Nuklai

What Nuklai does

Nuklai is a Netherlands-based blockchain infrastructure company founded in 2023 that operates Helix, a Layer 1 blockchain purpose-built for data economies, and Nexus, an AI-native query engine that connects to any data source and delivers verifiable answers with full traceability. The company migrated its core blockchain from Avalanche's HyperSDK to Cosmos in February 2025 and launched the Helix testnet in May 2025, positioning its stack around seven target verticals: DeFAI, DeSci, GameFAI, DAOs, RWAs, Enterprise, and DePIN.

The platform is built on three core components: Nexus, which uses the proprietary NXSQL dialect to query APIs, databases, and files as a unified virtual data lake, supports autonomous agents via the A2A protocol, and integrates external tools through MCP; Helix, a Cosmos-based blockchain serving as the trust layer for data access control, monetization, and on-chain verification, with subnets for data consortiums and a marketplace for datasets; and the $NAI token, which powers transaction fees, staking (validators and compute nodes), governance, and compute resource payments. Nexus integrates third-party LLMs including Qwen-235B and DeepSeek R1 via io.net and Fetch.ai's ASI:One model, and has added enterprise integrations with Google Cloud (full migration plus Marketplace listing), Salesforce, PostgreSQL, and Google Sheets.

Nuklai is pre-revenue and pursues a product-led and community-led go-to-market strategy. Distribution runs through direct website access, developer documentation and SDKs, Google Cloud Marketplace (enterprise channel, launched November 2025), the Nexus Builder's Program (free lifetime access for ecosystem-building projects), and a staking portal. Revenue mechanics are designed to activate post-mainnet through $NAI token utilities (transaction fees split between an emission balancer and validator rewards, data marketplace commissions, and compute network usage fees), with enterprise adoption intended to flow through Google Cloud Marketplace and partnerships with players such as io.net, Filecoin, Fetch.ai, KIP Protocol, and Matchain.

Name

Nuklai

Legal name

Nuklai

Website

https://nukl.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nuklai builds a Cosmos-based Layer 1 blockchain (Helix) and an AI-native query engine (Nexus) that delivers traceable, verifiable answers across any data source, serving developers and enterprises building AI agents across DeFi, DeSci, gaming, RWAs, and traditional sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Blockchain Data Infrastructure

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYFSAPALAC

Decentralized GPU/AI Compute Networks (training/inference, GPU renting, model hosting)

Financial & Insurance/Blockchain & Web3/Decentralized Storage, Compute & Networking (DePIN, IPFS, compute markets)

SECONDARYFSAPALAK

DePIN Orchestration, Scheduling & Middleware (resource discovery, job scheduling, workload orchestration)

Financial & Insurance/Blockchain & Web3/Decentralized Storage, Compute & Networking (DePIN, IPFS, compute markets)

Keywords

• Blockchain infrastructure
• Data marketplace platform
• AI-native query engine
• Layer 1 blockchain
• Decentralized data economy

Headquarters

HQ city

Utrecht

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Pre-revenue: Nuklai is a pre-revenue blockchain infrastructure project. The platform is in testnet phase (Helix testnet) with mainnet planned. Revenue generation through $NAI token utilities including transaction fees, data marketplace transactions, and compute services will activate upon mainnet launch.
2. $NAI Token Utilities: Transaction fees (50% to emission balancer, 50% to validator rewards), access fees for data marketplace, compute resource payments for AI training/inference, and governance participation. Token serves as economic backbone of the data-driven AI ecosystem.
3. Data Marketplace: Organizations can monetize their data by offering it to AI developers and applications through the on-chain marketplace. Data consortiums enable organizations to share data with approved partners subject to micro-payments.
4. Compute Network: Organizations access decentralized compute resources for executing data pipelines, training AI models, and running LLM inference. Computational providers are rewarded in NAI tokens with rewards scaling based on computational time and complexity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Nuklai operates a Layer 1 blockchain (Helix, built on Cosmos) with data pipelines at its core, designed to power next-generation AI applications. Its primary product, Nexus, is an AI-native modular query engine that connects to any data source (databases, APIs, files) and delivers verifiable, fully traceable answers. The platform enables organizations to share, monetize, and collaborate on data pipelines, AI models, and applications through an on-chain data marketplace and decentralized compute network.

Product overview

Nuklai is a layer 1 blockchain infrastructure provider for data economies, offering a multi-product ecosystem centered around data sharing and AI capabilities. The core products include Nexus (an AI-native query engine for querying any data source with full traceability), Helix (a Cosmos-based blockchain serving as the trust layer for data monetization and verification), and the $NAI token (the economic backbone powering network transactions, staking, and governance). Additional offerings include Legion (AI-powered community engagement bot), Launch (startup funding platform), Staking mechanisms, and the Nexus Builder's Program. The ecosystem is designed to enable organizations to share, monetize, and collaborate on data pipelines, AI models, and applications with built-in governance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Nexus: Modular, traceable AI-native query engine that connects to any data source and delivers real answers with transparency
• Helix
• Legion
• IAMBASED

Products and services

• Nexus Nexus is a modular, traceable AI-native query engine that connects to any data source (databases, APIs, files) and delivers real answers with full transparency, logic, and control. It allows users to query fragmented data using standard SQL or natural language without migration or preparation. It is targeted at developers, AI builders, and enterprises needing verifiable AI outputs.
• Helix Helix is a purpose-built Cosmos-based Layer 1 blockchain that serves as the trust layer for Nuklai, enabling data monetization, permissions, access control, and on-chain verification of data used in AI responses. It supports validator and compute node operators.
• $NAI Token

Quantifiable outcome

• Fast and cheap transactions with low fees and high speed
• +2 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration12 records

AI capability10 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and strategic.

• Google CloudcoreTechnology or Integration · 13 November 2025Nuklai teams up with Google to launch Nexus on Google Cloud Marketplace, enabling enterprises to deploy AI-ready data infrastructure directly in their own cloud environments. Also includes full migration to Google Cloud infrastructure.
• GraphAIstrategicTechnology or Integration · 14 August 2025Integration brings real-time, verifiable blockchain data into AI workflows, enabling smarter, automated, and trusted decisions. Joint participation in AI x RWA roundtable.
• DIAstrategicTechnology or Integration · 31 July 2025Integration brings DIA's verifiable market data into Nexus, enabling AI agents to access real-world and on-chain data through MCP-compatible tools.
• io.netcoreTechnology or Integration · 30 July 2025Backer and integration partner for Nexus launch. Nexus users can access free LLMs via io.net, including Qwen-235B and DeepSeek R1, to build agents instantly.
• FilecoincoreTechnology or Integration · 30 July 2025Backer and ecosystem partner for Nexus launch, contributing to decentralized storage infrastructure.
• DatagramstrategicTechnology or Integration · 20 May 2025Connect trusted data and decentralized compute for scalable, privacy-respecting AI and data applications.
• DataHivestrategicTechnology or Integration · 15 May 2025Advance user-owned, privacy-preserving data infrastructure for the decentralized future of AI.
• Sovereign AI AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 May 2025Founding member alongside cheqd, Datagram, and DataHive to build decentralized, user-owned, intention-driven AI.
• MagmastrategicTechnology or Integration · 7 December 2024Transform property data and tokenization, combining blockchain and digital twin tech for smarter, transparent real estate solutions.
• Fetch.aicoreTechnology or Integration · 4 December 2024Nuklai joins the Fetch.ai Foundation to integrate agent-based AI with interoperable data infrastructure. Nexus adds support for Fetch.ai's ASI:One model with free access for developers.
• SoludestrategicGTM or Marketing Partner · 24 November 2024Integration of Nexus AI layer enabling organizations to deliver intelligent, interactive customer communication where users can explore and converse with their own data.
• Teneo ProtocolstrategicTechnology or Integration · 21 October 2024Unlock, contextualize, and monetize real-world IoT and DePIN data, expanding access for AI and Web3 ecosystems.
• KIP ProtocolstrategicTechnology or Integration · 21 August 2024Integration of KIP Protocol's decentralized Retrieval Augmented Generation (dRAG) framework to simplify building AI-ready Knowledge Bases. Nuklai serves as official AI partner for Open Campus initiative.
• MatchainstrategicTechnology or Integration · 6 August 2024Matchain's 950K+ DIDs and 175K+ DAUs bring high-quality identity data into Nuklai ecosystem for secure monetization and AI development. Users can monetize both Web2 and Web3 activity while maintaining control over privacy.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Akash Network: Decentralized cloud computing marketplace using Cosmos SDK. Shares the Cosmos-based architecture with Nuklai's Helix and offers competing compute marketplace economics.
• Fetch.ai: Decentralized AI agents and autonomous machine-to-machine transactions. Overlaps with Nuklai's agentic AI infrastructure (A2A protocol support); strategic backer but also a competing AI-agent platform.
• Pocket Network: Decentralized RPC infrastructure protocol for serving Web3 application data requests. Comparable token-incentivized decentralized infrastructure model targeting similar Web3 developer customers.
• The Graph: Decentralized indexing and querying protocol for blockchain data via subgraphs. The most direct analogue to Nuklai's Nexus—solving similar problems around structured data querying with crypto-economic incentives for indexers.
• Render Network: Decentralized GPU rendering and AI compute network with token-based job markets. Comparable decentralized compute marketplace model with similar validator/operator incentive structures.
• Ocean Protocol: Decentralized data exchange protocol enabling data providers to monetize datasets for AI training while preserving privacy. Directly comparable to Nuklai's data marketplace with overlapping AI-data positioning.
• io.net: Decentralized GPU compute network offering distributed machine learning training and inference. Direct competitor in Nuklai's decentralized compute node offering, though also a strategic backer and integration partner.
• Covalent: Unified blockchain data API providing indexed historical and real-time data across multiple chains. Similar positioning to Nexus for cross-source, traceable data access with developer-friendly APIs.

Broad incumbents

• Snowflake: Cloud data platform with marketplace, data sharing, and AI/ML capabilities. Represents the centralized incumbent for cross-source data querying and enterprise data marketplace workflows that Nexus targets.
• Databricks: Unified data analytics and AI platform with lakehouse architecture, MosaicML, and enterprise data processing at massive scale. Represents the centralized enterprise incumbent Nuklai competes against for enterprise data monetization workloads.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/NuklaiData
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nuklai

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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