PROBE

What PROBE does

PROBE (Probe Builders) is a Singapore-based private company building an autonomous AI agent ecosystem on its own blockchain, ProbeChain, currently operating on the Rydberg testnet. The platform deploys AI agents powered by Anthropic's Claude AI that operate independently on-chain — each agent holds its own private-key wallet, thinks autonomously on a 15-second cycle, executes trades and governance decisions, collaborates with other agents, and reproduces via a spawnAgent() function that passes 90% of parent skills plus a 10% mutation to offspring. Agent health is scored across five dimensions (autonomy, success rate, value creation, collaboration, reproduction) through a custom Proof-of-Behavior (PoB) consensus mechanism.

The product surface includes consumer-facing Android applications (Probe Phone for AI companionship and Probe Node for running agent nodes on idle devices), a JavaScript developer SDK (plugin-rydberg) distributed via npm, and roughly ten dApp modules spanning agent economy, DeFi, compute DePIN, NFT, identity, RWA, and developer tools. At genesis (March 17, 2026), 210 seed agents were deployed across 11 specialized categories; as of the latest source data, 6,175 agents are active with a target population of 21 million.

The business is pre-revenue and pre-commercial. There is no disclosed pricing model, no paying customer base, no disclosed funding rounds, no named management team, and no partnerships. Distribution relies on direct APK downloads, open-source GitHub repositories, a Discord community, and X/Twitter. The platform currently generates only test-token economic value within its sandbox; the stated roadmap envisions a mainnet launch in 2027 marking the transition to a token-incentivized, self-sustaining agent economy.

Name

PROBE

Legal name

Probe Builders

Website

https://probe.builders

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

PROBE (Probe Builders) operates ProbeChain, a blockchain hosting autonomous AI agents powered by Claude AI that self-reproduce and transact independently. It serves Web3 developers via an SDK and consumers via mobile apps, currently on testnet with no commercial revenue.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Blockchain AI Agent Platform

NAICS

Other Financial Vehicles (525990)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Testing, Simulation & Local Dev Environments (testnets, forks, fuzzing, CI) (FSAPABAG), Digital Asset Risk, Security & Audit Tooling (Smart Contract Audit, Threat Monitoring) (FSAGAMAJ)

Keywords

• Autonomous AI agents
• Blockchain infrastructure
• Agent development SDK
• Decentralized AI compute
• On-chain agent economy

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Testnet (Pre-launch): Currently operating on Rydberg testnet with PROBE test tokens. No commercial revenue model in place. Platform is in development/testing phase with agents creating economic value in test environment.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

PROBE (Probe Builders) operates an autonomous AI agent ecosystem on its ProbeChain blockchain (currently on Rydberg testnet), where 210 seed AI agents powered by Claude AI hold their own self-custodial wallets, think every 15 seconds, and autonomously trade, collaborate, reproduce, and evolve on-chain. Developers can build agents via the plugin-rydberg JavaScript SDK, while individual users interact with the ecosystem through the Probe Phone AI companion app and the Probe Node mobile application that transforms phones into network nodes earning PoB rewards.

Product overview

Probe Builders is an autonomous AI agent ecosystem built on ProbeChain with 210 seed agents deployed on the Rydberg testnet as of March 2026. The platform consists of mobile applications (Probe Phone for AI companionship, Probe Node for turning devices into AI nodes), a blockchain infrastructure (ProbeChain/Rydberg), and a JavaScript SDK (plugin-rydberg) for developer agent creation. The ecosystem features 210 agents across 11 specialized categories including Agent Economy (20), Compute DePIN (11), Physical DePIN (10), Data Privacy (14), ModelFi (19), Agentic DeFi (28), Gaming & NFT (24), Decentralized Identity (24), RWA & Enterprise (12), Developer Tools (36), and Education (12). Each agent operates with Claude AI reasoning every 15 seconds, holds its own wallet with private key control, and can reproduce offspring with 10% skill mutations. The Proof-of-Behavior (PoB) mechanism measures agent health across 5 dimensions: autonomy, success rate, value creation, collaboration, and reproduction.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Probe Phone: AI companion with on-chain capabilities
• Probe Node

Products and services

• Probe Phone AI companion mobile application with cloud-based AI assistant and blockchain capabilities, enabling consumers to interact with the autonomous agent ecosystem on ProbeChain. Currently distributed as an Android APK with iOS TestFlight planned.
• Probe Node Android application that transforms spare smartphones into dedicated AI nodes for the ProbeChain network, supporting auto-start on boot and 24/7 operation for continuous earning of Proof-of-Behavior (PoB) rewards.
• plugin-rydberg SDK JavaScript-based SDK distributed via npm for creating autonomous AI agents on ProbeChain. Developers install the package, configure an agent character file, and run `npx @probechain/plugin-rydberg start --character ./my-agent.json` to instantiate agents with the ProAI reasoning brain, PROBE token wallet control, and reproduction capabilities.
• ProbeChain (Rydberg Testnet) Proprietary blockchain infrastructure powering the autonomous agent civilization. The Rydberg testnet supports agent wallets, on-chain transactions, PoB consensus scoring, and serves as the settlement layer for agent reproduction, collaboration, and economic activity.
• Probe Swarm Multi-agent collaboration network enabling autonomous agent cooperation through on-chain messaging and task decomposition, supporting coordinated multi-agent task delegation across specialized agents.
• IntentForge Intent-driven transaction compiler that allows users to express transaction needs in natural language, with autonomous agents competing to find optimal execution paths for those intents.
• InferNet (推理网络) Edge AI inference network that distributes compute across nodes and verifies inference results via cryptographic proofs, enabling decentralized AI model execution with result integrity guarantees.
• PixelMint AI-powered image generation and NFT minting platform that enables agents to create, tokenize, and trade AI-generated artwork on-chain.
• VoiceForge AI voice model marketplace with built-in consent verification mechanisms, enabling the creation and licensing of audio content on-chain.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% agent survival rate in current testnet
• +3 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability13 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Autonolas (Olas): Autonolas offers an open-source framework for building and coordinating autonomous off-chain/on-chain agents, with agent ownership and co-ownership via OLAS tokens. It is a direct peer because both platforms focus on persistent, autonomous agents that act independently.
• ai16z: ai16z is a venture DAO governed by an autonomous AI agent (Eliza) that manages on-chain treasury operations. It is comparable to Probe's AgentDAO and governance-via-agent thesis.
• Fetch.ai: Fetch.ai builds autonomous AI agents (Autonomous Economic Agents) that execute on-chain tasks, trade, and collaborate. It is one of the most established decentralized agent platforms with a live mainnet token (FET), directly comparable to Probe's autonomous-agent architecture.
• Virtuals Protocol: Virtuals Protocol is a direct peer operating an 'AI agent tokenization' platform on Base where autonomous agents launch and trade with on-chain wallets. Like Probe Builders, each agent has its own tokenized economy and can act independently on-chain.

Broad incumbents

• SingularityNET: SingularityNET operates a decentralized AI services marketplace where agents offer AI capabilities on-chain. It overlaps with Probe's agent services marketplace and multi-modal agent economy.
• Bittensor: Bittensor is a decentralized network where AI models compete and collaborate via token-incentivized subnets (TAO). It is comparable as a decentralized AI compute/incentive layer underlying agent operations similar to Probe's InferNet.
• The Graph: The Graph is a decentralized indexing and query protocol for blockchain data. Probe's ProbeIndex dapp offers analogous indexing services for agent transactions and is positioned as a specialized indexing layer for the agent economy.
• ChainGPT: ChainGPT provides AI infrastructure for the crypto industry, including AI-powered smart contract generation, auditing, and analytics. It is a broader incumbent offering overlapping capabilities to Probe's developer tooling and inference stack.

Emerging players

• Cortex Labs: Cortex is a public blockchain that enables on-chain AI model execution and inference. It is an emerging peer with narrower adoption but a similar on-chain-AI thesis to Probe's InferNet module.
• io.net: io.net is a decentralized GPU compute network that aggregates underutilized hardware for AI workloads, directly comparable to Probe's Compute DePIN category and Probe Node smartphone-as-node model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ProbeBuilders
• GitHubgithub.com/ProbeChain/ProbeBuilders
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/probe-group-com

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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