Gency AI, an AI and blockchain infrastructure company based in San Francisco, announced that it has raised $20 million in new funding to support the development of its sovereign advertising network.
The funding round included participation from TikTok, HF0, XYZ, Streamlined Ventures, Hat-Trick Capital, Arksteam, MH Ventures, ViaBTC, and Basics Capital. The company plans to use the capital to scale its decentralized advertising execution and settlement network, strengthen its privacy-preserving computing stack, and accelerate product deployment and partnerships across North America, Asia, and Europe.
Gency AI is focused on building infrastructure designed to transform the digital advertising ecosystem from centralized, platform-based models to a more transparent and verifiable system. Its approach emphasizes “protocol trust,” leveraging blockchain-based verification and automation to address longstanding industry challenges such as attribution transparency, data ownership, and reconciliation inefficiencies.
The company’s platform integrates smart contracts and privacy-preserving technologies to enable automated settlement and verifiable tracking of advertising performance. This includes capabilities for independently verifying ad impressions and conversion outcomes, as well as distributing revenue through on-chain mechanisms.
Gency AI’s architecture is built around several core components, including on-chain policy identity systems for managing data permissions, a privacy computing layer that supports encrypted data processing, a clearing and settlement protocol that converts advertising outcomes into verifiable credentials, and an AI-driven optimization engine designed to enhance campaign performance without exposing raw user data.
The company positions its network as a way to enable coordinated interactions among advertisers, publishers, AI agents, and users while maintaining user control over data and permissions.
Investors in the round indicated that the convergence of AI automation and verifiable computing could reshape digital advertising infrastructure, particularly as global privacy regulations tighten and demand for automated, AI-powered solutions continues to grow.
