What is Grass? Grass is a decentralized physical infrastructure network, or DePIN, that uses unused internet bandwidth to collect publicly available web data for artificial intelligence applications. Its native token, GRASS, operates on Solana, while the network itself functions as an application and data infrastructure layer rather than an independent Layer 1 blockchain.
How Grass works
Grass users run software that contributes unused bandwidth to approved web-data requests. The network distributes this activity across nodes, routers and validators, then processes the resulting data for AI training, indexing and retrieval. Grass has described its architecture as including a sovereign data-rollup design, a zero-knowledge processor and a data ledger that records how datasets were collected.
The zero-knowledge system is intended to verify facts about web-request sessions without exposing all of the underlying information. Solana provides token settlement and blockchain infrastructure, while Grass handles bandwidth accounting, data processing and provenance. The network announced its Solana-based Layer 2 or data-rollup approach in March 2024.
Primary use cases
Grass has two main participant groups. Bandwidth providers run the client software and receive rewards for supplying connectivity. AI developers, enterprises, research organizations and other data users can access web-derived information for training datasets, search systems, research, analytics and structured data production.
The network is also expanding toward Live Context Retrieval, which is designed to provide current web information to AI systems during inference. Grass has reported applications involving text, images and video, including an August 2025 collaboration with Inference on a video-annotation model.
Who is behind Grass and where is it based?
Grass is associated with Wynd Network and Wynd Labs. Public sources identify Andrej Radonjic as a co-founder and chief executive associated with Wynd Labs, although the retrieved team sources do not confirm a complete list of executives or the title “Dr.” Wynd Labs is described as providing engineering, software development and business-development services for the network.
The project’s history reaches back to 2022. Dealroom lists Wynd Network as founded in 2023, while Wynd Labs records and company materials point to activity beginning in 2022. Grass’s first major token distribution and network launch took place on 28 October 2024, according to the supplied research.
Public company profiles place related operations in Toronto, Canada, while LinkedIn company data lists Wynd Labs headquarters in Spokane, Washington, United States. These sources are not fully consistent, so the confirmed description is that the project has reported links to both Canada and the United States. Crunchbase identifies Grass OpCo (BVI) Ltd as an associated legal entity, but the supplied sources do not include a primary corporate filing confirming its registration. The jurisdiction and legal structure of any Grass Foundation are not publicly confirmed.
GRASS tokenomics
The total supply is 1,000,000,000 GRASS, with 699,492,325 GRASS in circulation. Official tokenomics materials divide the supply among early investors, contributors, foundation and ecosystem growth, future incentives, Airdrop One and router rewards.
Early investor tokens are subject to a one-year cliff and later vesting. Contributor allocations have a one-year cliff and three-year vesting schedule. The foundation and ecosystem allocation supports operations, partnerships, research and network upgrades, while future incentives are reserved for later participant and ecosystem programs.
Grass describes the token supply as fixed rather than uncapped and inflationary. Circulating supply can still increase when locked allocations vest or reserved tokens are distributed. In July 2026, the project said Stage 2 participant rewards would be paid in USDC from network revenue rather than newly issued GRASS.
The market snapshot records a price of $0.6926 and a 24h change of -6.36%. Market cap is $484.50M (rank #167), with 24h volume of $50.50M. The all-time high is $3.89, the current price is 82.20% below it.
Consensus and security
Grass does not operate its own blockchain consensus layer. Solana’s validator-based consensus secures token transactions and settlement. Grass’s application layer relies on distributed nodes, routers, validators, operational controls and cryptographic proofs to process and verify web sessions.
The project has described a longer-term plan to replace concentrated verification with a decentralized committee capable of finalizing sessions through consensus. Public material does not confirm that this transition is complete. This means Grass combines blockchain settlement with application-level verification that has historically remained partly controlled by project operators.
Partnerships and development
Grass’s confirmed ecosystem connections include Solana, Wynd Labs, Hex Trust and Inference. Funding has included a $3.5 million seed round led by Polychain Capital and Tribe Capital in December 2023, followed by reported backing from Hack VC, Delphi Digital, Brevan Howard Digital and Lattice Ventures.
Recent development has focused on Sion, multimodal data processing and Live Context Retrieval. Grass also announced an in-app non-custodial wallet and a shift toward revenue-funded participant rewards. Its core value proposition is the combination of user-supplied bandwidth, AI-focused data collection, cryptographic provenance and a path toward real-time information services for AI inference.