VIA utilizes blockchain technology and artificial intelligence to provide real-time, anonymous data verification and automated ingestion of decentralized data sources for energy companies. This approach protects enterprises from data theft, manipulation, and misuse while enabling privacy-preserving analysis to meet regulatory and operational requirements.
Funding
$31.4M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
Product
Problem
Energy companies face challenges in ensuring data integrity and preventing misuse, especially with the increasing reliance on decentralized data sources. Traditional methods often lack real-time verification and privacy-preserving analysis, hindering regulatory compliance and operational efficiency. Enterprises are vulnerable to data theft, manipulation, and a lack of transparency in data handling.
Solution
VIA offers a Web3 data protection platform leveraging blockchain technology and AI to provide real-time, anonymous data verification and automated ingestion of decentralized data sources. The platform protects enterprises from data theft, manipulation, and misuse while enabling privacy-preserving analysis to meet regulatory and operational requirements. VIA's solutions include CO2 Impact for verifying carbon emissions from EV charging, SLAM AI for secure AI-driven data visualization, and Skylight for incentivizing energy consumers to improve grid flexibility. The platform utilizes technologies like zero-knowledge proofs and homomorphic encryption to ensure data privacy and security.
Target Audience
VIA's primary customers include energy companies, EV fleet managers, data owners, and the U.S. Department of Defense seeking secure and verifiable data solutions.
Features
- Real-time, anonymous data verification from source to end users using blockchain technology
- Automated ingestion of decentralized data sources
- Privacy-preserving analysis of data using AI and cryptographic techniques
- CO2 Impact: Verifies carbon emissions from electric vehicle charging by combining vehicle telematics data with grid carbon intensity data
- SLAM AI: Enables natural language data visualization and code generation without sharing data with AI LLMs
- Skylight: Incentivizes energy consumers to improve grid flexibility through smart contracts
- Utilizes zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) to enable data verification without revealing the underlying data
- Employs homomorphic encryption for secure data processing
- Open-source code generation for AI outputs to ensure transparency and avoid IP issues