# ZettaBlock

> ZettaBlock is an organization that provides a data platform offering real-time, multi-chain blockchain data infrastructure and developer tools for Web3 and AI applications.

- Canonical URL: https://iq.wiki/wiki/zettablock
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- Tags: Ethereum, Solana, DataPlatform
- Created: 2026-09-05T00:58:15.415Z
- Last updated: 2026-09-05T00:58:15.415Z
- Source: IQ.wiki — the world's largest blockchain and crypto encyclopedia (https://iq.wiki)

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**ZettaBlock** is a full-stack [Web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) data infrastructure company that indexes, decodes, and serves real-time on-chain and off-chain [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) data across more than twelve networks. The company was founded in February 2022 by [Chi Zhang](https://iq.wiki/wiki/chi-zhang) and Scott Shi.[[1]](#cite-id-vxfavam810)​[[2]](#cite-id-imrerlaokj) Its data product aimed to remove the burden of running indexing [nodes](https://iq.wiki/wiki/node) or writing low-level parsing scripts by delivering decoded, queryable [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) data through managed application programming interfaces (APIs).[[1]](#cite-id-vxfavam810)​

## Overview

ZettaBlock is a technology company that provides infrastructure for [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) networks and, later, for AI development.[[4]](#cite-id-kucq4l3yvf)​

The data platform merges on-chain and private off-chain data to speed [Web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) application development, presenting itself as a single, scalable solution for accessing comprehensive historical and real-time on-chain data alongside private data sources.[[2]](#cite-id-imrerlaokj) The company states it supports more than twelve [blockchains](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) — including [Ethereum](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ethereum), [Polygon](https://iq.wiki/wiki/polygon), [Solana](https://iq.wiki/wiki/solana), and [Sui](https://iq.wiki/wiki/sui) — and offers over 500 curated datasets, and it claims to index more than 290 billion transactions.[[1]](#cite-id-vxfavam810)​[[5]](#cite-id-4lpj2bkg08) ZettaBlock identifies wallets, [decentralized finance (DeFi)](https://iq.wiki/wiki/defi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and gaming as its principal use-case verticals.[[2]](#cite-id-imrerlaokj)​

## Products and Technology

The platform is built around a library of pre-built APIs for common [Web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) tasks together with tools for custom development. Its named products and features include the Token API, Transaction API, and DeFi API, plus DevStudio, Analytics Studio, and a Model Verifier.[[6]](#cite-id-lkvlf4chfn) The pre-built APIs give access to real-time price feeds and 24-hour swap activity, while an Asset Dashboard aggregates and visualizes user transaction history, NFT holdings, and protocol interactions, and Network Insights provides chain-based analytics on network health.[[6]](#cite-id-lkvlf4chfn)

Two components anchor the platform. DataHub is a library of pre-built APIs covering NFT ownership and activity, token balances and transfers, DeFi protocol state, transaction history, and network-level metrics.[[1]](#cite-id-vxfavam810)[[5]](#cite-id-4lpj2bkg08) DevStudio is a custom development environment for writing and deploying indexed tables and low-latency APIs, handling bespoke on-chain signals, cross-chain joins, and machine-learning feature pipelines; the company describes it as transforming, filtering, and streaming data to any destination via customizable APIs.[[1]](#cite-id-vxfavam810)[[6]](#cite-id-lkvlf4chfn) A real-time streaming delivery mode pushes indexed events directly to a developer's database, warehouse, or message queue as new [blocks](https://iq.wiki/wiki/block) are confirmed, with webhook notifications for critical updates.[[1]](#cite-id-vxfavam810)[[2]](#cite-id-imrerlaokj)

DevStudio also supports training and serving AI models against indexed data, with suggested use cases such as threat detection and user-behavior analysis.[[1]](#cite-id-vxfavam810) The documentation lists "AI-Powered Innovation" among the platform's value propositions, including natural-language processing for queries and an AI-powered chatbot, alongside comprehensive [Web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) data, zero infrastructure overhead, flexible development, real-time data streams, and enterprise-grade assurance covering data privacy, security, horizontal scalability, multi-tenant support, and service-level agreements (SLAs).[[2]](#cite-id-imrerlaokj)

ZettaBlock advertises a set of performance figures for the platform, presented as the company's own claims: median ("p50") data freshness of three seconds and API latency of 50 milliseconds.[[5]](#cite-id-4lpj2bkg08)[[6]](#cite-id-lkvlf4chfn) The company states that DevStudio indexes roughly one hundred times faster than the subgraph approach of [The Graph](https://iq.wiki/wiki/the-graph), an established indexing protocol.[[1]](#cite-id-vxfavam810) In its own comparative documentation, ZettaBlock further claims its APIs are on average about 80 times faster than most ClickHouse-based solutions, 10 times faster and "100x more available & stable" (99.99% uptime) than subgraph-style solutions, and both 1,000 times faster and 1,000 times cheaper than Google BigQuery.[[7]](#cite-id-f8nsrdi4qg) It attributes these gains to a compute-storage-decoupled architecture and states that its Data Lake stays "less than two [blocks](https://iq.wiki/wiki/block) behind."[[7]](#cite-id-f8nsrdi4qg) The company also states developers can go "from SQL to a production-grade API in 5 minutes" and save over 90% of annual infrastructure costs.[[2]](#cite-id-imrerlaokj)[[6]](#cite-id-lkvlf4chfn)

## Customers and Partnerships

Documented users of the data platform include [EigenLayer](https://iq.wiki/wiki/eigenlayer), [Sui](https://iq.wiki/wiki/sui), [Polygon](https://iq.wiki/wiki/polygon), [Crypto.com](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocom), [OpenSea](https://iq.wiki/wiki/opensea), [Chainlink](https://iq.wiki/wiki/chainlink), and Forta.[[1]](#cite-id-vxfavam810) The company has published a number of self-reported outcome claims for these integrations. It states that Forta's machine-learning bots, powered by ZettaBlock's Data Lake and GraphQL API, detect real-time threats in [Web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) by analyzing historical scam patterns, a collaboration it says grew to more than 4,500 [nodes](https://iq.wiki/wiki/node) with over 400 active bots.[[6]](#cite-id-lkvlf4chfn) For [Polygon](https://iq.wiki/wiki/polygon), the company claims developers can cut development time by 95% with data freshness of one to two seconds after [block](https://iq.wiki/wiki/block) finality.[[6]](#cite-id-lkvlf4chfn) It says its solutions power [Crypto.com](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocom)'s DeFi wallet, enabling more than $1 million in savings and a 6% improvement in user retention with fresh data for over 4,000 tokens, and that a product called The [Degen](https://iq.wiki/wiki/degen) Arcade uses its prebuilt APIs to support more than 80 million users.[[6]](#cite-id-lkvlf4chfn)

A recurring partnership involves the [Sui](https://iq.wiki/wiki/sui) [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) and Google Cloud. In March 2024, Sui was chosen as a foundational partner for a Web 3.0 data service as ZettaBlock launched open beta, and in October 2024 the company announced it had integrated Sui [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) data with Google Cloud's Pub/Sub messaging service.[[3]](#cite-id-iauxnho1h6) This integration positioned ZettaBlock as a bridging layer between Web2 cloud providers and on-chain data.[[1]](#cite-id-vxfavam810) Other reported milestones include a June 2024 integration with the [Stellar](https://iq.wiki/wiki/stellar) network to simplify blockchain development.[[3]](#cite-id-iauxnho1h6)

During 2024 the company also engaged with the AI and [Web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) developer community. It was selected for the first cohort of a joint AI accelerator program run by [NEAR Protocol](https://iq.wiki/wiki/near-protocol) and Delphi Digital, partnered with [NEAR Protocol](https://iq.wiki/wiki/near-protocol) on an online hackathon workshop, and participated in [Coinbase Ventures](https://iq.wiki/wiki/coinbase-ventures)' Crypto x AI stack initiative.[[3]](#cite-id-iauxnho1h6) In November 2024, AWS Startups highlighted ZettaBlock among startups combining generative AI and blockchain.[[8]](#cite-id-bz7lfsbenk)

## Pivot to Kite AI

Beginning in November 2024, ZettaBlock pivoted under the [Kite AI](https://iq.wiki/wiki/kite-ai) brand to build a Layer-1 [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) for the AI agent economy. The company announced [Kite AI](https://iq.wiki/wiki/kite-ai) at DevCon in Bangkok, where co-founder and CEO [Chi Zhang](https://iq.wiki/wiki/chi-zhang) spoke at events including the AiFi Summit 2024, describing the effort as building a democratized AI layer to unlock fair access to essential AI assets.[[1]](#cite-id-vxfavam810)​[[8]](#cite-id-bz7lfsbenk) The rationale for the pivot, as stated by the company, is that [AI agents](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ai-agents) need a neutral, decentralized settlement layer to transact without relying on centralized intermediaries. [Chi Zhang](https://iq.wiki/wiki/chi-zhang) has described the vision as automated agent-to-agent commerce, offering the example of a user instructing an AI that then queries inventory systems, negotiates prices, and completes purchases autonomously through on-chain settlement.[[1]](#cite-id-vxfavam810)​

Kite AI is being developed as an independent, EVM-compatible Layer-1 [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain). Its central technical differentiator is a consensus mechanism called Proof of Attributed Intelligence (PoAI), which tracks and rewards contributors based on how their models and datasets are actually used rather than on the amount of compute staked.[[1]](#cite-id-vxfavam810) The chain is designed to use state channels for off-chain streaming micropayments and inter-agent messaging, targeting near-instant finality at low cost for high-frequency agent interactions.[[1]](#cite-id-vxfavam810)​

The original ZettaBlock data-infrastructure product carried no native token. The pivot introduced the KITE token, used within the Kite AI ecosystem to reward data and model contributors through the PoAI mechanism.[[1]](#cite-id-vxfavam810) In February 2025, Kite AI launched its first public [testnet](https://iq.wiki/wiki/testnet), named [Aero](https://iq.wiki/wiki/aero), on the [Avalanche](https://iq.wiki/wiki/avalanche) network, and the KITE token was listed on exchanges beginning 30 October 2025.[[1]](#cite-id-vxfavam810)​

## Funding

ZettaBlock raised a total of $33 million across multiple rounds.[[1]](#cite-id-vxfavam810) The most recent round was an $18 million Series A announced in September 2025, led by PayPal Ventures and General Catalyst, with participation from Samsung Next, 8VC, and Alumni Ventures; that round brought the company's disclosed funding to the $33 million total.[[1]](#cite-id-vxfavam810) The broader investor group across rounds is reported to include General Catalyst, Samsung NEXT Ventures, PayPal Ventures, 8VC, Alumni Ventures, Dispersion Capital, DNA Capital, and Essence Venture Capital.[[1]](#cite-id-vxfavam810)​

## Leadership and Team

ZettaBlock was co-founded by [Chi Zhang](https://iq.wiki/wiki/chi-zhang) and Scott Shi. [Chi Zhang](https://iq.wiki/wiki/chi-zhang), the co-founder and chief executive, is reported to hold a PhD in machine learning and AI from the University of California, Berkeley, and previously worked as a product manager at the data-analytics company Databricks.[[1]](#cite-id-vxfavam810) Scott Shi, listed as co-founder and chief technology officer, is reported to have served as a tech lead at Uber and was a founding member of Salesforce Einstein AI.[[1]](#cite-id-vxfavam810)​[[3]](#cite-id-iauxnho1h6)​