared securely.

We extend our heartfelt thanks to MyData and to the entire Verida community for their continued support as we work together to advance the ethical management of personal and private data.

Looking ahead, we will keep adding new data connectors to Verida Vault — giving users even greater control over their digital lives. The upcoming launch of Agent Kyra will be another milestone, allowing individuals to harness their data securely to power truly personalized AI experiences.

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Verida is thrilled to announce the official launch of the Verida Vault, a powerful web application designed to help users securely pull data from centralized platforms, manage their personal data, and connect to decentralized applications and private AI.

We’ve introduced a new authentication system that allows users to seamlessly access the Verida Network and Vault using email, crypto wallets, or their preferred social media accounts. This enables anyone to create a Verida Network account using their provide login option, ensuring users are no longer limited to using only the Verida Wallet.

What’s New

• General Availability of Verida Vault: A streamlined web interface allowing users to securely manage their personal data, connect seamlessly to decentralized applications, and import data from centralized platforms.
• Universal Sign-In Support: Easily access your Verida account with your preferred identity provider:
  • Google
  • Apple
  • Discord
  • Telegram
  • X (Twitter)
  • Passkeys
  • Email (One-Time Password)
  • External crypto wallets (Metamask, WalletConnect, etc.)
• Enhanced User Experience: A simpler, intuitive onboarding process catering to both crypto enthusiasts and mainstream users.

Powerful Features of Verida Vault

• Centralized Data Import: Pull your personal data securely from platforms such as Google and Telegram, with upcoming support for GitHub, Slack, Spotify, and more — all stored in an encrypted, user-controlled Vault.
• Secure Personal Data Management: Easily organize, secure, and manage your personal and private data.
• Personal Data Search: Quickly find information across your emails, messages, documents, and more.
• Data Utilization: Developers can access user data via APIs to generate value. In return, users may receive payment or a personalized product — all under your control.
• VDA Utility: $VDA is used to pay for access to encrypted personal data via Verida APIs. This creates real utility and organic demand for the token, powering use cases in decentralized apps and private AI.

Access the Verida Vault

The Verida Vault provides an easy web interface for users to manage their personal data, connect to third party applications, and pull their data from centralized platforms.

Users can pull their personal data from platforms such as Google and Telegram, with upcoming support for GitHub, Slack, Spotify, and more. This data is encrypted and stored in a user-controlled personal data Vault on the Verida Network.

The Vault also provides a universal search connected to the user’s data; enabling easy search across emails, message history, documents and more.

Users can accept data access requests from third party applications, allowing them to connect their personal data with emerging personal AI applications.

Important: Verida Wallet Mobile App Deprecation

Please be aware that the Verida Wallet mobile app will be deprecated in favor of the Verida Vault. We strongly recommend users:

• Backup Identity: Use our provided guide to export your Verida identity seed phrase.
• Transfer Funds: The crypto wallet feature will not transition to the Vault. Ensure you move your funds to another wallet or securely export your wallet seed phrase.

Support for the Verida Wallet mobile app will continue until May 30, 2025 at 23:59 UTC, giving users time to complete any necessary actions — such as exporting their DID or moving funds — to avoid loss of access or assets.

What This Means For You

Whether you’re a crypto enthusiast with multiple wallets or prefer traditional web2 login methods, you can now access the Verida Network without friction. This update represents our commitment to making decentralized data management accessible to everyone.

Ready to experience the new sign-in options? Access the Verida Vault today!

Verida Vault Launches — Take Control of Your Personal Data in the Age of Private AI was originally published in Verida on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

We are excited to announce the release of the Verida PersonalAgentKit with initial support for LangGraph. This set of tools empower developers to seamlessly integrate private user data into their AI products and solutions, all while upholding the highest standards of security and user consent.

What is the PersonalAgentKit?

The PersonalAgentKit is designed to simplify the process of incorporating private user data into AI applications. It is a collection of software libraries for developers to connect data from their users with AI products and solutions.

Developers can easily access user data stored in Google (Gmail, Drive, Youtube, Calendar etc.), Telegram, Discord and other third party platforms supported by the open source Verida Data Connector Framework.

Key Benefits

The release of the PersonalAgentKit offers several key benefits over other approaches:

• Simple, One Click Integration: With a single “Connect Verida” integration, your users can integrate large amounts of their personal data into your application.
• Expanding Data Sources: Powered by the Verida team and growing community, we will continually add more data sources and extra features enabling your application to access more data, with no extra effort.
• Data Consent: Enables users to control and consent over what data to share with your application and AI solutions.
• Enhanced Security: Ensures the highest levels of security for private user data, with end-to-end encryption and API infrastructure operating within Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs)
• Powerful Workflows: Allows for the creation of sophisticated AI workflows using LangGraph tools.

How it Works

Powered by the Verida Network and the Verida Vault, the PersonalDataKit provides built-in Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) tools that connects to leading AI frameworks, starting with LangGraph.

The underlying architecture enables end-to-end encryption of user data all the way through to the large language model. With built-in user consent and operating on confidential compute infrastructure, it provides a highly secure technology stack that ensures users have control over their data.

Verida PersonalAgentKit supported the following tools:

1. Profiles — Allow the LLM to know about your external profiles (ie: Google or Telegram accounts)
2. Query — Allow the LLM to query your data (ie: Query your emails, message history, Youtube favourites etc.)
3. Get Record — Allow the LLM to fetch a specific record (ie: A specific file or a specific email)
4. Chat Search — Allow the LLM to perform a keyword search of your message chat threads
5. Datastore Search — Allow the LLM to perform a keyword search across any of your supported data (ie: Find all emails that mention “utility bills”)
6. Universal Search — Allow the LLM to perform a keyword search across all your data (ie: Find all mentions of “devcon 2025” in all my messages, emails and favourites)
7. User Information — Allow the LLM to know more about the user account (DID) on the Verida network and what data permissions it can access.

Learn more via the PersonalAgentKit documentation.

LangGraph Integration

The integration with LangGraph further enhances the capabilities of the PersonalAgentKit. The first release provides a typescript LangGraph library enabling developers to build sophisticated AI workflows that leverage private user data in a secure and compliant manner.

Example integration code:

import { PersonalAgentKit, PersonalAgentKitOptions } from "@verida/personalagentkit";
import { getLangChainTools } from "@verida/personalagentkit-langchain";
// Initialize AgentKit
const personalAgentkit = await PersonalAgentKit.from(<PersonalAgentKitOptions>{
veridaApiKey: process.env.VERIDA_API_KEY,
veridaApiEndpoint: process.env.VERIDA_API_ENDPOINT || undefined,
});
const tools = await getLangChainTools(personalAgentkit);

Learn more via the LangGraph documentation.

Example Chatbot

A simple command line chatbot example showcases how the LangGraph plugins work. This chatbot uses the PersonalAgentKit Langchain tools. The source code can be found in the Github repo.

Please check out our video overview here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZiQ-3p93PM

Looking Ahead

We are committed to providing developers with the tools they need to build secure and privacy-focused AI applications. The release of the PersonalAgentKit for LangGraph is a significant step in this direction.

We look forward to seeing the innovative solutions that developers will create using these tools.

We also encourage developers to contribute to this open source initiative by expanding the supported AI frameworks and the supported data sources.

Learn more about Verida Grants and how you can contribute.

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The Verida Token (VDA) plays an essential role in powering Verida AI, a robust and flexible platform enabling developers to integrate powerful AI-driven functionalities into their applications.

The current API payment mechanism represents the first of many planned types of utility for the VDA token. Here’s how VDA currently delivers practical utility and value to users and developers:

Payment for API Usage

VDA is used to facilitate payments for API requests within the Verida AI ecosystem. API requests enable applications to access user data securely, with each request consuming a specific number of credits:

• Standard API Requests: Typically, one credit per request.
• Intensive API Requests: Operations requiring more resources, like heavy searches or advanced language model processing, may consume multiple credits.

Each credit is valued at $0.01 USD, making it straightforward for developers to calculate API usage costs.

Flexible Payment Models

Developers integrating Verida AI have two distinct methods to handle API request costs:

• User-Paid Requests: Users authorize and directly cover the cost of API requests.
• Developer-Paid Requests: The application covers all API request costs, simplifying user experience.

This dual approach allows developers to select a payment strategy best aligned with their business model and user engagement goals.

Converting VDA into Credits

To streamline payments, developers can purchase Verida Tokens from supported exchanges and conveniently convert these tokens into API credits through Verida’s Developer Console.

Dynamic Pricing Model

The amount of VDA used per API request is dynamically calculated at the moment of each transaction, ensuring transparency and fairness aligned with current market values. For instance:

• If the VDA price is $0.01 USD and an API call requires one credit ($0.01), one VDA is deducted.
• If the VDA price rises to $0.10 USD, the same call (one credit, valued at $0.01) deducts only 0.1 VDA.

This dynamic pricing mechanism ensures users always pay a fair, market-driven rate.

Capturing Value and Revenue for Node Operators

Payments made in VDA tokens are used to compensate confidential compute node operators who run Verida API code. These node operators receive VDA payments as revenue, incentivizing their ongoing participation and infrastructure provision.

To ensure a stable and secure network, node operators stake VDA tokens for the privilege of participating. This staking mechanism not only secures the network but also enables node operators to capture long-term value in the token, benefiting as the network grows.

As more applications are developed on Verida AI, the demand for accessing user data via Verida APIs will grow. Increased API usage means more users and developers purchasing VDA to utilize network services, which in turn attracts more node operators to stake VDA and provide infrastructure.

This creates a positive feedback loop where the token’s value and network utility mutually reinforce each other, driving sustainable growth and value capture for all participants.

Future Token Utility

While API payment is the current primary use case for VDA, the token’s utility is set to expand significantly in the future. Additional details on upcoming token utilities, broader integration, and enhanced value capture mechanisms can be explored in greater depth here.

Stay tuned for further updates and detailed insights into the evolving utility of the Verida Token.

Learn more the Verida token

You can learn more about the Verida token through the following pages:

• Verida Resource Pricing: https://docs.verida.ai/resources/pricing
• Verida Community Token Overview: https://community.verida.network/verida-token-vda/verida-token-usdvda

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The Verida AI beta is officially live. A groundbreaking solution that puts users in control of their data while enabling powerful AI integrations. By leveraging secure and confidential APIs, developers can now incorporate private user data into AI inference and training with explicit user consent.

With data stored fully encrypted on the Verida Network and made available via the Verida Confidential Compute infrastructure, users can rest assured that their data remains private at all times — even during AI processing.

This beta release is a milestone in our mission to redefine personal data privacy, user consent, and AI-driven innovation.

Key Highlights and Capabilities:

1. Developer APIs: Easily integrate user-owned, encrypted data into AI applications, unlocking new possibilities in personalization and contextualization.
2. Consent-Based Data Access: Enable users to connect their personal data for AI inference and training, ensuring they maintain full control.
3. Growing Data Connector Ecosystem: Out-of-the-box connectors for Google (Gmail, Calendar, Drive, and YouTube) and Telegram. Upcoming connectors include Notion, Slack, and Spotify.
4. Seamless Integration with the “Connect Verida” Button: Just a few lines of code to allow users to authenticate with their Verida identity and grant safe, consent-based data access.
5. Advanced Chat Search: Unlock full chat thread histories to provide Large Language Models (LLMs) with the context needed for richer, more accurate responses.
6. Full-Text Search: Provides superior retrieval for user data use cases compared to many vector database solutions.
7. Advanced RAG Pipeline (v2): Out-of-the-box LLM access that can securely read user data, reducing the need to operate or train third-party LLMs.
8. Developer Dashboard: A newly introduced console for registering apps, obtaining initial free credits, and experimenting with the available APIs in a sandbox environment.
9. Verida Token (VDA): The VDA token powers Verida AI, with each API request deducting credits from deposited VDA tokens.
10. Developer Grants: Funding is available for building or integrating applications using Verida AI, and for creating new data connectors.

Get Started Today

This beta release is an important step toward our vision of a privacy-preserving, user-centric AI future, and we invite you to be part of it.

• Explore Documentation: Access in-depth guides and tutorials.
• Access the Developer Console: Register your application and obtain developer VDA credits
• Register for Starter VDA Credits: Kick-start your development without upfront costs.
• Join Our Developer Community: Collaborate with fellow builders and stay updated on the latest releases.

We can’t wait to see how you harness the power of user-owned data and secure AI with Verida AI.

The “Connect Verida” Button

One of our standout features is the “Connect Verida” button. This simple, yet powerful component can be integrated into your application with just a few lines of code:

• Secure Verida Identity Authentication: Ensure users authenticate safely to your application.
• Consent-Based Access: Users grant or revoke access to their private data at any time.
• Privacy-Preserving Personalization: Offer personalized experiences without compromising user privacy.

This easy-to-use button ensures your users retain complete control of their data while you tap into rich, contextual information to power AI-driven experiences.

Verida AI RAG (v2): Next-Generation AI Capabilities

Where applications want an out-of-the-box Large Language Model that understands private user, Verida AI provides agent based API endpoints that are trained to understand user data.

Our updated Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) engine introduces powerful upgrades to how applications interact with user data:

• Accurate Metadata Extraction: Improve how your AI model interprets and organizes user content.
• Sophisticated Privacy Controls: Only request access to data you need and the LLM will only access that data, providing strict guardrails to ensure sensitive data isn’t exposed.
• Enhanced Prompting Services: Maintain extended context for truly personalized AI outputs, without compromising user privacy.

These advancements open the door to new classes of intelligent apps capable of delivering tailor-made insights while adhering to robust privacy standards.

Expanded Web2 Data Connector Ecosystem

Verida’s ecosystem of data connectors is continuously expanding, enabling developers to access diverse third-party data sources — always with user consent. Today, we support:

• Google: Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, YouTube
• Telegram
• Coming very soon: Notion, Slack, Spotify

All data is synchronized on demand and securely stored in encrypted databases on the Verida Network. Our open-source Data Connection framework streamlines the process of integrating with popular platforms. Developers can also build new connectors or request connectors through our public roadmap.

Looking to build your own connector? See our Build a Connector getting started guide.

New Developer Console & Tooling

We’ve completely overhauled the developer experience with a new Developer Console — your central hub for configuring your apps, monitoring usage, and running tests in an isolated sandbox environment.

Key Features

1. Credit Balance & API Requests

• Easily track your free credit allocations and monitor API usage in real-time.

2. User Connections

• Gain insights into how many users have connected their Verida accounts to your application.

3. Sandbox Environment

• Build Auth Requests: Create and manage authentication tokens.
• Manage API Scopes: Configure scopes to ensure granular data access.
• Make API Requests: Test endpoints and debug responses.
• Browse Data with Auth Tokens: Inspect encrypted user data from within the console.

With the Developer Console, you can optimize your app’s performance and gain a clear overview of user engagement and resource usage.

Powered by the Verida Token (VDA)

The Verida token (VDA) underpins the entire Verida AI platform. Developers deposit VDA tokens to cover API requests, with tokens consumed for each call. This token-based model not only ensures a sustainable ecosystem but also aligns incentives for privacy-preserving innovation.

Learn more about VDA token.

Developer Grants

We’re committed to fostering a thriving ecosystem of privacy-centric AI developers. Two types of grants are available:

1. Application Integration & Development Grants

• Integrate Verida AI technology into your existing apps or build innovative new solutions using our APIs.

2. Data Connector Development Grants

• Contribute to our ever-growing list of data connectors by building integrations with new platforms.

If you have a vision for how Verida AI can transform a particular industry, product, or platform, we want to hear from you!

Visit our grant application page to get started.

The importance of user-owned data for AI

Verida AI infrastructure enables application developers to build AI products and services using private user data.

Big tech owns us all. They own our data and they monetize our data without any of that value being returned to us. Verida enables users to take custody of their data and use it at their leisure thanks to selective disclosure and permissioned access. Users have full control and choice.

Verida enables developers to build hyper-personalized AI agents based on personal data or aggregated personal data, without compromising individual information.

The problem with big tech data usage is that individual data packets can be traced back to you as a user. But this is no longer necessary. Verida’s confidential infrastructure enables user data to be pooled so the underlying information is available for LLM’s to learn and benefit, without this data being tied to you as an individual, in turn delivering a more equitable result for both user and application.

The future of privacy-preserving AI is here — let’s build it together.

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Highlights

• VDA Token: Empowering the private data economy.
• Privacy-Preserving AI: Revolutionizing secure AI experiences.
• Verida DAO: Advancing decentralized governance.
• $5M Funding: Expanding confidential compute capabilities.
• Private Data Bridge: Integrates data from centralized platforms into Private AI.
• Verida AI Agent Kyra: Delivering private AI-driven insights.
• Verida Network Explorer: Enhanced DID management and transparency.
• Devcon 2024: Winning 200,000POL in Polygon POL Rush competition at Devcon 2024.
• Private AI Grants: $30K in VDA supporting developers.
• Grant from Polygon: Strengthening privacy-focused AI solutions.

2023 Ended on a High Note for Verida

On December 28th, 2023, Verida officially launched its Mainnet, marking the debut of the first private, self-sovereign data network tailored for Web3.

• Data Ownership: The launch marked the beginning of a new era of data ownership, empowering users to reclaim control over their personal and private data from the grip of Big Tech.
• Personalized Web3: Verida redefined how personal and private data is securely managed in a decentralized way, enabling developers to access this data (with user consent) to build personalized products and applications.

The Verida Foundation DAO

At the start of 2024, Verida reached a key milestone with the launch of The Verida Foundation DAO, marking an important step toward decentralized governance and innovation in privacy-preserving technology.

The DAO drives community growth through grants, education, and engagement, while advancing self-sovereign data and identity solutions, including AI innovations for secure and personalized experiences.

This milestone underscores our commitment to building a secure, user-centric, and privacy-preserving future for users and builders.

Verida Storage Credit Token (VDA)

Following the Mainnet and Foundation launch, Verida introduced the VDA Token, the cornerstone of the first private data economy in Web3.

• Data Economy: VDA enabled secure data storage, trusted sharing, and rapid querying across the Verida Network.
• Node Staking: Storage node operators staked VDA to provide storage capacity, secure private data, and earn rewards.
• Utility Token: Users paid for storage using VDA, while node operators earned fees for their services, fostering a sustainable and self-sovereign data network.

In May 2024, VDA was listed on major exchanges, including Gate, MEXC, and Quickswap, further solidifying its role in the decentralized data ecosystem.

After VDA started trading on exchanges, Verida distributed 3.5M VDA tokens across two airdrop campaigns, rewarding contributors.

The 200M VDA tokens were allocated to incentivize sustained network growth over the years.

Technical Litepaper: Privacy-Preserving AI Infrastructure

Part 1: Introduction

Verida expanded its mission from a decentralized private data storage solution to supporting privacy-preserving compute, enabling private, encrypted data to be integrated with leading AI models. This ensures end-to-end privacy, safeguarding data from model owners, and paves the way for a new era of hyper-personalized and secure AI experiences.

Part 2: Self-Sovereign AI

Verida’s infrastructure integrates Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) to process data within secure enclaves, ensuring high levels of privacy and security, in collaboration with partners like Marlin, Nillion, and TEN.

Verida’s architecture guarantees that user data remains under their control, with no access granted to infrastructure node operators. By supporting both Stateless and Stateful Compute, Verida enables real-time data processing for AI assistants in a secure, privacy-preserving environment.

Part 3: Conclusion

Verida’s Confidential Compute Nodes and self-sovereign compute infrastructure ensure secure, private data processing, giving users full control over how their data is stored and processed.

This infrastructure lays the foundation for a secure and scalable AI ecosystem, empowering users to manage and utilize their data safely by providing controlled access to developers. Private Data APIs enable developers to integrate personal and private user data into AI applications and products while ensuring privacy and user consent.

Verida Secures $5M in Funding to Address AI Data Privacy Challenges

Verida raised new strategic funding to expand the network’s capabilities to include confidential compute, ensuring secure data storage and processing while preserving user privacy.

Through collaborations with ecosystem partners like Privado ID, NEAR, Marlin, Nillion, TEN, and zkPass, Verida continues to strengthen its position in Web3, driving innovation in the decentralized and privacy-preserving technology stack.

This milestone empowers Verida to deliver advanced solutions, enabling users to securely store and process their personal and private data while unlocking the transformative potential for private AI applications and beyond.

Verida launches Kyra, a private AI-driven newsletter

Verida has made significant progress in building a private AI ecosystem, highlighted by the launch of blog.verida.ai by Kyra, which provides valuable insights into the importance of Verida’s technology stack. Through the blog, Kyra explores how privacy and AI can coexist to create personalized, ethical, and efficient AI solutions.

Additionally, Kya has hosted the Interview Series, featuring prominent industry leaders like Omar Saadoun from Brainstems, Y J from Cluster Protocol, and Mohammad Iman from Founders Hub Network.

Key insights from these discussions emphasized the rise of specialized AI agents, the critical role of decentralized infrastructures, and the growing potential of personalized AI solutions. These underscore Verida’s position as a leader that helps users and builders enable decentralized and user-centric AI.

With rapidly growing list of influential subscribers, Verida continues to expand its community, sharing these insights and fostering connections.

Verida Unveils the Private Data Bridge

Verida announced the Private Data Bridge, a groundbreaking solution enabling users to securely pull data from various platforms with APIs, including Meta, Google, X, LinkedIn, Dropbox, and more, directly into their private Verida Vault.

This empowers users to integrate their data into hyper-personalized solutions such as AI agents/assistants and unlock future use cases like data marketplaces and other innovative applications.

Stay updated with our Data Connectors Roadmap to track progress and influence development priorities.

Revamped Verida Network Explorer

The updated Verida Network Explorer simplifies managing decentralized identities (DIDs) and provides insights into network activity.

Key Features:

• Identity Control: Manage DIDs, access public documents, and view metadata seamlessly.
• Transparency: Explore node details, distribution, and network performance.
• Developer Tools: Build transparent, decentralized applications with ease.

The Verida Network Explorer empowers users with full control of their digital identity and offers developers the tools needed to create user-focused decentralized solutions.

Empowering Builders on the Verida Network

At Verida, we empower developers to innovate using our infrastructure and privacy-preserving technology stack.

Verida supported developers through initiatives like:

• Verida AI Whitelist: Early access to tools like the Private Data Bridge, enabling seamless integration of user-owned data into private AI applications.
• Private AI Grants: $30,000 in VDA tokens to fund developers building data connectors and expanding the Verida ecosystem.

By providing tools, funding, and support, Verida fosters a builder-first ecosystem, advancing decentralized, privacy-focused technology and AI-driven solutions for secure and personalized user experiences.

Finder Innovation Awards Finalist

Verida was honored as a finalist in the Digital Assets & Web3 Innovation category at the Finder Innovation Awards. This recognition underscores our leadership in privacy-preserving decentralized data storage, providing encrypted, GDPR-compliant solutions that allow users to reclaim their personal and private data from centralized platforms, addressing growing privacy concerns, particularly in the age of AI.

With its global, region-aware design, Verida offers flexible data storage solution, ensuring scalability and compliance across the globe.

Devcon 2024: Winning 200K POL with the Private Data On-ramp for AI

Verida secured second place in the POL Rush Competition at Devcon 2024, hosted by Polygon at the Aggregation Summit in Bangkok, with 200,000 $POL granted. This recognition highlights Verida’s innovative role in connecting Web2 user data with AI agents.

CEO and Co-Founder, Chris Were, presented Verida on the main stage at Devcon, emphasizing our role as the “Private Data On-Ramp for AI” and showcasing how we’re enabling secure, personalized AI experiences.

This achievement underscores Verida’s leadership in providing decentralized infrastructure to enable Private AI, along with our growing partnership with Polygon to drive privacy-first and user-centric AI technologies forward.

Watch Chris Were’s pitch on our YouTube channel.

Looking Ahead

2024 was a groundbreaking year for Verida, driving innovation in decentralized, privacy-focused technology. As we look ahead to 2025, even more exciting milestones await.

The Verida AI solution is currently in private alpha, with many teams around the world integrating ahead of our public launch that will showcase to the world the critical role Verida is playing in the emerging AI landscape.

About Verida Network

A ‘one-click’ AI data platform that lets users securely extract and store data from centralized platforms for personalized AI services with confidential compute. For more information, visit Verida Network and Verida AI.

Join the Verida Community on Discord, X, and Telegram.

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Success at POL Rush and Devcon Pitch

Verida secured second place in the POL Rush Competition, hosted by Polygon at the Aggregation Summit in Bangkok. This achievement awarded Verida 200,000 $POL, recognizing Verida’s innovative work in bridging Web2 user data with AI agent builders.

Our CEO and Co-Founder, Chris Were, proudly pitched Verida on the main stage at Devcon 2024, highlighting the transformative potential of Verida technology.

Watch Chris Were’s pitch on YouTube channel.

This milestone reflects Verida’s progress in addressing one of AI’s greatest challenges: secure and private access to personal data. It underscores our commitment to connecting Web2 and Web3, empowering developers and users, and unlocking exciting new opportunities in AI.

Empowering AI with Private Data

Verida is positioning itself as the “private data on-ramp for AI,” enabling users to seamlessly extract their personal and private data — such as emails, chats, photos, and healthcare data from Apple Watch, Telegram, Dropbox, Google, and potentially all Web2 sources — and connect it to AI agents, protocols, and data marketplaces with a single click.

With three years of dedicated development, the Verida Network is purpose-built to prioritize user privacy and data sovereignty, ensuring all personal and private data remains secure and fully under the user’s control.

Join Early to Supercharge Your AI with Your Data: www.verida.ai

Resonating with the Developer Community

The response at Devcon was overwhelmingly positive, particularly among developers and AI enthusiasts.

“I met many people who were personally experimenting with creating their own AI agents,” shared Chris Were.

This highlights how Verida addresses the growing demand in the developer community for seamless access to personal and private data.

Moreover, Verida ensures that users legally own and control their data, adhering to global standards like GDPR and HIPAA compliance.

We also announced Verida AI Whitelist Access for Devcon Builders, which has helped establish valuable connections for potential future partnerships.

The Rise of Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs)

A notable trend at Devcon was the increased focus on Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs).

Our ecosystem partners, TEN and Nillion, highlighted how TEEs have evolved from being viewed skeptically as a “dirty word” to becoming a cornerstone of secure computing. This shift underscores their growing importance in safeguarding data, perfectly aligning with Verida’s mission to prioritize data ownership and privacy.

Discover how Verida and Marlin are collaborating around TEEs to power the future of private AI.

Market Opportunity

The conference underscored a major market opportunity for Verida. As the only project focused on unlocking personal and private data for AI applications and products, Verida is uniquely positioned to lead in this evolving space.

Numerous AI development companies showed strong interest in Verida’s solution, recognizing its capability to simplify user data access while ensuring robust privacy standards.

Explore AI use cases built on the Verida Network.

Looking Ahead

As the AI landscape continues to evolve, Verida’s presence at Devcon Bangkok has established its position as a crucial bridge between personal data and AI applications. The combination of winning the POL Rush competition, positive developer feedback, and growing interest from AI companies suggests that Verida is at the forefront of a significant shift in how we approach personal data in the AI era.

Explore the Verida AI Grant Program to expand data connectors and empower Personal and Private AI.

About Verida Network

A ‘one-click’ AI data platform that lets users securely extract and store data from centralized platforms for personalized AI services with confidential compute. For more information, visit Verida Network and Verida AI.

Join the Verida Community on Discord, X, and Telegram.

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The Verida DAO is thrilled to announce the launch of our first Verida Private AI Grants Program! This initiative aims to foster innovation and support groundbreaking projects in Private AI and decentralized storage space.

Our initial focus is expanding the Verida Private Data Bridge to support more data connectors. This will enable the Verida AI and builders using the Verida API’s to access more user data to create more powerful AI agents and other exciting AI applications.

Grant Tiers (Awarded in VDA tokens):

1. Tier 1: Extending existing connectors with new handlers — $500 USD
2. Tier 2: Basic connectors — $1,000 USD
3. Tier 3: High complexity connectors — $2,000 USD
4. Tier 4: Advanced connectors — $3,500 USD

Total Grant Pool: $30,000 USD worth of VDA tokens

How to Register Your Interest:

Fill out the following form to register your interest to start building data connectors for the Verida Network. All submissions will be reviewed the DAO our team will be in touch to discuss your submission.

https://verida-dao.notion.site/1348799b3af0802e91eee23e2148d379?pvs=105

We are excited to see your innovative solutions and contributions to the decentralized storage ecosystem. Let’s build the future of Private AI!

You can read our initial announcement of the Verida Private Data Bridge to learn more about our long-term vision to unlock data for Private AI use cases.

View and vote on connectors to build here: https://roadmap.verida.ai/

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Hello, Veridians! Chris Were here, CEO and Co-founder of Verida. 👋

I’m thrilled to share our latest updates, highlighting key milestones and what’s next for Verida. From the Verida Vault Alpha launch to our participation in $POL Rush and the Finder Innovation Awards, plus Devcon preparations that offer builders whitelist access to Verida AI to create personalized, data-driven products — there’s plenty to cover. Let’s dive in!

Verida Vault Alpha Launch

We’re thrilled to announce that the Verida Vault Alpha is now live! Verida Vault enables users to securely manage their personal and private data across platforms like Google, Telegram, and more to come — putting control directly in their hands. Verida Vault empowers users to connect their data to various applications, like privacy-first AI, ensuring their data remains private.

In the alpha release, we’ve also opened APIs for developers, enabling them to build AI agents, data DAOs, and more on our secure infrastructure. Developers now have the tools to create personalized experiences for users in a way that keeps data private and secure.

$POL Rush Finalists by Polygon Network

In other exciting news, Verida has been nominated as a finalist for $POL Rush by Polygon Network! As one of the top 10 projects, I’ll be pitching at the upcoming Polygon event in Bangkok at Devcon. We’re proud to represent Verida as a private data storage solution that enables Personal and Private AI.

We encourage our Community to vote in the Community Choice Awards for Verida Network. Your support could make a big difference, and we’d love to have you behind us!

Devcon Bangkok & Verida AI Whitelist

Heading to Devcon in Bangkok? I’ll be there to meet and connect with the Verida Community and other Web3 builders. As part of this event, we’re also launching a Whitelist for Verida AI, allowing early access to developers building with user data and privacy in mind. This is a unique opportunity for Devcon builders to explore Verida’s capabilities and contribute to the future of Personal and Private AI.

Finder Innovation Awards Finalist

We’re honored to share that Verida is also a finalist for the Finder Innovation Awards in Australia. This recognition highlights the hard work of the Verida Team and the innovative solutions we’re building for secure data management in Web3. Thankful for the recognition and excited to keep pushing forward.

Stay Connected with Verida AI

If you haven’t already, visit Verida AI to learn more about what we’re building for data privacy and Personal and Private AI. Our Verida AI blog offers insights into various topics related to data privacy and AI. Subscribe to stay informed as we progress toward a secure, data-driven future.

We’ve also launched a YouTube playlist with sneak peeks into Verida Vault and our AI capabilities. Even if you don’t have alpha access yet, these videos provide a glimpse of what’s coming.

Thank you for your continued support! With the Verida Vault Alpha, $POL Rush, and our presence at Devcon, we’re forging a path toward a future where individuals can fully control and benefit from their data. Let’s build this future together.

Yours truly,

Chris Were — CEO & Co-founder, Verida

About Verida Network

A ‘one-click’ AI data platform that lets users securely extract and store data from centralized platforms for personalized AI services with confidential compute.

For more information, visit Verida Network and Verida AI.

Join the Verida Community on Discord, X, and Telegram.

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