Astarter secures new strategic backers ahead of Q3 2026 mainnet and TGE on BNB Chain

Astarter, an AI-focused infrastructure project in the BNB Chain ecosystem, said it has secured new strategic support from Vega Ventures, UZ Capital, Go2Mars and BitBT Ventures, expanding its roster of backers ahead of a planned mainnet launch and token generation event in the third quarter of 2026.

According to Odaily, Astarter had previously received a lead investment from EMURGO, alongside strategic support from MH Ventures, Avstar Capital, 316VC, CRT Labs and Megala Ventures. The new institutions join this existing group as the project positions itself as a core AI infra play within the BNB Chain stack.

Astarter said it aims to build full-stack infrastructure for AI agents on BNB Chain. The project plans to provide proprietary computing power, a runtime execution environment, on-chain settlement and identity capabilities tailored for on-chain AI agents, positioning its stack as a dedicated execution and coordination layer for agentic workloads.

The project’s product line includes the ABox AI computing node, a decentralized exchange, a launchpad and the CORE agent layer, all centered around AST as the native token. These components are intended to bundle compute, liquidity and agent orchestration into a single ecosystem for developers building AI-driven applications on-chain.

With a Q3 2026 mainnet and TGE on the roadmap, Astarter joins a growing set of AI–crypto infra projects competing to lock in distribution and compute on major L1s. The expanded investor base, led earlier by EMURGO and now including multiple new venture firms, signals continued appetite for specialized AI agent infra on BNB Chain, with execution on mainnet delivery the next key milestone to track.