What is Somnia?

Somnia is an L1 blockchain project focused on supporting agentic applications. The description states it is built with a custom consensus protocol, a compiled EVM, and a purpose-built database to achieve high throughput, sub-second finality, and low transaction costs. It is described as fully EVM-compatible.

The project describes “Somnia Agents” that allow smart contracts to query external APIs and run deterministic AI models on-chain. It also describes “Native Reactivity,” where contracts respond to events automatically without external triggers. The description additionally states compatibility with existing Solidity tooling and libraries, including viem and Ethers.js.