Building AI thathelps firms turndigital asset datainto intelligence
Our mission at Surf is to help every firm generate its own intelligence with AI. We start with crypto, where information and data are available but scattered. We use AI to collect, format, and analyze the scattered information to create new intelligence with real value.
01 / The missing intelligence layer
AI solves only a fractionof the research process.
AI can write text, generate images and video, produce code, and make predictions. Yet inside most firms, people still do the hardest part: gathering evidence, resolving conflicts, and forming the original view.
AI has become extraordinarily good at the execution layer. It still has a long way to go on the intelligence layer.
The reason is mechanical. Real intelligence requires current data from incompatible sources to be structured so AI can connect the evidence and reason across it. Most systems were built to retrieve information or generate fluent language. The stitching still falls to people.
02 / Our mission
Every firm should be able to generate new crypto intelligence through AI.
Intelligence built for a firm’s own domain, language, workflows, and users. Surf provides the data foundation, AI evaluations, and integration layer inside the client’s system.
Co-founder & CEO
Ryan Li
Co-founder
Shiyu
Co-founder
Zhimao
03 / Trusted by digital asset leaders
Companies that trust Surf
Supporting curiosities of front-line digital asset teams.
04 / Our record
From invite-only to Surf 2.0
July 2025
Invite-only launch
Surf launches invite-only.
September 2025
Public launch
Surf opens to everyone.
December 2025
$15M raised
Led by Pantera Capital with Coinbase Ventures and Digital Currency Group.
February 2026
Surf 2.0
Surf 2.0 ships.
05 / How we work
How we work
Surf is built by a focused team working across AI research, crypto markets, and developer infrastructure.
Founded by Ryan Li (Co-founder & CEO) and team.
