San Francisco, California – 3 July 2025
Zypher Network, a decentralized trust infrastructure provider for autonomous AI agents, announced close of a $7 million funding round to accelerate the development of its zero-knowledge (ZK) protocol stack and AI-specific rollup infrastructure. The round was co-led by UOB Venture and Signum Capital, with participation from HashKey Capital, Hong Leong Group, Cogitent Ventures, Catcher VC, Hydrogenesis Labs, DWF Venture, and other strategic investors.
As large language model (LLM)-based autonomous agents gain momentum through platforms such as Nvidia Eureka and OpenAI Operator, the market for agent-driven ecosystems is projected to reach $250–350 billion by 2035, with transformative potential across the broader $10 trillion “as-a-service” sector. This shift has heightened the urgency for standardized, verifiable mechanisms to ensure trust, reliability, and accountability in AI agent behavior—paralleling the historical rise of SSL as a foundational security layer for the internet.
Zypher Network addresses this need through its open-source, zero-knowledge protocol suite, designed to certify agent integrity, transparency, and data privacy. Its flagship product, Proof of Prompt, is a zkTLS-inspired protocol that enables public verification of system prompts without revealing sensitive inputs or outputs. The solution is delivered via a RESTful API, making it accessible to developers and enterprises integrating agent-based automation across domains such as legal operations, customer support, robotics, and financial services. For end-users, Zypher also offers an AI security browser, enabling real-time detection of potentially malicious agentic behavior.
The API layer is powered by Zytron, Zypher’s dedicated AI rollup infrastructure, whose first production instance operates as a Layer 2 on BNB Chain, compatible with RISC-V architecture. Zytron also supports Proof Mining, a decentralized prover system based on Proof of Verifiable Work, facilitating scalable, distributed ZK proof computation and verification.
“We are excited about Zypher’s “proof of prompts” distributed solution and the committed team behind. We foresee Zytron will be an important building block to embed trust in the AI applications out there.” – YY, Managing Partner, Signum Capital
The newly raised capital will be allocated toward team expansion, infrastructure scaling, and the launch of incentive-driven initiatives aimed at broadening Zypher’s developer and user ecosystem. To date, Zypher has engaged over one million on-chain participants through its community campaigns and ecosystem programs. Its trust layer is integrated with a wide array of leading protocols—including Eliza OS, io.Net, Nexus, Risc Zero, Eigen Layer, Particle Network, Fermah, Polyhedra, and ZeroBase—enhancing interoperability and improving the developer experience.
In the coming months, Zypher will roll out a large-scale Social & Proof Mining campaign designed to incentivize decentralized agent verification, with early participation from key agent partners across its network.
“Our trust layer protocol is redefining what’s possible in agent verification. With this funding, we’re accelerating the rollout of scalable ZK infrastructure that ensures trust without sacrificing privacy. We’re proud to be building this with our incredible ecosystem partners, each playing a critical role in shaping a more transparent, verifiable future for AI.” – Giv Zypher CEO
About Zypher Network
Zypher Network is a decentralized trust platform enabling verifiable autonomy for AI agents through zero-knowledge protocols and its purpose-built rollup infrastructure, Zytron. With operations in Hong Kong and Silicon Valley, Zypher empowers developers and enterprises to build secure, scalable AI systems for both Web3-native and real-world applications.
Learn more at: zypher.network
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