Camp Network Raises $25M to Make AI Pay for Content

The training data behind artificial intelligence models is under a lot of ethical scrutiny. With lawsuits from authors, media houses, and artists piling up, the once-unregulated AI rush is hitting a wall which is copyright. Creators have little visibility into how their work is used, and developers lack a structured way to access licensed, rights-cleared content.Camp Network, a crypto startup that has developed a blockchain protocol for registering, licensing, and monetizing digital content and on Tuesday, it announced a $25 million Series A funding round to expand that mission.

The round was led by venture capital firms 1kx and Blockchain Capital, with participation from OKX, Lattice, Paper Ventures, dao5, TrueBridge, Maven 11, Hypersphere, Protagonist, and others. It was structured as an equity round with an attached token warrant which was a promise of a future cryptocurrency issuance and values the company at a token valuation of up to $400 million, according to Nirav Murthy, cofounder and co-CEO of Camp Network.

The company has now raised a total of $30 million, including a $1 million pre-seed and $4 million seed round in 2024.

Camp Network’s pitch is straightforward: as AI companies scramble for legally usable training data, content creators lack the infrastructure to assert ownership, license their work, and receive payment. Camp is building a Layer 1 blockchain that allows users to register intellectual property such as music, writing, and visual art, define usage rights via smart contracts, and receive automated royalties when the data is used by AI agents.