Grass, built by Wynd Network, is a decentralized data layer that mobilizes individuals' unused home internet bandwidth to scrape and verify public web data, packaging it into clean, provenance-tracked datasets for AI developers. Users install a browser extension or app that contributes idle bandwidth, earning rewards tracked as Grass Points and later distributed as tokens. The network positions itself as a decentralized oracle for AI data, generating datasets whose origins are traceable so contributors can be fairly compensated and AI builders get verifiable, real-time web data. Grass emphasizes privacy, stating it cannot access users' personal online activity. By distributing web access across millions of residential nodes, Grass addresses data-collection bottlenecks faced by AI companies while sharing the economic value with everyday users. It sits squarely in the crypto-meets-AI data infrastructure category.
Grass
ActiveDecentralized web-scraping network turning unused bandwidth into AI datasets
Total raised
$3.5M
1 round
Stage
Seed
Team
11-50
since 2023
Pricing
Freemium
free plan
Founded
2023
Berkeley, United States
Agent-ready
API
Score 40/100
Decentralized web scraping via residential bandwidth
Provenance-tracked AI training datasets
Browser extension and app for contributors
Token rewards for bandwidth sharing
Privacy-preserving contribution model
Decentralized oracle for AI data
Real-time public web data collection
Millions of distributed residential nodes
40/100
Developing
MCP server
Public API
Webhooks
OAuth 2.0
SDKs
— Seed $3.5M incl. No Limit Holdings +2
Capital network
$4.5M raised ·3 backers·10 network links
- Backers3
- Shared portfoliocompanies these backers also fund
- Extended networkfunds that co-invest alongside them
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- What is Grass?
- A decentralized web-scraping network that turns unused internet bandwidth into AI training datasets.
- How do users earn?
- By sharing idle bandwidth, earning Grass Points distributed as tokens via airdrops.
- Is Grass private?
- Grass states it cannot access users' private information or personal online activity.
- Who built Grass?
- Grass is developed by Wynd Network, which raised a $3.5M seed led by Polychain and Tribe Capital.
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