Unicity Labs
Category: AI Infrastructure
Building peer-to-peer cryptographic infrastructure (the Unicity Protocol) for autonomous AI agent discovery, negotiation, and settlement at machine speed. Unicity Labs was founded in 2025. The company is led by Mike Gault. Based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (HQ); Zug, Switzerland (Foundation). Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $3M. Latest round: Seed. Key investors include Blockchange Ventures (lead), Tawasal, Outlier Ventures.
- Founded
- 2025
- Headquarters
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (HQ); Zug, Switzerland (Foundation)
- Team size
- 11-50
- Total funding
- $3M
Value proposition
Infrastructure enabling AI agents to discover, negotiate, and transact autonomously at machine speed without intermediaries or shared ledger bottlenecks — with throughput exceeding 300M transactions per second, 1-second finality, and fixed microcent fees.
Products and solutions
Unicity Protocol (peer-to-peer cryptographic architecture replacing shared ledgers), Unicity AOS (Agent Operating System - multi-tenant secure OS for agents; Community edition open source), Unicity Proof System (blockchain for verifiable execution, identity, multi-agent coordination), AgentSphere (multifunctional Web3 platform with crypto wallet, specialized AI agents, P2P functionality), Astrid (open runtime / kernel for enterprise AI agents), State Transition SDKs (TypeScript, Java, Rust), Sphere SDK
Unique value
First blockchain platform purpose-built for the autonomous agentic internet — replaces shared ledgers with peer-to-peer cryptographic objects, enabling agents to form trustless marketplaces at machine speed without the bottlenecks of traditional blockchains or centralized platforms.
Target customer
AI agent developers, Web3 builders, Indian startups building agentic commerce applications, SMBs needing autonomous sales/customer support, enterprises requiring agent governance infrastructure
Industries served
Agentic Commerce, SMB Sales Automation, Supply Chain Coordination, Cross-Border Payments, Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Enterprise AI Agent Governance
Technology advantage
Peer-to-peer cryptographic architecture eliminating shared ledger model; 300M+ TPS throughput; 1-second finality; Fixed microcent fees; Off-chain execution with on-chain security anchoring; BFT Consensus; Trustless Sparse Merkle Trees (SMT) and Distributed Hash Trees (DHT); Verifiable agent execution with cryptographic proofs; Multi-tenancy and intelligent routing for cost-efficient agent deployment
How they differentiate
Unlike traditional blockchains (which face consensus bottlenecks) and centralized platforms (which compromise trustlessness), Unicity eliminates the shared ledger model entirely. Its peer-to-peer cryptographic architecture separates transactions from validations — the network simply confirms an asset's uniqueness rather than processing its entire context, enabling 300M+ TPS, 1-second finality, and fixed microcent fees. The team previously built and exited Guardtime, a major cybersecurity infrastructure company.
Main competitors
Basis Theory (agentic payments infrastructure), Skyfire (agentic financial rails), Nekuda (agentic payments/identity layer)
Key partnerships
PadUp Ventures (strategic partnership to launch Agentic Commerce Track within PrepUp acceleration program for Indian startups, Feb 2026), Unicity Foundation (established in Switzerland to oversee protocol governance, grant funding, and open-source development)
Notable customers
PadUp Ventures (as ecosystem partner), Indian startups building on Unicity Protocol via the PrepUp acceleration program
Major milestones
Founded 2025, Raised $3M Seed round led by Blockchange Ventures (Feb 2026), Established Unicity Foundation in Switzerland (Feb 2026), Partnered with PadUp Ventures for Indian market agentic commerce track (Feb 2026), Launched Unicity AOS (Agent Operating System), Released open-source SDKs and whitepaper, 79+ GitHub repositories, 22.1k GitHub followers
Growth metrics
22.1k GitHub followers; 79+ repositories; 500+ connections (CEO LinkedIn); 22.3k X/Twitter followers (CEO)
Market positioning
Early-stage protocol infrastructure company competing in the emerging agentic commerce layer — positioned as the foundational blockchain/trust layer for autonomous AI agent transactions, distinct from payment-rail-only competitors by offering a full-stack protocol with identity, execution, governance, and settlement
Geographic focus
Global (HQ in Abu Dhabi, Foundation in Switzerland, strategic focus on India through PadUp Ventures partnership)
Patents and IP
Whitepaper and technical papers published on GitHub (github.com/unicitynetwork) including whitepaper, technical yellowpaper, ZK bluepaper, and formal papers on Unicity Execution Model, Predicates and Atomic Swaps with security proofs
About Mike Gault
Ex-Founder & CEO of Guardtime (cybersecurity infrastructure company, built and exited); Cryptography specialist and experienced entrepreneur
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Official website: https://www.unicity.ai