

The founding team behind Story Protocol combines the expertise of serial entrepreneurs and seasoned operators from diverse backgrounds in entertainment, web3, and artificial intelligence. Story Protocol’s founding team has experience building successful storytelling and consumer applications for Web 2 (specifically, Radish and Episode). “We believe that Story Protocol has the opportunity to revolutionize the future of IP for artists, fans, and developers by empowering creativity at the speed of the internet.” Inspiration “Web3 has the promise to help solve some of the longest-standing problems in the media and entertainment industries,” said Sriram Krishnan, General Partner at A16z crypto, in a statement. Its open and modular architecture allows seamless integration with any application, removing platform risks for ecosystem builders. Story Protocol aims to foster a diverse ecosystem of third-party developers offering services such as crowdfunding, capital formation, IP discovery, licensing modules, authentication for AI content, and community growth. “Story Protocol will usher in a new era of entrepreneurial creators and provide existing IP holders an entirely new way to engage audiences and advance their IP.” “In a world of total abundance catalyzed by generative AI, blockchain technology presents the perfect solution for transparent provenance tracking and fair attribution,” says SY (Seung Yoon) Lee, cofounder of Story Protocol, in a statement. Made for creators across all media – prose, images, gaming, audio and more – applications built on Story Protocol give writers and artists the ability to track their work’s provenance, allowing anyone to contribute and remix while capturing the value of their contributions. Story Protocol also caters to creators across various media formats, including prose, images, gaming, and audio.
