Metis has led a strategic funding round in Lazbubu, an AI companion project built around on-chain memory and user-owned data. The round also included Hotcoin Labs, Honey Capital, APUS Capital, and Becker Ventures.
Lazbubu is developing an evolutionary AI companion that grows through continuous interaction. Instead of storing AI memory in centralized databases, Lazbubu anchors interaction data on-chain using its DAT (Data Anchoring Token) mechanism. Every conversation and decision becomes a verifiable on-chain record controlled by the user.
This model treats AI memory as owned data, not platform-owned data.
Why Metis Invested
Metis’ investment is based on infrastructure alignment.
As AI becomes more autonomous, trust depends on who owns the data and how AI history is recorded. Lazbubu’s on-chain memory design directly addresses this by making AI interactions transparent, persistent, and user-controlled.
Lazbubu has also demonstrated early product validation, with strong interaction volume and active usage during its initial rollout. This showed real demand for AI companions built on decentralized data principles, not speculative usage.
For Metis, Lazbubu represents the direction of long-term AI infrastructure in Web3:
AI agents with verifiable history, aligned incentives, and user sovereignty by design.
This investment reflects Metis’ broader thesis that decentralization matters most when AI becomes part of everyday digital infrastructure.