Crypto-focused AI startup Surf raised $15 million from Pantera Capital, Coinbase Ventures, and Digital Currency Group. Surf claims its platform outperforms ChatGPT and Grok on crypto tasks, aiming to reduce trading errors and improve investor decision-making.

Surf, a crypto-focused AI startup, announced a $15 million funding round led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Coinbase Ventures and Digital Currency Group. The company says it built Surf specifically to avoid the hallucinations common in general-purpose AI systems when answering crypto questions, arguing that inaccurate outputs can lead to costly trading and research mistakes. The broader context is that Surf positions itself as a domain-specific alternative to mainstream models such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Grok. The company says its platform is already used by more than 300,000 people and by many exchanges and research firms, and it claims its benchmark results show it performs up to 4x better than competitors on crypto tasks. The new capital is intended to support Surf 2.0, an upgraded model, and to expand its enterprise offering with more security and compliance features, reflecting growing demand for specialized AI tools in digital asset research and trading workflows.

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