Cambrian Network
Financial data API integrating on-chain and off-chain data
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About Cambrian Network
Cambrian Network is a blockchain data and AI infrastructure protocol providing API services for onchain and offchain financial data, targeting AI agents, institutions, and traders. Its platform integrates lending protocol data, DEX liquidity, token prices, social sentiment, and risk monitoring, addressing the problem that querying historical data via traditional RPC nodes is costly or even infeasible, and delivering fast, comprehensive, and verifiable financial intelligence for AI agents.
Its core competitiveness lies in its "financial intelligence layer" positioning: converting raw onchain data and offchain social sentiment and news into structured APIs designed for automated decision-making by AI agents. The platform has indexed approximately $4.5 billion in lending TVL and monitors over 320,000 DEX pools.
Developments in the past six months: In August 2026, the company officially launched its first product, the Cambrian API; subsequently added Ethereum mainnet data support covering DEX, token, and lending data; launched a SparkLend data endpoint making $4.5 billion in lending TVL agent-readable; released an MCP server (cambrian-api-mcp) enabling AI agents to connect via standard protocols; and partnered with agentic brokerage TrueNorth AI, which uses the API in production. The platform remains in private beta, with production support limited to Base and Solana.
Cambrian Network was founded by former members of The Graph and Semiotic Labs, positioned as an AI financial agent infrastructure protocol that combines onchain and offchain data into verifiable financial intelligence ().
Key milestones: 1. Selected for a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX) Spring 2025 fourth cohort, receiving at least $500,000 in investment; valuation reached $59 million during the program (). 2. Raised a $5.9 million seed round led by a16z CSX with BB Fund participation, accelerating R&D and market expansion ().
Long-term significance: Its proprietary indexing stack derives data directly from smart contracts, addressing the "data trilemma" among real-time, comprehensive, and verifiable onchain data, providing institutional-grade financial data infrastructure for AI agents, institutions, and DeFi protocols—an early infrastructure bet in the convergence of AI and onchain finance.
Over the past six months, Cambrian Network has focused on scaling its verifiable data infrastructure. Key milestones include the completion of the alpha version of its oracle network, co-designed with a16z crypto researchers, and the expansion of data coverage to include real-time and historical DEX, token, price, and lending intelligence on Ethereum mainnet, Base, and Solana. The platform now tracks over $4.5 billion in lending TVL, 1,789 vaults across 895 curators, and 320,000+ DEX pools. Cambrian also onboarded TrueNorth, an agentic brokerage, as a production user, and began integrating with additional blockchain and DeFi partners.
Looking ahead, the official roadmap prioritizes: (1) launching the oracle network mainnet and expanding to more chains, including Hyperliquid for perp data; (2) deepening institutional-grade data products for risk assessment and portfolio management; (3) supporting agentic payment systems like x402; and (4) scaling revenue through SaaS subscriptions and enterprise contracts. The team remains focused on solving the Data Trilemma—delivering fast, comprehensive, and verifiable financial data for both human and AI agents.
Sam Green: Founder and CEO. Previously co-founder and CTO of Semiotic Labs, which received a $60M grant from The Graph and created its on-chain payment and data verifiability solutions. Co-designed Odos, handling over $100B in trading volume. Holds a PhD in reinforcement learning and worked at Sandia National Laboratories. Cambrian is backed by a16z.
Brian Berman: Founding CMO. 11+ years in marketing, with close to 5 years in onchain data. Formerly product marketer at Edge & Node, a core development team for The Graph.
Jason Brannigan: COO. Former GP at Kronos Ventures and previously invested/managed $5B AUM as Senior Investment Analyst at the Church of England Pensions Board. 10+ years in Web3 investing.
Tümay Tuzcu: Principal Engineer. Spent 2 years enhancing data coverage and accessibility at The Graph, later at Semiotic Labs, with over a decade architecting data systems for Fortune 500 companies.