BASS is one of the highest-signal events you can attend. This year is focused on the convergence of AI and onchain finance, which is, of course, an awesome topic. It will be held July 30th at Stanford. Join me there!

When I founded Cambrian at the end of 2024, I believed AI agents would soon play a big role in the future of finance. Because of the permissionless nature of public blockchains, I assumed *onchain* financial applications would gain traction first, with agents coming to regulated finance much later. But the timeline has accelerated. 2025's Clarity Act was the starting gun for institutions to move onchain. Meanwhile, all financial companies have realized that agents will be disruptive and they must begin adopting them now. This convergence has caused us to pivot to better serve the needs of institutions and more RWAs moving onchain. That's why we were thrilled that Franklin Templeton - one of the world's largest asset managers - supported us as co-leads in our seed round.

I'm excited to share that Cambrian has raised $11.9M to build the financial intelligence layer for the convergence of AI, digital assets, and traditional finance. Our seed round was led by @Polychain and Franklin Templeton @FTDA_US: a convergence itself of a top OG digital assets fund and a $1.7T institutional asset manager of 75+ years. As AI starts to consume more data in minutes than most humans do in lifetimes, finance is evolving to adapt to this reality ⤵️

UPDATED: the Agentic Finance Landscape for Q2 2026. Our most in-depth report yet. Agentic finance is a household name now. Since our Q1 report, Robinhood, Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, and many other reputable names have acknowledged that agents are the future of finance. Not all agents will make it into that future. That's why our team spent the last 3 months testing agents, filtering out hundreds of slopbots, and identifying only the most legitimate projects shaping this emerging sector. Presenting the latest cohort of the AgentFi Landscape 🧵