Decentralized AI startup Nous Research has raised $50 million in a Series A round led by crypto venture giant Paradigm, marking one of the largest investments at the intersection of blockchain and artificial intelligence to date.
According to an April 25 data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/04/25/paradigm-nous-research-crypto-ai-venture-capital-deepseek-openai-blockchain/” rel=”null” target=”null” text=”null” title=”null”>report from Fortune, the funding round values Nous at a $1 billion token valuation. Previous investors include Distributed Global, North Island Ventures, and Delphi Digital, who contributed to Nous’s earlier $20 million seed rounds.
Operating since 2022, Nous Research is stepping into the spotlight…

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