Ritual Launches AI-Native Layer 1 for Autonomous Agents

Ritual says it has launched Ritual Chain, an EVM-compatible Layer 1 designed to integrate AI model access, confidential computing and autonomous scheduling into blockchain applications.

• The company says the chain has 15 native precompiles, sub-300-millisecond block times and a public testnet that processed more than 40 million transactions before launch.· 2 sources
• Ritual describes its system as supporting persistent agents with their own wallets and onchain identity, and says trusted execution environments can protect sensitive inputs from compute operators.· 2 sources
• The launch announcement names Phala Network, Nous Research, LayerZero and Stargate as partners, and says Ritual has raised more than $30 million from Archetype and Polychain Capital.· 2 sources