TL;DR
- Idea: Decentralized protocol for gamified AI training data labeling using staking and Proof-of-Quality to ensure high-quality human-generated datasets
- Catalyst: Token Generation Event on August 20, 2025 with listings on Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, KuCoin and Bitget and backing from leading investors
- Risks: Execution and adoption risk amid competition from established AI data labeling providers, potential regulatory uncertainty and future token unlock sell pressure
- Score: 7.00/ 10
Coin
- Name/ Ticker: Sapien (SAPIEN)
- Segment: AI Infrastructure
- Status: active
- Price: $0.244800
Key Metrics
- Market Cap: $61 228 476
- FDV: $244 913 903
- Circulating Supply: 250 000 000
- Total Supply: 1 000 000 000
Sources
Technology
- USP: Proof-of-Quality mechanism aligns economic incentives to verify and scale high-quality AI training data annotation
- Core Technology: Built on Coinbase Base L2, leveraging staking, peer validation, slashing, and reputation layers to enforce data quality at scale
Roadmap
- 2025-04-07: Protocol v1 launch
- 2025-04-25: Protocol v1.2 release
- 2025-05-05: Protocol v1.3 release
- 2025-05-19: Protocol v1.4 release
- 2025-08-20: Token Generation Event and exchange listings
Team & Investors
Team
- CEO β Rowan Stone: Co-creator of Base (Coinbase L2); COO of Totle (acquired by Coinbase); Co-founder of Horizen Labs and Launch Code Capital
- CSO β Trevor Koverko: Founder of Polymath; built Polymesh L1; Founder of Tokens.com
- CTO β Kelly Ryan: Founder of FastAF ($80M backed startup); Physics Waterloo; Experienced product and engineering leader
- COO β Henry Chen: COO of Haller.ai; growth roles at ClickUp, SAS and Xsolla
Investors
- Variant β Seed β’ 2024-10-30 β’ $10.50M
- Primitive Ventures β Seed β’ 2024-04-10 β’ $5.00M
- Animoca Ventures β Seed β’ 2024-04-10
- Artichoke Capital β Seed β’ 2024-04-10
- Yield Guild Games β Seed β’ 2024-04-10
Total funding: $15.50M
Tokenomics
- Utility: Used for staking to access and validate data labeling tasks, earning rewards, governance participation, marketplace payments, and contributor incentives
- Vesting: Investors & supporters: 12-month lock + 24-month linear; Team & advisors: 12-month lock + 24-month linear; Contributor rewards: 36-month linear; Community treasury: 36-month linear
- Next Unlock: 2026-08-20 (26.82% of circulating)
Pros & Cons
Strengths
- Strong backing from top investors including Variant and Animoca Brands
- Innovative Proof-of-Quality mechanism ensuring high data labeling quality
- Built on Coinbase Base L2, benefiting from scalability and security
- Gamified design fosters high user engagement and retention
- Listing on major exchanges like Coinbase and Binance expands liquidity and accessibility
- Diverse token utility including governance, payments, and staking enhances ecosystem use cases
Weaknesses
- Competition from established data labeling providers and AI platforms
- Dependence on continuous contributor activity and quality
- Regulatory uncertainty around token-based incentives and DeFi mechanisms
- Vesting schedule may lead to future sell pressure
- Early stage TVL and ecosystem metrics currently low
Price Scenarios (target: 2026-02-27)
- Bear: $0.150000 β Assumes market reverts to mean 3-month price average and modest token distribution sell-off
- Base: $0.300000 β Based on projected doubling of market cap to $120M by improved adoption and growth in data labeling demand
- Bull: $0.500000 β Assumes network achieves $100M annual task volume and trades at a 5x price-to-task volume multiple
How to Buy & Store
CEX
- Coinbase Exchange
- Binance
- KuCoin
- Bitget
- Kraken
DEX
- Uniswap V3 (Base)
- SushiSwap (Base)
- 1inch (Base)
- Paraswap (Base)
- DODO (Base)
Storage
- MetaMask
- Coinbase Wallet
- Ledger Nano S
- Trust Wallet
- Base Wallet
Verdict
Sapien offers a novel solution for high-quality AI training data with strong investor support and technological innovation, but faces execution and market adoption risks.
Official Links
Source: Coin Research (internal)
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