Talus - About the company
Talus is a series A company based in Los Angeles (United States), founded in 2023 by Mike Hanono. It operates as a Blockchain platform for decentralizing artificial intelligence. Talus has raised $19M in funding from investors like Polychain, dao5 and Hash3, with a current valuation of $*****. The company has 1300 active competitors, including 281 funded and 29 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Mysten Labs, Aptos and Solana.
Company Details
Blockchain platform for decentralizing artificial intelligence. The platform enables the development of smart agents that navigate complex scenarios and make decisions, allowing for trading, and monetization of these agents within a decentralized framework. Its ecosystem and developer tools, smart agents can collaborate, innovate, and support decentralized applications across multiple sectors like DeFi, gaming, and governance.
- Website
- talus.network
- Email ID
- *****@talus.network
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2023
Location
Los Angeles, United States
Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$19M in 3 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$***** as on Nov 26, 2024
Ranked
53rd among 1300 active competitors
Employee Count
22 as on Mar 31, 2026
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Talus's funding and investors
Talus has raised a total funding of $19M over 3 rounds. Its first funding round was on Feb 27, 2024. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Sep 30, 2025 for $*****. 3 investors participated in its latest round. Talus has 17 institutional investors and 5 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Talus:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Sep 30, 2025 | 1046728 | Series A | 8449993 | 5736496 | 7822218 | 2682828 |
Nov 26, 2024 | 8067238 | Series A | 2420390 | 5243642 | 2455893 | |
Feb 27, 2024 | 5738955 | Seed | 3113454 | 3608176 |
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Talus' founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Talus is Mike Hanono. Mike Hanono is the CEO of Talus.
Here are the details of Talus' key team members:
- Mike Hanono: Founder & CEO of Talus. Contact Info: 1 email address
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Talus' employee count trend
Talus has 22 employees as of Mar 26. Here is Talus's employee count trend over the years:
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Talus's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Talus include Mysten Labs, Aptos and Solana. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Talus, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Mysten Labs 2021, Palo Alto (United States), Series B | Blockchain platform offering Web3 infrastructure solutions | $336M | 81/100 | |
2nd | Aptos 2021, Palo Alto (United States), Series D | Provider of protocols for building blockchain-based solutions | $350M | 80/100 | |
3rd | Solana 2010, San Francisco (United States), Series C | Blockchain-based infrastructure for transactions and counting | $374M | 79/100 | |
4th | NEAR 2017, Zug (Switzerland), Series D | Public blockchain network platform | $542M | 78/100 | |
5th | AVA 2018, Brooklyn (United States), Series B | Blockchain platform for smart contracts and custom subnets | $368M | 75/100 | |
6th | Blockchain-based public network for decentralized applications | - | 71/100 | ||
7th | DFINITY 2014, Palo Alto (United States), Series C | Blockchain-based public network for building decentralized applications | $164M | 69/100 | |
8th | Avalanche 2018, Tortola (United Kingdom), Funding Raised | Provider of smart contracts platform for decentralized application development | - | 68/100 | |
9th | Celestia 2011, Vaduz (Liechtenstein), Series C | Blockchain-based modular consensus and data network | $204M | 67/100 | |
10th | Concordium 2018, Cham (Switzerland), Series B | Layer-1 blockchain protocol focused on identity-first | $15M | 67/100 | |
53rd | Talus 2023, Los Angeles (United States), Series A | Blockchain platform for decentralizing artificial intelligence | $19M | 55/100 |
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Talus's Investments and acquisitions
Talus has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Talus
Here is the latest report on Talus's geography:
News related to Talus
Media has covered Talus for a total of 5 events in the last 1 year, 2 of them have been about company updates and 1 about partnerships.
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Samsung, Ingenico and Talus Team on Mobile PaymentsPYMNTS.com•Jan 13, 2026•Samsung, Ingenico, UnionPay Intl, Talus
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Talus Labs: $10M Funding & AI-Blockchain Nexus FrameworkTime•Oct 25, 2025•Walrus, Talus, Sui Foundation, Polychain
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Talus Network raises Polychain-led funding round at $150 million valuation, plans TikTok-linked 'AI dating experience'The Block•Nov 26, 2024•Talus, Polychain, Foresight Ventures, Animoca Brands and 1 other
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Talus Network Raised $150M Funding, Plans TikTok AI DatingBitcoin Ethereum News•Nov 26, 2024•Talus, Polychain, Foresight Ventures, Animoca Brands and 2 others
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TALUS Network received 3 million US dollars seed round financingfromgeek.com•Feb 27, 2024•Talus, Polychain, dao5, Hash3 and 8 others
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