SENT Overview and Total Supply
SENT is the coordination layer for Sentient. It powers the chain, the GRID, and the incentive systems that reward positive work advancing our pursuit of open-source AGI. The total supply is 34,359,738,368 SENT, exactly 2³⁵.
We chose 2³⁵ intentionally and the full story on how this number was chosen will be shared during our next AMA; however, technically inclined readers may be able to infer the reasoning.
Initial allocation by percent of total supply:
- Community Allocation: 65.55%
- Community Initiatives and Airdrop: 44.0%
- Ecosystem and R&D: 19.55%
- Public sale: 2.0%
- Team: 22.0%
- Investors: 12.45%
Allocation Groups and Vesting
Our tokenomics are intentionally utility-focused and community-first: the largest share is reserved for users and builders, and vesting pushes insider unlocks far into the future so the network can be built patiently and transparently through verifiable contribution.
Token allocation spans five groups: Community Initiatives and Airdrop, Ecosystem and R&D, Team, Investors, and Public Sale. The sections below explain the breakdown, why it exists, and the exact unlocks, including TGE, cliff, and linear vesting. We also outline emissions and utility, which includes governance, staking, fees and payments aligning to a utility-focused, community-first design.
Community Initiatives and Airdrop — 44.00%
Accounting for 44% of the total supply, this allocation is dedicated to airdrops, community grants, bounties, and incentive programs that reward verifiable work on the GRID by users and builders. To ensure broad ownership, 30% of this bucket unlocks at TGE (roughly 13% of the total supply), and the remaining 70% vests linearly over 4 years. By design, the people who build, test, and share open source intelligence and products are eligible for the largest allocation portion. The airdrop is fully unlocked at TGE.
Ecosystem and R&D — 19.55%
Representing 19.55% of the total supply, this bucket is allocated to foster ecosystem development, R&D, growth, infrastructure, and the operations of the Sentient Foundation. To provide steady capacity over time, 30% unlocks at TGE, while the remaining 70% vests linearly over four years.
This portion will be deployed gradually to sustain the network’s long-term health and compound progress across the GRID.
Team — 22.00%
Representing 22% of the total supply, this pool is reserved for team members across the Sentient Foundation and Sentient Labs, including employees, founders, and key contractors. At TGE, the team pool stays locked for one year while vesting occurs linearly over 6 years with a 1 year cliff. We made this conscious choice to merge the long-term goals of the community and team.
This is one of the longest schedules in the space, chosen to anchor the team to the protocol’s long-term health, reward sustained execution, and signal a patient commitment to building with transparency. This schedule also reflects how strongly this team believes in the mission and Sentient’s long-term commitment to build open-source AGI.
Investors — 12.45%
Representing 12.45% of the total supply, this allocation goes to investors who backed Sentient in private rounds, but we made a conscious decision to keep these tokens locked at TGE. Investor tokens sit behind a one-year cliff, and vest linearly over four years. This structure rewards early conviction, aligning outside capital with the long-term timeline required to build an open intelligence ecosystem.
Public Sale — 2.00%
Accounting for 2% of the total supply, the public sale is designed to encourage broader community engagement at launch. This allocation will unlock in full at TGE. As a community-first project, we will conduct the public sale at an affordable FDV, allowing the community to participate early at a lower price than investors. The exact public sale structure will be shared soon.
Release Schedule Overview
Early circulating supply is dominated by community, ecosystem, and public sale allocations.
Team and investor allocations unlock later and vest over multiple years, which emphasizes the immediate utility for new builders and users to engage with the Sentient network.
Token Emissions
Annual emissions are set at 2% and are directed into a dedicated Community Emission Pool. The Emission Pool lives inside the broader Community Initiative and Airdrop allocation, serving as rewards for GRID artifacts or protocol incentive programs throughout the year.
At the end of the year, any unspent amount in the Emission Pool is locked, and the next year begins with a fresh 2% allocation. This ordering caps emissions, keeps rewards predictable, and preserves long-term community resources.
SENT Utility
Staking
Staking represents governance, alignment, and access. Community members can stake to participate in governance, direct funding to AI initiatives, and unlock access to artifacts (models, data, frameworks, and sentient-built products). Developers can also stake to unlock access, enabling them to fulfill tasks, participate in governance, and become eligible for associated rewards.
Governance
SENT governs the Sentient DAO. Staked SENT represents voting power. Holders vote on emissions, treasury spend, and core protocol upgrades.
Fees and payments
Across the ecosystem, SENT is utilized for agents, models, data services, and other artifact-powered products. Users of Sentient services use SENT as the utility currency for the ecosystem. Artifacts can also pay each other in SENT, enabling composable, on-chain value flow between services.
Design Principles
- Community-first allocation
The largest share goes to users and builders and is deployed over multiple years to fund verifiable work across the GRID.
- Long-term alignment
Team and investor tokens include cliffs and long vesting so token allocation accrues over time. - Utility that compounds
SENT is utilized for governance, staking, fees, and payments with room to expand as adoption grows. - Sustainable Emissions
Emissions are set at 2% per year and unused amounts are locked at the end of every year.
SENT exists as the utility token for the network to align incentives around open, verifiable, community-owned intelligence. The design starts simple and conservative by choice, so that growth flows from real work and the network compounds in an open and transparent way.
