The blockchain for AI — unified commerce layer for assets and agents
Crypto📍 San Francisco, CAFounded 2018
Current Valuation
$10B
as of 2022-Q2
DECACORN
IPO Outlookprivate
Is NEAR going public?
No. NEAR has no imminent IPO plans on record. It is still private.
What is NEAR's valuation in 2026?
NEAR is valued at $10B as of 2022-Q2, set by its Series strategic ($350M, Apr 2022). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has NEAR filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for NEAR.
Who are NEAR's investors?
NEAR's investors include Tiger Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Three Arrows Capital, FTX Ventures, Republic Capital.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
NEAR is a layer-1 blockchain originally launched in 2020 by former Google Brain researcher Illia Polosukhin (a 'Attention Is All You Need' Transformer paper co-author). NEAR pivoted in 2024-25 to position itself as the blockchain for AI agents, with infrastructure for autonomous transactions and cross-chain commerce. Last equity round priced at $10B in April 2022.
Company Profile
CEO
Illia Polosukhin
Founded
2018
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Employees
~200
Total Raised
$533M
Growth
Two different numbers describe NEAR and they are far apart: the $10B is the April 2022 Tiger Global-led equity round, while the NEAR token — the actual traded claim on the network — carried a market capitalisation of roughly $2.2B in August 2026, about 92% below its $20.44 all-time high
Last Round
Series strategic — $350M (Apr 2022) · Lead: Tiger Global
IPO Status
no imminent plans
Fundraising Status
Series strategic · $350M · 4y 4mo ago
no imminent plansTotal raised $533M
Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Series strategic
$350M
Apr 2022
Tiger Global
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Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▼ Hiring downtrend
0% of roles posted in last 30d
Open roles
1
via greenhouse
Product-build share
100%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
tightening
heavy product build — 100% of open roles are product-building functions (engineering/research/product) — 1 of 1 open roles are security.
Open roles trending down; no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by function
■ product-building ■ go-to-market / G&A
Senior Security Engineer
Counted from NEAR's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Founders & Key People
Illia PolosukhinAlexander Skidanov
Investors
Tiger Global · Andreessen Horowitz · Three Arrows Capital · FTX Ventures · Republic Capital
Products
NEAR Protocol L1
NEAR AI agent stack
Chain Signatures
NEAR Intents
Competitors
Solana · Aptos · Sui · Ethereum L2s
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Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2022-Q2. Refreshed quarterly.