Sentient, an open-source AI development platform, secured $85 million in a seed funding round led by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, Pantera Capital, and Framework Ventures. The funds will be used to hire engineers and develop Sentient’s open AI platform. Sentient aims to incentivize AI developers by allowing them to monetize their open-source models and data. The initiative addresses the issue of the centralized power of closed-source AI and aims to promote economic alignment for developers through its blockchain protocol and incentive mechanism.