What ChainML does

ChainML is an AI research and development company founded in 2022 and headquartered in Silicon Valley. The company builds production-grade AI agent infrastructure, organized around three core products: Council, an open-source Apache 2.0 Python framework for building AI agent applications with a controller-first architecture that provides control flow, budget constraints, multi-agent collaboration, and defense-in-depth quality management (constitutional AI, self-critique, RLHF, automated evaluation, and human oversight); Council Analytics, a commercial API product that enables conversational analytics and 'talk-to-data' capabilities for software applications via natural language; and Theoriq, a modular Web3-based AI Agent Base Layer protocol that provides a decentralized execution and utilization layer for AI agents with micropayments, account abstraction, and onchain reputation signals via the ERC-8004 standard. The platform integrates with multiple third-party LLMs (OpenAI GPT-4, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, Ollama, Groq) and ecosystem tools (LangChain, LlamaIndex), with no proprietary base models disclosed.

ChainML serves enterprise data and analytics teams seeking self-service natural language analytics, software applications needing embedded AI agents, customer support operations, market research functions, and Web3 ecosystem participants. Revenue mechanics currently include subscription/API-based access to Council Analytics and implied professional services for implementation; a future transaction-fee model is associated with Theoriq protocol micropayments, but no public pricing is disclosed. The go-to-market combines API-first product distribution, community-led open-source developer adoption via GitHub and Discord (858 GitHub stars, 41 forks, 29 releases), and enterprise field sales supported by strategic partnerships with Space and Time (Houston dApp co-build) and Chainlink (Chainlink BUILD ecosystem participant). The company has raised $10.2M across two seed rounds ($4M in September 2022 led by IOSG Ventures; $6.2M extension in May 2024 led by Hack VC) and remains private with 11-50 employees.

Name

ChainML

Legal name

ChainML, Inc.

Website

https://chainml.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ChainML is an AI research and development company that builds production-grade AI agent infrastructure, offering the open-source Council framework, the commercial Council Analytics API for conversational data analytics, and the Theoriq Web3 protocol for decentralized AI agent execution and onchain reputation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Agent Platform

NAICS

Software Publishers (51321), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Generative AI & LLM Solutions Services (RAG, Agents, Copilots) (BPAEAHAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

End-to-End Enterprise AI Platforms (MLOps & Model Lifecycle Management) (HDAEANAA), AutoML & Low-Code ML Platform Operations (HDAAABAL), Responsible AI, Security & Privacy Platforms (Safety, Guardrails, PII) (HDAEANAG), Cross-Chain Developer Tooling (messaging SDKs, relayers, interoperability APIs) (FSAPABAF)

Keywords

• AI agent framework
• Conversational analytics API
• Generative AI platform
• LLM orchestration
• AI agent infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Council Analytics API: Commercial-grade generative AI API for conversational analytics, enabling talk-to-data capabilities for software products. Revenue generated from API usage by enterprise and mid-market software companies integrating ChainML's technology into their products.
2. Professional Services & Implementation: Works with clients on ideation, education, adoption, implementation and support — from AI product idea to scalable, affordable deployment. Implied professional services revenue alongside product licensing.
3. Theoriq Protocol (Future): Web3 protocol with micropayments for AI services, account abstraction, and economic structure for the AI Agent ecosystem. Potential marketplace or transaction fee revenue model in future.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

ChainML builds and sells software for production-grade AI agents. Its core product is the open-source Council framework (Python library for building LLM-powered AI agents with advanced control flow and oversight) and Council Analytics, a commercial API enabling talk-to-data conversational analytics. It also develops Theoriq, a Web3-enabled base layer protocol for decentralized AI agent execution and onchain reputation (ERC-8004).

Product overview

ChainML is an AI research and development company offering a layered product portfolio centered on AI agents. The core offering consists of Council Open-Source, an Apache-2.0 licensed Python framework for building production-grade AI agent applications with advanced control flow and scalable oversight. Built upon Council is Council Analytics, a commercial API product enabling talk-to-data conversational analytics via natural language. The ecosystem extends with Theoriq, a blockchain-based modular base layer protocol for decentralized AI agent execution and community governance, including the Agent Reputation sub-product using ERC-8004 for onchain trust signals. Council supports multiple LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Ollama, Groq) and integrates with LangChain and LlamaIndex for enhanced capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Theoriq: A modular and composable AI Agent Base Layer protocol for Web3, enabling decentralized AI agent interaction and community governance.
• Council Analytics
• Council

Products and services

• Council Analytics Commercial-grade API powered by generative AI that enables conversations with data. Allows software products to integrate talk-to-data capabilities, enabling end users to perform advanced analytics via natural language and achieve consistent results meeting business standards.
• Council Open-Source Framework Open-source Python framework for production-grade AI agents that enables advanced control and scalable oversight. Supports integration with multiple LLM providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Ollama, with built-in error handling, retries, and usage tracking.
• Theoriq Protocol Modular and composable AI Agent Base Layer protocol built on blockchain principles. Enables decentralized AI agent execution with community governance, micropayments, and account abstraction — described as a decentralized version of OpenAI's GPTs Store.

Quantifiable outcome

• 25.1% faster task completion and over 40% improvement in quality when AI tools like GPT-4 are used in knowledge-intensive work (Harvard Business School / Boston Consulting Group study, cited in ChainML 2023 roundup)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

AI capability11 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Space and TimecoreTechnology or IntegrationChainML collaborated with Space and Time to build 'Houston', a generative AI-powered dApp enabling text-to-SQL queries and conversational analytics dashboards. ChainML's Council framework provides the AI agent technology powering Houston's natural language capabilities. Space and Time CTO Scott Dykstra provided a testimonial quote.
• ChainlinkcoreTechnology or IntegrationChainML is among the first 10 projects participating in Chainlink BUILD, an ecosystem program providing integration with Chainlink's oracle network. The Theoriq protocol is being built with Chainlink infrastructure support.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• CrewAI: CrewAI is an open-source multi-agent orchestration framework enabling role-based collaboration among AI agents. Directly comparable to Council's collaborative multi-agent architecture and developer-led adoption model.
• LangChain: LangChain is the dominant open-source framework for building LLM applications and agents with multi-model support, chain orchestration, and tool use. Directly comparable to ChainML's Council framework in core functionality, target developer audience, and product category.
• LlamaIndex: LlamaIndex provides a framework for retrieval-augmented generation and agentic LLM applications, with strong integrations across data sources and LLM providers. Directly comparable to Council's RAG capabilities and developer-first go-to-market.
• Microsoft AutoGen: Microsoft's AutoGen is an open-source framework for building multi-agent LLM applications with conversational and collaborative agent patterns. Directly comparable to Council's multi-agent orchestration capabilities, with the advantage of Microsoft distribution.

Emerging players

• ChainGPT: ChainGPT provides AI-powered tools for the Web3 ecosystem including smart contract generation and on-chain analytics. Comparable to ChainML's Web3 AI focus and overlapping target developer audience in the crypto/blockchain space.
• Ritual: Ritual is building a decentralized AI compute and inference network on blockchain rails. Comparable to ChainML's Theoriq protocol as an emerging player in the Web3/decentralized AI infrastructure category.
• Fixie AI: Fixie is a platform for building and deploying AI agents that integrate with enterprise systems and APIs. Comparable to ChainML's Council-based agent deployment and enterprise customer focus.
• Sentient: Sentient is building open and loyal AGI through decentralized AI infrastructure and community-owned models. Comparable to Theoriq's positioning around community-governed, decentralized AI agent economies.

Broad incumbents

• Semantic Kernel: Microsoft's Semantic Kernel is an enterprise SDK for integrating AI into applications with planning, memory, and agent capabilities. Comparable to Council's enterprise AI orchestration role but backed by Microsoft's broader enterprise distribution.
• Hugging Face: Hugging Face operates the leading open-source AI model and tooling platform, including agent frameworks and Inference API. Comparable to ChainML's broader AI infrastructure positioning but at much larger scale with broader enterprise reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/chainml_
• GitHubgithub.com/chain-ml/council
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/about

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors11 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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