Automata
15 known investors
Automata builds a hardware-anchored verification layer for autonomous agents, using trusted execution environments (Intel SGX/TDX, AMD SEV-SNP, AWS Nitro) to enable onchain attestation of machine identity, state, and execution. It provides Rust and Solidity SDKs, a DCAP attestation dashboard, and TEE engineering for blockchain and AI workloads, serving developers and infrastructure teams such as rollups and decentralized exchanges.
Also known as ATA
Investors · 15
Also in the syndicate · 2
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountSeries BFeb 2022
Octopus Ventures (lead), ABB Technology Ventures, Hummingbird, In-Q-Tel, Isomer Capital, Latitude Ventures
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Automata operates a verification layer that connects hardware-level trusted execution environments (TEEs) to blockchain networks, allowing the identity, state and integrity of machines and software workloads to be attested onchain. Its stack covers Intel SGX and TDX, AMD SEV-SNP and AWS Nitro Enclaves, and extends to NVIDIA H100 AI accelerators, with the stated aim of providing a root of trust that does not depend on intermediaries.
The product portfolio has three main pillars. The DCAP Dashboard automates onchain verification and the upkeep of attestation collateral for Intel SGX/TDX, removing manual certificate and security-patch maintenance and providing an auditable record of hardware status across multiple networks. A set of modular attestation SDKs and libraries — including a Rust-native Intel SGX SDK, a Solidity DCAP Attestation library with Onchain PCCS, a TDX SDK for generating quotes across cloud providers, and an AMD SEV-SNP SDK — gives developers a standardized interface for producing and verifying attestation reports. Automata also provides bespoke TEE engineering for blockchain infrastructure teams.
A third line of work targets autonomous agents. Automata supplies infrastructure for machine-verifiable identity under ERC-8004, letting agents register and advertise proofs of trusted execution; 1RPC, an LLM gateway and Web3 relay that routes requests through TEEs for privacy and adds provenance to blockchain data and verified ML model outputs; attestation of an agent's intent and state prior to execution; and contract-level validation of an agent's hardware-backed integrity. XATA is Automata's trading platform combining perpetuals and spot trading across multiple decentralized exchanges with an AI copilot, automated strategies and TEE-backed security.
Business model
Automata supplies infrastructure and tooling — an attestation dashboard, open-source SDKs and libraries, a TEE-routed RPC/LLM gateway, and custom TEE engineering engagements — to blockchain and AI teams, alongside its own consumer-facing trading application, XATA.
Traction
The company states its infrastructure secures workloads for Uniswap and Flashbots, and that it has architected specialized TEE solutions for Scroll, Linea, Puffer and the World Foundation.
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Market position
Positioned as a verification and machine-trust layer for Web3 and AI, serving rollups, DeFi protocols and agent developers that need hardware-backed guarantees verifiable by smart contracts.
Automata offers cross-vendor, multi-chain attestation through a single unified interface rather than support for one hardware family, combines it with automated collateral maintenance to prevent verification failures from expired certificates or outdated patches, and reduces onchain verification cost via SNARK compression of hardware quotes.
Technology
The platform bridges silicon-level confidential computing with onchain verification. It supports attestation for Intel SGX/TDX, AMD SEV-SNP, AWS Nitro Enclaves and NVIDIA H100 accelerators; uses Onchain PCCS and a Solidity DCAP library for onchain quote verification; applies zkVMs including RISC Zero, Succinct and Brevis to compress multi-million-gas hardware quotes into cheaper ZK proofs; and anchors TEE boot measurements in a persistent onchain registry so workloads can prove liveness without repeated hardware re-verification.
Go-to-market
Developer-led distribution through open-source SDKs and scaffolds published on GitHub, documentation and a self-serve dashboard, combined with direct engineering engagements with protocol and infrastructure teams.
Developers and infrastructure operators building on TEEs, including rollups, decentralized exchanges, protocol teams and AI workload operators, plus traders using the XATA platform.
Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
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- Automataata.network · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Automata do?
- Automata builds hardware-anchored TEE attestation infrastructure that lets smart contracts verify machines and AI agents onchain.
- Who are Automata's investors?
- Automata's investors include BitDAO, IOSG Ventures, LongHash Ventures, Mantle Network, Signum Capital, ABB Technology Ventures, DIMENSION, Espresso Systems and 5 more.