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Lookout is a new, independent desk — no legacy book to lean on. The record starts now and compounds in the open. Every conviction call is on the record the day it’s published; every intro and outcome is logged here as it happens. Accountability over reputation.

Tracking the AI × Crypto frontier since May 2026

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Projects on record

19

Conviction calls

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Intros logged

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Closed (invested)

On the record

Conviction calls.

The projects Lookout backs publicly — timestamped, accountable, and tracked over time. Not endorsements for hire; calls Lookout will be measured against.

Space and Time

Microsoft-backed ZK-proven (Proof of SQL) verifiable data warehouse and L1 for trustless data + AI; $40M total incl. M12 and Framework.

Conviction

Aethir

Enterprise-grade decentralized GPU cloud (NVIDIA H100/H200/B200) for AI and gaming; $9M Pre-A backed by HashKey, Animoca and Framework Ventures.

Conviction

Prime Intellect

Decentralized AI training protocol pooling globally-distributed compute to produce open frontier models (the INTELLECT series).

Conviction

Olas Network

Original (2021) crypto AI-agent network for co-owned autonomous services; $13.8M Series A led by 1kx, dominant on Gnosis prediction markets.

Conviction

Nous Research

Open-source AI lab running the Solana-based Psyche network for decentralized model training, off a $50M Paradigm Series A at a $1B valuation.

Conviction

Hyperbolic

Open-access GPU marketplace and serverless inference layer aggregating idle compute for affordable model hosting.

Conviction

Catena Labs

An AI-native, regulated financial institution building compliant stablecoin money-movement and identity rails for autonomous AI agents.

Conviction

Vana

User-owned data L1 turning personal data into a tokenized asset class via DataDAOs; ~$25M from Paradigm, Coinbase Ventures and Polychain.

Conviction

Coinbase x402

Open HTTP-native payment protocol reviving the 402 status code so AI agents and apps pay stablecoins for API/content access without accounts.

Conviction

Lagrange

ZK coprocessor and decentralized prover network for verifiable big-data SQL and AI inference; $13.2M seed led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund.

Conviction

Kaito

An AI-powered crypto 'InfoFi' platform and attention market that turned its KAITO token and Yap leaderboard into a category, off a modest ~$11M raise led by Dragonfly.

Conviction

RISC Zero

Seattle team behind the leading general-purpose RISC-V zkVM, Bonsai proving service, and the Boundless (ZKC) proof marketplace; ~$52M from Bain Capital Crypto and Blockchain Capital.

Conviction

Story Protocol

An L1 blockchain for programmable IP — letting creators register, license and monetize content in the AI era — backed by $80M from a16z at a $2.25B valuation.

Conviction

io.net

Decentralized GPU network — aggregator model — institutional traction

Conviction

Grass

Bandwidth/data layer cho AI training — large airdrop hype — Solana

Conviction

Render Network

Veteran decentralized rendering — pivoted to AI compute — Solana migration done

Conviction

Bittensor

Decentralized machine learning network — subnet model — TAO token

Conviction

Virtuals Protocol

Launchpad cho on-chain AI agents — biggest agent ecosystem hiện tại trên Base

Conviction

Skyfire

Agent-to-agent payment network — a16z + Coinbase backed — production

Conviction

Introductions

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No warm intros logged yet — this fills as Lookout brokers them.

Ethics

Every introduction Lookout makes is personal. We only introduce projects we’d personally back. Advisory relationships are always disclosed. No pay-to-play. No sponsored listings.

Research is AI-assisted, judgment is human. Not financial advice.