OpenLedger, An AI Blockchain for the Future of Data and Models

Built and reward AI

OpenLedger is redefining how artificial intelligence is built, shared, and rewarded. Founded in 2024 in San Francisco by Ashtyn Bell and Pryce Adade-Yebesi, the project blends blockchain transparency with AI innovation to create a fair and open ecosystem for data contributors, model developers, and AI agents.

https://www.openledger.xyz/

At its heart, OpenLedger is designed to ensure that the people and systems who contribute to AI progress whether through data, models, or computational work are properly recognized and rewarded. Every contribution is made traceable, verifiable, and economically incentivized, solving a long standing challenge in the AI industry.

Key features:

The OPEN token is the lifeblood of the network. It powers:

  • Gas fees for transactions and operations.
  • Model training and inference costs, enabling developers to run AI workloads on chain.
  • Data attribution rewards: ensuring contributors are paid fairly when their data supports model performance.
  • Datanets are decentralized, blockchain based data markets. They allow individuals, organizations, and AI systems to contribute datasets securely, while ensuring ownership, provenance, and fair compensation are preserved.
  • Proof of Attribution: Unlike traditional blockchains that focus solely on consensus, OpenLedger introduces Proof of Attribution (PoA). This mechanism ties each contribution whether a dataset, model, or agent output back to its original creator, guaranteeing credit and payment distribution.
  • Model Factory: The Model Factory is where AI models are created, trained, and deployed collaboratively. It enables seamless integration between data providers and developers, fostering a vibrant ecosystem of AI agents and applications.

By bridging AI and blockchain, OpenLedger provides a new economic layer for the AI economy one where transparency, fairness, and decentralization guide development. Instead of centralized corporations owning the rewards of AI innovation, OpenLedger distributes them to the actual contributors.

Still early in its journey, OpenLedger is already positioning itself as a cornerstone of the decentralized AI movement. With its powerful combination of data networks, attribution mechanisms, and model development tools, it has the potential to reshape how we think about the value of data and intelligence in the digital age.