Sui Foundation Invests $30 Million! A New AI Data Strategy Takes Shape

Sui is accelerating its push into a new direction:
AI + blockchain + data infrastructure.
The Sui Foundation has announced a $30 million investment in DATA Network and is working to bring DATA Network into the Sui ecosystem. Its standalone chain will be upgraded to a Sui-based protocol.
The heart of this partnership is about more than just funding.

More importantly:
👉 Putting AI training data on-chain
Trace, a DATA Network product, records the sources, authorization details, and usage rights of AI training data, helping AI models gain access to a more transparent data supply chain.

👉 Data ownership is a key issue in the AI era
As competition among AI models enters its next phase, high-quality, traceable, and compliant data is becoming increasingly important.

👉 Sui + Walrus build data infrastructure
Walrus will serve as the default data storage layer, providing storage, verification, and access control for AI data.

So far, Trace has recorded more than 250 million data contributions and processes over 3 million data credentials every day.

The logic behind this is clear:
In the past, blockchain mainly addressed the question: “How does value move?”

In the future, blockchain may play a greater role in answering:
Where does data come from? Who owns it? Who can use it? How does it create value?
In the AI era, data is a new factor of production.

And Sui is seeking to become a key link connecting:
AI models ↔ data assets ↔ on-chain infrastructure
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