What Stratos Network does

Stratos Network is a Singapore-headquartered, Montreal-anchored private company (founded 2020/2021) that builds decentralized infrastructure combining storage, database, computation, and blockchain services into a single Stratos Decentralized Data Mesh targeted at decentralized application developers. The platform's core differentiator is a unified stack rather than point solutions: node operators contribute resources across storage and compute, gateway nodes act as identity gatekeepers with a marketplace for hardware-trust attestation, and the native STOS token (distributed via OKX Web3 DEX on Ethereum) is used to access network services.

The company has expanded its product surface with Stratos OS, a sovereign AI execution environment built around capability-based security, a hardware vault for protecting signing keys and prompts, an identity mesh linking AI agents to hardware-verified identities, stateful handover for continuous agent sessions, and a lightweight edge orchestrator. This positions Stratos as infrastructure for autonomous AI agents that require audited sandboxing and tamper-resistant execution, rather than as an AI model developer.

Revenue mechanics rely on usage-based access to compute and storage, with payments possible via standard methods routed through the STOS token economy; no pricing tiers, named enterprise customers, or disclosed revenue figures are available. Go-to-market is community-led and developer-focused, executed through Discord, Telegram, Reddit, GitHub, Medium, Twitter/X, and LinkedIn channels, supplemented by whitepapers, tokenomics documentation, and a technical documentation portal at docs.thestratos.org. The company has raised a single disclosed $1.83M seed and strategic round in May 2021 from crypto-native investors including Fundamental Labs, Kenetic Capital, Fenbushi Capital, Bixin Ventures, DFG Capital, Nothing Research, Particle XYZ, SNZ Holding, and Spark Digital Capital, and operates with a small team of approximately 13-35 people.

Name

Stratos Network

Legal name

Stratos Network

Website

https://thestratos.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stratos Network builds decentralized storage, database, computation, and blockchain infrastructure under a unified data mesh, plus a sovereign AI execution environment (Stratos OS) for AI agents, accessed through the STOS token by blockchain and AI developers globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Decentralized Cloud Infrastructure

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Decentralized Storage, Compute & Networking (IPFS/Filecoin, compute markets, DePIN) (FSAPAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

DePIN Orchestration, Scheduling & Middleware (resource discovery, job scheduling, workload orchestration) (FSAPALAK), DePIN Hardware, Devices & Supply Chain (miners/routers/hotspots, firmware, device management) (FSAPALAJ), Decentralized Data Availability & Storage Verification (DA layers, proofs of storage/replication, audit networks) (FSAPALAH)

Keywords

• Decentralized cloud infrastructure
• Blockchain data mesh
• Decentralized storage services
• Sovereign AI execution
• Distributed database solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

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. AI Compute and Storage Access: Users and enterprises access high-performance AI compute and storage using standard payment methods, removing crypto complexity. Infrastructure value flows directly to underlying Stratos network based on actual utility usage.
2. Token Economy (STOS): Native STOS token enables access to decentralized storage, database, computation, and blockchain services on the Stratos network.
3. Infrastructure Services: Decentralized storage, database, and computation network services addressing secure data infrastructure needs for blockchain developers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Stratos Network builds a decentralized data mesh that delivers unified decentralized storage, database, computation, and blockchain services to support decentralized applications (Dapps). Its core products include the Stratos Decentralized Data Mesh infrastructure layer and Stratos OS, a sovereign AI execution environment with capability-based security, hardware-verified isolation, and trusted execution for AI agents. Network access and incentive alignment are powered by the native STOS token, allowing developers and enterprises to leverage decentralized compute, storage, and AI execution resources without crypto operational complexity.

Product overview

Stratos Network is a decentralized data mesh infrastructure provider offering a unified platform combining decentralized storage, database, computation, and blockchain services. The core Stratos Decentralized Data Mesh serves as the foundational infrastructure layer, while Stratos OS provides a sovereign AI execution environment with capability-based security and hardware-verified isolation for AI agents. The ecosystem is powered by the STOS token for network access and incentives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Stratos Decentralized Data Mesh Unified decentralized infrastructure providing decentralized storage, database, computation, and blockchain services for decentralized applications (Dapps). Designed for blockchain developers and enterprises needing scalable, reliable, and trustless data infrastructure.
• Stratos OS Sovereign AI execution environment with safety-first, capability-based security isolation, hardware-verified identities, and trusted execution environments for AI agents. Designed for developers building AI agents that require auditable sandboxing and hardware-verified security.
• STOS Token Native cryptocurrency token of the Stratos Network used to access decentralized storage, database, computation, and blockchain services and to incentivize infrastructure participants. Tradable on exchanges including OKX.

Quantifiable outcome

• Scalable, reliable, and trustless blockchain data infrastructure

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Filecoin: Filecoin is the largest decentralized storage network and the most direct competitor to Stratos's storage layer. Both offer blockchain-incentivized storage with token-based economics, but Filecoin has far greater capital, network effects, and developer adoption.
• Akash Network: Akash is a decentralized cloud compute marketplace that directly parallels Stratos's compute layer. Both target developers needing censorship-resistant, token-incentivized compute resources.
• Storj: Storj provides decentralized cloud storage with end-to-end encryption. It competes with Stratos for enterprise and developer workloads needing distributed, secure storage without centralized control.
• Arweave: Arweave provides permanent decentralized data storage via a one-time fee model. It competes directly with Stratos's storage offering for Dapp developers seeking censorship-resistant, permanent data infrastructure.
• 0G Labs: 0G Labs is building a decentralized AI operating system with on-chain data availability and GPU compute. It is a closer peer to Stratos OS's sovereign AI execution positioning than to the legacy data mesh product.
• Ceramic Network: Ceramic provides decentralized data streaming and composable data infrastructure for Web3. It is comparable to Stratos's decentralized database layer and serves a similar Dapp developer audience.
• Render Network: Render provides decentralized GPU compute, increasingly focused on AI workloads. It overlaps with Stratos OS's AI execution ambitions and the broader decentralized compute market Stratos targets.
• Crust Network: Crust is a decentralized storage network in the Polkadot ecosystem that mirrors Stratos's decentralized data mesh approach for Web3 applications and Dapp developers.

Broad incumbents

• IPFS: IPFS is the foundational protocol for peer-to-peer file storage and a key building block of the decentralized storage stack. Stratos's storage layer incorporates IPFS-style content addressing, positioning IPFS as both a dependency and a competitive reference point.

Emerging players

• io.net: io.net is a decentralized GPU network for AI and machine learning workloads. It competes with Stratos OS for AI agent and ML compute demand, though with a more focused GPU-marketplace model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Stratos_Network
• GitHubgithub.com/stratosnet
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stratos-network

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors10 records

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M&A

Investments1 record

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