The Sapien Foundation has scheduled its Token Generation Event (TGE) for the SAPIEN token on August 20, 2025, deploying on Coinbase's layer-2 blockchain Base. This launch unlocks 25% of the total 1 billion token supply (250 million tokens) to foster early liquidity and community engagement.
Sapien AI, which secured $10.5 million in seed funding from investors including Variant, Primitive Ventures, Yield Guild Games, and Orange DAO, aims to revolutionize AI data collection through its decentralized platform. The protocol employs a Proof of Quality (PoQ) system—combining staking, validation, reputation, and incentives—to ensure traceable and trustworthy data sourcing for AI models.
The TGE includes an airdrop distributing 5% of tokens to early contributors and 0.5% to CookieDAO's top 10,000 members, with 30% of the latter unlocked immediately. Backed by over 30 enterprise clients and a Coinbase Embedded Wallets integration for seamless onboarding, Sapien also plans post-launch partnerships with Billions and Intuition to expand its AI ecosystem. CEO Rowan Stone (Base co-creator) and Trevor Koverko (Polymath founder) lead the project.