Near Foundation

Founded 2020

2–10 people

Zug, Switzerland

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Near Foundation is a non-profit foundation headquartered in Switzerland that is responsible for contracting protocol maintainers, funding ecosystem development, and shepherding core governance of the NEAR protocol.

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Bianca Momand

Director of Startup Program Success

Bianca Momand

Founder Success: Program Success Director

Changwé Mutakasha

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Near Foundation News (63)

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 goes live on NEAR AI Cloud

NEAR AI added the latest DeepSeek Flash update to its TEE-hosted model catalog, priced at $0.30/M input and $1.20/M output — with a note that this version is not fully private inference.

Launch4d ago

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NEAR Hackathon launches with $250K+ prize pool and VC judges

No-signup hackathon for NEAR Intents, chain abstraction, and AI agent apps; submissions open November 1–14 with judges from a16z, Electric Capital, and Dragonfly.

Funding7d ago

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Helius CEO Mert Mumtaz joins NEAR Foundation Council as protocol reports $33B Intents…

Mumtaz, who runs Solana infrastructure firm Helius, joins the NEAR Foundation Council alongside Illia Polosukhin to guide product strategy and governance.

Funding11d ago

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