VeryAI raises $10M to build palm-scan proof-of-humanity on Solana

VeryAI closed a $10 million seed round led by Polychain Capital, with participation from the Berggruen Institute, Anagram and angel investor Anatoly Yakovenko, to build a privacy-first palm-scan identity and proof-of-human system integrated with Solana. The mobile-first solution captures palm images, converts them into irreversible encrypted biometric feature vectors, and uses zero-knowledge proofs and other privacy-preserving techniques so users can prove humanness without exposing raw biometric data. VeryAI positions the product as plug-in identity verification infrastructure for exchanges, wallets, airdrops, on-chain governance and social apps to detect AI-generated accounts, Sybil attacks, impersonation scams and token-farming fraud. The company already works with firms including MEXC, Colosseum, Clique and Talus and expects more centralized exchanges and wallets to integrate its verification. The raise and Solana attestation path underline rising investor interest in blockchain-based proof-of-human designs and signal growing demand from crypto platforms for scalable, privacy-preserving anti-bot tools.