Unicity Labs, a protocol development company focused on creating an agentic autonomous internet, has successfully secured $3 million in seed funding. This funding round was led by Blockchange Ventures and included participation from Tawasal, a prominent communications super app in the Middle East, and Outlier Ventures, a well-known early-stage investor in the Web3 space.
The funding comes as the market for agentic AI—software agents capable of independently locating services, negotiating terms, and executing transactions—continues to mature. The global market for agentic AI is anticipated to surpass $100 billion by 2032, signaling a significant shift in how digital transactions may be conducted in the future.
Unicity Labs is pioneering the Unicity Protocol, which employs a peer-to-peer cryptographic architecture designed to facilitate autonomous AI agents in discovering services, verifying counterparties, and executing transactions without the need for intermediaries or shared ledgers.
The team behind Unicity Labs previously achieved success with Guardtime, a cybersecurity infrastructure firm. Their expertise includes PhD-level research in distributed systems, cryptography, and machine learning. The establishment of the Unicity Foundation in Switzerland is geared towards overseeing protocol governance, grant funding, and fostering open-source development.
As AI agents grow increasingly autonomous, they will require a robust infrastructure to continuously discover services, negotiate transactions, and settle agreements without human oversight. Current systems present a dilemma: opting for centralization via major tech firms, which compromises trustlessness, or using traditional blockchains that struggle under the weight of millions of simultaneous transactions.
“Satoshi”s whitepaper was titled “Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash.” Seventeen years later, we still don”t have true peer-to-peer or electronic cash. Every transaction still routes through shared ledgers, introducing unnecessary bottlenecks,” stated Mike Gault, CEO of Unicity Labs. “Unicity changes that. We”re not building another marketplace or trading platform. We”re developing the foundational infrastructure that allows agents to connect and transact directly, frictionlessly, and at the scale demanded by the agentic economy.”
Matt Immerso, General Partner at Blockchange Ventures, commented on the innovative approach of Unicity. He noted, “The shared-ledger model that defined the last decade was designed before the AI-driven world we are now entering. Unicity didn”t just patch the old system; they built its successor by innovating a model that separates transactions from validations. This advancement enables unprecedented speed, scale, and cost-efficiency necessary for a future driven by autonomous agents.”
Tawasal, which serves over five million users across the Middle East, joined the funding round as a strategic investor. Eric Leandri, CEO of Tawasal, remarked, “In an agentic economy, merchants won”t market to people. They will sell to agents that understand user needs and are prepared to transact. Unicity”s infrastructure facilitates this transformation, fundamentally altering the economic landscape of commerce.”
Dimitrios Chatzianagnostou, CIO of Outlier Ventures, emphasized the significance of Unicity”s architectural innovation. He stated, “The industry has spent a decade optimizing shared ledgers. Unicity asked a different question: what if agents don”t need a shared ledger at all? That shift is what enables extensive agent-to-agent commerce.”
For more detailed insights, read the Unicity whitepaper.
Mike Gault, founder of Unicity Labs, and Matt Immerso from Blockchange Ventures are available for interviews to discuss the implications of this funding and the future of autonomous AI marketplaces.
About Unicity Labs: Unicity Labs is dedicated to constructing the infrastructure for the autonomous agentic internet. The Unicity Protocol replaces traditional shared ledgers with peer-to-peer cryptographic objects, facilitating autonomous transactions by AI agents. Established by experts in blockchain and cryptography, Unicity is supported by Blockchange Ventures, Outlier Ventures, and Tawasal. The Unicity Foundation in Switzerland manages protocol development and community governance.
About Blockchange Ventures: Based in New York, Blockchange Ventures focuses on early-stage blockchain investments, supporting innovative founders who are crafting the decentralized economy.
About Tawasal: Tawasal SuperApp is a UAE-based platform offering secure messaging and digital lifestyle services to over five million users in the Middle East. Launched in 2019 in Abu Dhabi, Tawasal emphasizes data sovereignty and regional infrastructure development.
About Outlier Ventures: Founded in 2014, Outlier Ventures is a leading early-stage investor in Web3, recognized for its contributions to over 370 global investments, helping raise $1 billion in seed funding.
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