The world runs on data.
But who proves where it came from?
AI agents make millions of decisions every second. When something goes wrong, who proves what happened?
Current solutions require trusting centralized providers. Your audit trail on someone else's servers. Your compliance depends on their uptime.
"Data is the world's most valuable resource, yet it doesn't exist as an asset class. Without provenance, data can't be trusted."
Three Converging Trends
AI Agent Proliferation
Autonomous decisions need audit trails.
EU AI Act Deadline
High-risk AI must maintain records.
Data Asset Value
Without lineage, no asset class.
Why Decentralized?
Centralized provenance means trusting the record-keeper. If the server dies, your trail disappears. Data Provenance stores on Swarm — decentralized, censorship-resistant. On-chain anchoring on Base for blockchain-level immutability.
Agent-First
Agents can't trust institutions. They need cryptographic verification, programmable enforcement via smart contracts. That's why this is built agent-first: MCP tools, REST API, smart contracts. Humans benefit from the same infra.
Built by Datafund
Datafund builds infrastructure for the fair data economy. Data Provenance is part of the Swarm Foundation Fellowship. Open source. MIT.