Investor brief · 2026
The ownership layer for the AI media era.
AI made creative output abundant. The scarce layer is now proof, identity, ownership, distribution, payment, and repeatable income. Suede AI builds the rails for that layer.
- 39Live x402 endpointsOn Base mainnet · catalogs: app, strumly, agents
- 854Paid agent jobsVirtuals ACP · verify on Basescan
- 9iOS apps shippedOn the App Store · plus FretPulse
- BaseLive on mainnetSettlement wallet · 0x10FF…9E4F
01 The thesis
Creation got cheap. Ownership didn't scale.
Cost to createAI era
Heading toward zero.
AI lowered the cost of making songs, images, video, campaigns, lessons, and synthetic media to near zero. Value is moving away from production.
What creators and agents needScarce
Proof that travels.
Authorship, voice, likeness, consent, provenance, rights, payment, and royalties: the layer that turns work into durable value.
That shifts value toward the layer creators, agents, platforms, and fans need to turn work into durable value. The investor question is not whether another tool can generate media.
The question is who owns the rails when creative work has to be proven, licensed, distributed, and paid out across humans and AI agents.
02 The model
Four stages. One ownership spine.
Create
AI lowers the cost of making media of every kind.
Prove
Authorship, voice, likeness, consent, provenance, and rights travel with the work.
Suede's wedgeLaunch
Projects get routes to funding, audience, and ownership participation.
Earn
Payments, vaults, royalties, licensing, distribution, and agent commerce turn output into income.
Everything downstream settles against the proof layer. That layer is where Suede starts.
03 Traction
Shipped, on‑chain, and checkable.
- 854Paid jobs for other agents Virtuals ACP (v1)
- $1,853.79Gross agentic revenue Sep 2025 to Mar 2026
- 4.33Rating across those jobs Virtuals ACP (v1)
- 39Live x402 endpoints On Base mainnet
- 3ERC-8004 contracts Live on Base mainnet
- 23On-chain agent identities ERC-8004
- 9iOS apps on the App Store Plus FretPulse
- #1Best Overall + Best API Option — AI Agents Directory, 52+ music tools
- On-chain demand
Paid agent demand, on-chain. Our agent on Virtuals ACP (v1) completed 854 paid jobs for other agents between September 2025 and March 2026, with $1,853.79 in gross agentic revenue at a 4.33 rating. Settlements are verifiable on Base at wallet 0x1084…6D77.
- Agent payments
39 live x402 endpoints live on Base mainnet. Agents pay per call in USDC, with no account or API key. Suede music ($0.50), image ($0.15), and video ($4.99) settle to 0x10FF…9E4F. Catalogs: app, strumly, agents.
- Registry
Registry v2 deployed 30 September 2026: 8 source-verified contracts on Base mainnet and Avalanche, owned by Suede: SuedeRegistry, SuedeNFT, DerivativeRegistryV2 and token-bound IP accounts.
- Standards
3 ERC-8004 contracts for identity, reputation, and validation, live on Base mainnet, with 23 on-chain agent identities. Producer by Suede AI is a hireable Virtuals ACP agent.
- Recognition
Best Overall + Best API Option — AI Agents Directory, 52+ music tools. Suede AI Agent Studio and the Suede music/video x402 API are listed in the community-curated awesome-x402 repository.
- Apps
9 iOS apps, plus FretPulse. Shipped on the App Store (FretPulse is published by FretPulse LLC).
04 Try it
Test it yourself, or point your agent at it.
No deck required. Everything below is live and machine-readable. Agents pay per call in USDC on Base, with no account or API key.
curl /.well-known/x402.json
- app.suedeai.ai/.well-known/x402.json3
- strumly.suedeai.ai/.well-known/x402.json4
- agents.suedeai.ai/.well-known/x402.json32
39 live x402 endpoints across three catalogs
Pay per call in USDC on Base · no account · no API key
Per-call pricing
| Endpoint | Catalog | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Suede music | app | $0.50 |
| Suede image | app | $0.15 |
| Suede video | app | $4.99 |
| Strumly coach query | strumly | $0.99 |
| Strumly analyze song | strumly | $1.99 |
| Strumly transcribe progression | strumly | $2.99 |
| Strumly practice plan | strumly | $4.99 |
| Agent Studio agent | agents | Per call |
Music, image and video settle to 0x10FF…9E4F
05 The ask
A pre-seed SAFE to turn claims into paid licenses.
Suede AI is raising a pre-seed on a SAFE, its first equity round. The company has been self-funded by the founder: there are no prior investors and no equity has been sold. An earlier token sale was not an investment in the company.
- Instrument
- SAFE
- Stage
- Pre-seed · first equity round
- Prior investors
- None · founder self-funded
- Size & metrics
- In the investor materials
The round funds three things
- Use of funds
Licenses agents can buy
Turning registry claims into licenses agents can buy.
- Use of funds
Payments to creators
Routing those payments to creators.
- Use of funds
Distribution
Distribution where agents already shop.
12-month milestone
The first paid licenses routed to creators.
Round size, metrics, and use of funds are in the investor materials. Request access below.
- Role
- Founder & CEO, Suede Labs AI
- Also known as
- Johnny Suede
- Thesis book
- Stake Your Claim
06 Founder
Jason Colapietro
Jason Colapietro (Johnny Suede) is the Founder and CEO of Suede Labs AI and a published author. Read the founder page and the thesis book Stake Your Claim.
The internet upgraded access. AI upgraded creation. The next layer has to upgrade ownership.
07 Request access
Request investor materials.
Tell us a little about your firm. We'll send the materials and a link to book an intro call.
- 01Share a few details about you and your firm.
- 02The Suede team follows up with the investor materials.
- 03Book an intro call with the founder.
Prefer email? info@suedeai.ai