What is Walrus?

Walrus is described as a developer platform for data markets intended for the AI era. It aims to make data “trustworthy, provable, monetizable, and secure,” and to support use cases ranging from AI agents to data markets and decentralized finance. The description presents Walrus as enabling data to be activated and used to power new markets, rather than only stored.

The platform is said to let developers build data markets described as efficient and resilient, with mechanisms for controlling and verifying data. It also describes supporting monetization for users, publishers, and content creators, and providing researchers access to datasets. Companies are described as able to convert their data into revenue streams and purchase data to train AI models. No founding year, founder names, technical architecture, native chain, supply cap, or governance model are provided.