We’re thrilled to announce that Canopy Network Foundation has raised $8.5M in financing. We’d like to thank our backers, partners, and stakeholders for all of the support to this point.
Legacy frameworks and development tools for onchain apps were envisioned and built when humans were writing 100% of code. They were built for a world that no longer exists. As development costs approach zero, builders need infrastructure that can keep pace with their ideas.
Canopy was built from the ground up to support AI-development. 200 lines of code, AI scaffolding, deployment tools, monitoring - everything you need to start and scale.
By reimagining the infrastructure layer, Canopy unlocks an entirely new set of builders in web3: anyone with an idea.
Mainnet is next.
Build with any AI coding assistant. Launch onchain with Canopy.
→ https://t.co/WEGuoZbvrd
What "AI-native" actually means in 2026:
→ Generated by AI
→ Deployed by AI
→ Running on infra built for it
Most L1s meet none of these criteria. Canopy was built for all three 🌿
The new dev stack:
→ Cursor or Claude writes the code
→ Vercel or Replit hosts the frontend
→ ??? handles the onchain layer
That third slot has been non-existent for years. Canopy fills it 🍃
Here are three lies the industry sold you:
1. "Decentralized" means you can't be censored
2. "Permissionless" means anyone can launch
3. "Sovereign" means you own your chain
Canopy is the only one that actually delivers all three 🌿
The vibe coding era created a new problem.
Anyone can build an app now. But nobody can deploy one onchain without learning an entirely new stack.
Canopy removes the second half of that sentence.
Describe it. Build it. Deploy it. Own it 🌿
Every virtual chain on Canopy ships with built-in DEX trading.
Not a bridge to somewhere else. Not a wrapper on a third-party AMM.
A native, trustless swap engine between your network and every other one in the ecosystem.
Liquidity from day one 🌿
What "launch in minutes" actually means on Canopy:
→ Pick your language (Python, Go, TypeScript, C#, Kotlin)
→ Fork the 200-line template
→ Configure your tokenomics and deploy
No Solidity. No auditors. No six-month runway needed 🌿
Your chain on Canopy can do something no other chain can: Leave.
Switch security providers, change your architecture, and go fully independent.
You can even come back if you want. Sovereignty isn't a setting. It's a guarantee. 🌿
Every era of crypto had a unlock:
→ Bitcoin: permissionless money
→ Ethereum: permissionless apps
→ Hyperliquid: permissionless trading
The next wave isn't about building on someone else's network. It's about building your own, on Canopy 🌿