Minara
Category: AI in Fintech
AI-powered digital finance assistant (Web3/crypto AI agent) that analyzes, researches, and executes trades across crypto, DeFi, equities, commodities, and FX, powered by the open-source DMind financial LLM. Minara was founded in 2024. The company is led by Lowes Yang. Based in Boston, USA (HQ) with Asia presence in Singapore; DMind research org rooted in China/Taipei. Team size: 11-50. Latest round: Undisclosed. Key investors include Circle Ventures.
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- Boston, USA (HQ) with Asia presence in Singapore; DMind research org rooted in China/Taipei
- Team size
- 11-50
Value proposition
An all-in-one AI agent for digital finance that folds research, analysis, portfolio management, and autonomous trade execution into a single chat interface — built on DMind, a finance-native LLM trained on live market/on-chain data rather than the open web, with 40+ data providers wired in.
Products and solutions
Minara AI assistant (chat & research, Copilot, 24/7 Autopilot, Strategy Studio with Pine Runtime backtesting, strategy marketplace, prediction markets, agent workflows, Agent API), DMind-3 LLM series (Nano/Mini/cloud edge-local-cloud stack), DMind Benchmark (Web3 LLM evaluation suite, KDD 2026), DMind-1/DMind-2 open-source Web3-native LLMs.
Unique value
First Web3-optimized foundation model (DMind) with full real-time onchain data + KOL/community signal coverage; completes the OTC → analysis → decision → execution loop in one prompt; supports spot/perps/equities/commodities/FX in one account with built-in wallet and order execution.
Target customer
Web3/crypto users — DeFi players, meme-coin traders, airdrop hunters, quant/systematic traders, US-equities/TradFi traders, and independent/discretionary traders.
Industries served
Digital finance / Web3, crypto trading, DeFi, tokenized equities & commodities, prediction markets, RWA (real-world assets)
Technology advantage
Runs on DMind, a finance-native LLM trained on financial/market data (not the open web); reads live prices, on-chain flows, equity fundamentals, and sentiment from 40+ data providers; DMind-3 sovereign edge-local-cloud architecture (Nano intent firewall, Mini local reasoning, cloud global context) for secure irreversible financial execution; DMind Benchmark (3,543 expert questions, 9 Web3 domains) accepted at KDD 2026 — first peer-reviewed Web3 AI benchmark at a top venue.
How they differentiate
Unlike general chatbots that lack live market data and execution, Minara is built on DMind (finance-native LLM), reads 40+ live data providers, and executes trades/strategies in one window — merging insight and action with a built-in wallet, backtesting (Pine Runtime), and autonomous Autopilot trading.
Main competitors
General-purpose AI assistants (ChatGPT, Grok, Claude), crypto/Web3 AI agents (e.g., Mira), trading/strategy platforms (TradingView, QuantConnect)
Key partnerships
Circle Ventures (investor/backer), Circle Alliance member, DMind research collaboration with Zhejiang University and Nanyang Technological University (NTU), execution venues Hyperliquid and Lighter, OpenRouter and NanoGPT API providers.
Notable customers
Not publicly disclosed (early-access beta product)
Major milestones
DMind Benchmark accepted at KDD 2026 (ACM SIGKDD, Jeju, Korea, Aug 2026) — first peer-reviewed Web3 AI benchmark at a top venue, Minara unveiled "A Self-Evolving Financial OS" vision at KDD 2026 as official sponsor alongside Alibaba/Meta, DMind Benchmark reached #1 trending on Hugging Face (April 2025) with 9,650+ downloads by Jan 2026, Limited Early Access Beta launch of AI-powered Virtual CFO (Aug 2025), Product Hunt launch Jan 2026 (#1 Product of the Day, 435 upvotes), DMind-3 (21B) tops DMind Benchmark (80.3) and FinanceQA (70.3).
Growth metrics
DMind Benchmark: 9,650+ Hugging Face downloads by Jan 2026, #1 trending for ~1 week; 31 top models tested across 3,543 expert questions; 40+ data providers wired into Minara; Product Hunt launch Jan 2026 with 435 upvotes and #1 Product of the Day.
Market positioning
Positioned as the first AI agent in Web3 to complete the full loop of OTC → analysis → decision → execution, differentiated from general chatbots by finance-native model, live data, and built-in execution. Backed by Circle Ventures (USDC issuer's investment arm), giving credibility in stablecoin/on-chain finance.
Geographic focus
Global Web3/crypto market; strong Asia presence (Singapore, China/Taipei research roots) plus US HQ in Boston
Patents and IP
DMind Benchmark research paper accepted at KDD 2026 (ACM SIGKDD); lead researcher Enhao Huang named primary inventor on 8 granted/published invention patents; 10 papers at KDD, WWW, S&P, ICLR.
About Lowes Yang
Ex-NFTGo Co-founder (NFT analytics platform backed by Circle Ventures in 2022); previously worked at Alibaba and Qulian Technology; former chairman of Zhejiang University Blockchain Association; Zhejiang University graduate. Active in crypto since 2017; also founder of Byterum (AI + crypto economy).
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Official website: https://minara.ai