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May 30, 2025 - Assisterr AI, a pioneering Solana-native platform dedicated to democratizing artificial intelligence, today announced it has successfully raised a total of $4.5 million in funding. This includes a recent $2.8 million round in May 2025, which valued the company at $75 million, following a $1.7 million pre-seed round in July 2024. The significant capital injection, backed by a consortium of leading investors including Google for Startups, Outlier Ventures, Web3.com Ventures, Moonhill Capital, and Echo.xyz, will accelerate Assisterr AI's mission to empower users to create, deploy, and monetize specialized AI agents without requiring any coding expertise.
Founded in 2023 by Nik Havryliak (CEO) and Dima Dimenko (COO), Assisterr AI is at the forefront of building a decentralized AI economy (DeAI). The company's core innovation lies in its focus on Small Language Models (SLMs) rather than the resource-intensive Large Language Models (LLMs) favored by tech giants. SLMs are more cost-efficient, easier to customize, and highly effective for specific tasks, making AI more accessible and practical for a wide range of real-world applications.
"From the start, our mission has been to provide AI for all, not just for Big Tech," commented Nik Havryliak, CEO and co-founder at Assisterr. "The current AI landscape is incredibly centralized, expensive, and, frankly, out of reach for most individuals and smaller businesses. We're changing that by making AI creation as easy as building a website, giving power, ownership, and monetization back to the creators."
Revolutionizing AI Creation and Monetization
Assisterr AI's platform is built on the Solana blockchain, ensuring transparency and decentralized governance. It offers a comprehensive 360° infrastructure for creators, including:
- No-Code Creation Tools (AI Lab): Enabling anyone, regardless of technical background, to build and deploy AI models.
- Integrated Marketplace: A hub for promoting and monetizing SLMs, allowing users to browse, test, and deploy AI models across various categories.
- Data Marketplace: Providing access to high-quality datasets for model training, creating additional revenue streams for data providers.
- Incentive-Driven Ecosystem: A system designed to reward every contribution to the ecosystem, from model building and data validation to agent deployment, fostering a self-sustaining economy powered by the upcoming ASRR token.
"Decentralized AI isn't just about running models on-chain — it's about shifting control," stated Dima Dimenko, COO and co-founder of Assisterr. "Our model opens the door to a new creator economy, where individuals — not tech giants — define how AI is built, shared, and monetized. It's a shift from AI-as-a-service to AI-as-an-asset — embedded directly into the fabric of Web3."
Impressive Traction and Strategic Partnerships
Despite its lean beginnings, Assisterr AI has demonstrated remarkable traction since its founding in 2023. The platform has attracted 4.7 million users in less than nine months, with over 24,000 live AI agents deployed by its community. Early monetization tests have already yielded $160,000 in revenue, and the Assisterr-powered agent economy has seen tokenized agents reach a combined Fully Diluted Valuation (FDV) of over $80 million.
Assisterr AI's team, with roots in prestigious institutions like Cambridge, DeepMind, and AlphaGo, has also successfully launched over 60 SLMs tailored for leading Web3 protocols such as Solana, Optimism, 0g.ai, and NEAR. The company's commitment to fostering an open AI developer community is further evidenced by its leadership in global AI hackathons, including the official Solana AI Hackathon, where Assisterr's track accounted for 46% of all submissions. Assisterr was also an early grant recipient from the Solana Foundation in the UK.
The company has garnered support from a diverse group of institutional and angel investors, including Google for Startups, Outlier Ventures, Web3.com Ventures, Moonhill Capital, Echo.xyz, Contango, Decasonic, Zephyrus Capital, Wise3 Ventures, Saxon, GFI Ventures, X Ventures, Koyamaki, and Lucid Drakes Ventures. Additionally, notable crypto companies like Metis, Jupiter, Morph, Particle, 0g Labs, Sui, Wormhole, and NeonEVM are already utilizing Assisterr to build and deploy AI agents for their operations.
With the upcoming Token Generation Event (TGE) for its native ASRR token on May 30, with confirmed listings on Tier-1 exchanges including Bybit and Binance Alpha, Assisterr AI is poised to further expand its reach and solidify its position as a leader in the decentralized AI space.
Assisterr AI is actively building the foundation for a more equitable and accessible AI future, combining the scalability of artificial intelligence with the ownership, decentralization, and incentive models of Web3.
About Assisterr AI
Assisterr AI is a Solana-native platform that empowers users to create, deploy, and monetize specialized Small Language Models (SLMs) without code. Founded in 2023, Assisterr AI is building a decentralized AI economy, providing a comprehensive infrastructure that includes no-code creation tools, an integrated marketplace, and a data marketplace. The company is backed by leading investors and is committed to democratizing AI for individuals and businesses worldwide.
Compiled by CMO Intern team
