Kaito is an AI-native research platform for crypto. The core product ingests 12,000+ real-time sources (Discord, Telegram, GitHub, Twitter, papers, news) and produces structured signal for professional researchers, market makers, and protocol teams.
The 2025 launch of the attention economy product turned the underlying data infrastructure into a public leaderboard for the most influential voices in each vertical, reaching 300K users and creating a durable feedback loop back into the enterprise data business.
The company now powers research infrastructure for 40+ funds and protocols, with an enterprise revenue base that has doubled year-over-year for two consecutive years.
The first serious attempt at an AI-native data layer for crypto research. We backed the seed on the belief that information asymmetry in this market is a durable moat.
Yu Hu
CEO & FounderChris Zhao
CTOSasha Kaletsky
Head of ResearchAnas Nashwan
Head of Data- 2022Founded by Yu Hu (ex-Citadel)
- Q2 2023Oryon leads seed
- Q1 2025Attention economy launch
- Q4 202540th enterprise client signed
Powering research infrastructure for 40+ funds and protocols. Attention economy launch reached 300K users.
“Kaito compresses hours of research into a workflow that measures in minutes.”
— The Block, 2025