Lo Statuto
Most of the data we surface here was scattered across contracts, dashboards, and posts a year ago. Not because it was hidden — because no one had pulled it into one place. Venice is one of the most important primitives being built right now, and what isn't measured doesn't get defended. That's why we built this.
Venice is a privacy-first AI platform: no logs, end-to-end encryption, hundreds of open-weight models, censorship-resistant by design. It runs on two on-chain primitives — VVV, a scarce token funded by real revenue, and DIEM, a credit for compute that doesn't expire. None of this requires permission. None of it watches you back.
Where AI infrastructure looks, who it logs, who it lets in, who it lets out: those answers will shape the next decade. Venice is one of the few stacks where the answers are already aligned with the people using it. That alignment is rare. It's worth defending.
VeniceStats exists to make Venice legible. We pull together metrics that aren't trivial to assemble — tier mixes, cooldown waves, free float, programmatic burn cadence, vesting schedules — and we want everyone to see the thesis whole. The more visible the case is, the better it gets defended.
Built on data anyone can verify on-chain — challengeable, traceable, accountable.
What we believe, in brief: privacy is the precondition for honest AI, not a feature. Sound money and open weights aren't aesthetics — they're the difference between primitive infrastructure and rented platforms. If you see Venice as one of the rare crypto/AI intersections worth riding through cycles — a project to be part of for the long road, not just another token — this site was built for you.
What we do — and what we don't. Some commitments worth writing down.
We build instruments. A dashboard for those who want to see; an Intelligence chat (running on Venice itself) for those who want to ask; reports and tools for those who want to act on what they find. We give the community what we'd want ourselves: the means to dig into the project as far as the data allows. Not because anyone asked us to.
We won't paywall the dashboard. We won't gatekeep data behind sign-in. We won't sell user data, run paid promotion, or substitute a weekly report once it's public. The site is public, the data is queryable via API, the MCP server is open source on GitHub and npm, and the way we compute the metrics is documented. These aren't policies we'll quietly revisit when growth slows. They're load-bearing.
Built in dialogue. Researchers have asked for our data; we've shared it. Users have suggested changes we shipped. Other projects have compared notes with us. We stay in touch with the Venice team too — to clarify, to question, to keep things accurate. None of this is commissioned. We want the dashboard read, argued with, and sharpened by everyone who shows up.
We're holders, and we say so. We hold large positions in VVV. We use Venice every day. We believe in the long-term thesis enough to bet on it personally — and we think hiding that would be more dishonest than declaring it. The bias is in the open. The discipline is in the data.
Observation has weight. When insiders unlock or sell, we don't look away — and “insider” is a wider label than the Venice team itself: early backers, vendors, large allocators, others we genuinely can't identify. When we surface a movement, we surface it to a room — and rooms move together. The dashboard is built to inform, not to coordinate; we report patterns rather than alerts. Selling isn't bad; opacity is. Holders publishing data about their own positions take on a responsibility. We try to honour it.
Advocates, with discipline. We don't pretend to be neutral. When the thesis gets misread in public, we push back — with data, not dunks. When members of the community ask honest questions, we answer them. Push back with receipts; build trust line by line.
Independence is the line. We are not paid, employed, or contracted by Venice. We hold the team in high regard and we talk with them often — but admiration is not a payroll, and friendship is not a contract. Independence is what makes the data worth trusting in the first place. Whatever the future arrangement, it's the condition we won't trade.
An invitation. If this resonates, you already know whether you're staying.
Read the data. Ask Intelligence the questions you've been holding back. File feedback when something feels off. Push back on FUD in public — with arguments, not noise. We can't fight your battles, but we built the armoury — and we keep the shelves full.
If you want to chip in, /chip-in is open. The site stays free regardless.
VeniceStats — May 2026
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