Zypher Network Secures $7M to Boost Trust in AI Agents
Zypher Network raises $7 million to advance its zero-knowledge protocol stack and AI-specific rollup infrastructure, co-led by UOB Venture and Signum Capital.
San Francisco, USA, July 4th, 2025 — Zypher Network, a decentralized trust infrastructure provider for autonomous AI agents, has closed a $7 million funding round. The investment will accelerate the development of its zero-knowledge (ZK) protocol stack and AI-specific rollup infrastructure. The round was co-led by UOB Venture and Signum Capital, with participation from HashKey Capital, Hong Leong Group, Cogitent Ventures, Catcher VC, Hydrogenesis Labs, DWF Venture, and other strategic investors.
The Growing Need for Trust in AI Agents
As large language model (LLM)-based autonomous agents gain traction through platforms like Nvidia Eureka and OpenAI Operator, the market for agent-driven ecosystems is projected to reach $250–350 billion by 2035. This growth underscores the need for standardized, verifiable mechanisms to ensure trust, reliability, and accountability in AI agent behavior—akin to the rise of SSL as a foundational security layer for the internet.
Zypher Network’s Solution
Zypher Network addresses this challenge with its open-source, zero-knowledge protocol suite, designed to certify agent integrity, transparency, and data privacy. Its flagship product, Proof of Prompt, is a zkTLS-inspired protocol that enables public verification of system prompts without revealing sensitive inputs or outputs. The solution is delivered via a RESTful API, making it accessible to developers and enterprises integrating agent-based automation in domains like legal operations, customer support, robotics, and financial services. Additionally, Zypher offers an AI security browser for real-time detection of potentially malicious agentic behavior.
Infrastructure and Partnerships
The API layer is powered by Zytron, Zypher’s dedicated AI rollup infrastructure, which operates as a Layer 2 on BNB Chain and is compatible with RISC-V architecture. Zytron also supports Proof Mining, a decentralized prover system based on Proof of Verifiable Work, facilitating scalable, distributed ZK proof computation and verification.
“We are excited about Zypher’s ‘proof of prompts’ distributed solution and the committed team behind. We foresee Zytron will be an important building block to embed trust in the AI applications out there.” — YY, Managing Partner, Signum Capital
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