Nillion is on a mission to create humanity’s first blind computer. And to do that, we need you. We’re excited to work directly with builders and innovators looking to bring the blind computer to life through their own applications and ideas. Blind computation is a new paradigm in data security and privacy, enabling data to be kept private throughout the entire lifecycle (at rest, in transit, and during processing) all while bringing back control to the user in making them the self-sovereign owner.
To bring this new category to life, Nillion has introduced its dedicated program, Nucleus, to support founders on their journey in building on the Nillion Network. Since its inception, the Nillion ecosystem has experienced strong growth across a wide range of verticals and horizontals, ranging from builders across AI, DeFi, Data sovereignty, Gaming, and many others.
Creating a blind new world together
At the core of our ecosystem lies a simple but vital principle: alignment and synergy with our technology. For us, it’s not just about partnerships—it’s about finding builders who see the same transformative potential in private compute and storage as we do.
When we evaluate opportunities, we ask a few crucial questions:
- Is there an actual need for private data storage or computation?
- Is the data involved truly valuable?
- Does this use case unlock entirely new possibilities through blind computation that were previously unattainable?
If we are convinced about the positive answers to those questions, we shift our focus to supporting these opportunities based on the following principles:
1. Unwavering Support Tailored to Your Journey
We understand that every builder’s journey is unique. Whether you’re in the ideation stage, actively building, preparing to launch, or scaling, we’re here to provide continuous support. Our goal is to ensure you have the guidance and resources you need, exactly when you need them.
2. Holistic Assistance Across Core Areas
From technology and marketing to financial planning and go-to-market (GTM) strategies, we offer comprehensive support. Each project has its own challenges and priorities, so we adapt our assistance to where it will make the greatest impact. By tailoring our approach, we aim to empower builders across all critical dimensions of success.
Below are the core pillars of our support:
Market Research & Positioning Ideation
Ideating on Market: For builders with a product idea but uncertainty about their target audience, we assist in refining the market positioning and identifying end customers or users. This involves market research to ensure alignment with potential demand.
Business Development
Customer and User Acquisition: If the builder has identified their target market but requires help in acquiring customers or users, we provide strategic guidance for business development. This includes building strategies to establish and grow their market presence effectively.
Fundraising
Deck Preparation: Crafting an effective pitch deck is critical for fundraising. We help refine presentations to ensure they resonate with investors and communicate the value proposition clearly.
Pitch Preparation: Builders receive support in honing their pitch delivery to maximize the likelihood of securing funding.
Introduction to VCs: We facilitate connections to VCs, enabling builders to pitch to the right investors who align with their vision.
Protocol Design & Tokenomics
Token Utility Design: For projects requiring token-based ecosystems, we guide builders through designing robust tokenomics, ensuring alignment with long-term growth and sustainability.
Go-To-Market (GTM) Strategy
Launch Campaign Planning: Launching successfully is vital for gaining traction. We provide support in designing and executing comprehensive launch campaigns that engage the target audience and maximize visibility.
Networking
Access to Nillion’s expanding network is a cornerstone of our support. We facilitate introductions to a diverse ecosystem of partners, investors, talented professionals for hiring, skilled developers, potential clients, and specialized agencies. This network empowers builders to accelerate their projects by forming meaningful connections, gaining critical insights, and leveraging collaborative opportunities within and beyond the Nillion ecosystem.
Deep Technical Guidance
Product design review: Some products can be quite complex. We support builders in reviewing their design approach so that we can offer time saving strategies or solutions.
Code level implementation guidelines: Our integration documentation is self-serve, but sometimes that isn’t enough. We hold live meetings to support our builders through challenges, whether it is pairing on code, or clarifying topics of interest.
Production readiness: Getting your product into the hands of users is a big moment. We advise builders on production deployment strategies and hosting options.
Specialized technical advocate: We are in this relationship together and knowing where your product is headed is key. We advocate for each builder’s unique and evolving usage scenarios so that we can help influence our roadmap to provide builders with lasting utility and benefit.
Technical product insights: Getting a jump on new tech offerings can open doors to new market opportunities. We are able to introduce and frame new product features to builders that save time and make sense.
Tailored announcements: Amongst all the chatter, knowing when you really need to “do something” can be confusing or sometimes overwhelming. We save your time by tailoring our announcements so that you are informed of actionable tasks that matter to your usage scenarios.
3. Focusing on Transformative Verticals
Our passion lies in enabling novel applications, especially in areas like AI, data sharing, and blockchain use cases. Nillion’s technology unlocks groundbreaking capabilities for real-world companies to embrace decentralized solutions, and we’re dedicated to supporting these innovations.
Blind artificial intelligence
Nillion is unlocking transformative capabilities in AI through blind computation, addressing critical privacy challenges in the AI stack.
Builders are leveraging Nillion across key parts of the AI stack:
- Private Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), ensuring secure access to proprietary knowledgebases for richer AI context without leaking sensitive data.
- Blind inference enables model parameters and input data to remain fully confidential, preventing data misuse or exposure.
- Private agents: Personal AI agents need to handle personal documents securely and privately without leaking any data used to create those agents. Nillion can support such developments across key parts of the stack – storage, inference, or training.
Blind blockchain co-processing
Nillion has built out connections with some of the leading blockchains, enabling seamless integration of blind computation into on-chain applications. Without having to download anything, switch networks, or pay gas in the blockchain’s native currency, dApps will be able to send requests to the Nillion network to store and process data in fully encrypted form. Furthermore, applications building natively on the Nillion Network will have the capability to post the computational outputs to the blockchain for public reconstruction.
The areas highlighted represent some of the key innovations we’re most excited about, but they’re just a glimpse of the broader ecosystem being built on Nillion. From finance and healthcare to messaging and beyond, our builders are tackling diverse challenges by leveraging Nillion’s privacy-preserving technology to securely store and process sensitive data.
If your project requires a solution to handle private data with the highest level of security and innovation, we would love to hear from you. We are excited to support and collaborate with builders shaping the future of secure and decentralized applications.
Want to get involved: Apply today