Overview
- Polychain Capital led the $10 million round with participation from the Berggruen Institute, Anagram, and Solana co‑founder Anatoly Yakovenko as an angel investor.
- VeryAI introduced a hardware-free palm verification system for partners to embed via a B2B model, generating non‑traceable identifiers and, the company says, avoiding storage of raw palm images.
- The system captures scans through standard smartphone cameras and, according to company figures, targets a false acceptance rate of about 1 in 10 million for one hand and roughly 1 in 100 trillion for two hands.
- VeryAI says registrations are recorded on Solana and verified using Zero Knowledge Proofs and the Solana Attestation Service, with Light Protocol’s ZK compression used to cut on‑chain storage costs.
- The platform is positioned for exchanges, airdrops, social apps, and on‑chain governance to enable Sybil resistance, with leadership including CEO Zach Meltzer and CSO Hua Yang and a new advisory role for Northwestern’s Matthew Groh tied to a research collaboration on deepfakes.