TechFlow news, July 10 — Story officially released its latest development roadmap, "Chapter 2," outlining its focus on building infrastructure for real-world data ownership and circulation in the AI era, aiming to capture the $70 trillion global IP market opportunity.
According to the roadmap, Story’s upcoming development will center on three key directions:
Building an efficient data circulation system to support AI's legal training and use of physical world information;
Expanding global IP tokenization use cases beyond music and fashion into broader cultural and physical industries;
Transforming viral online content from unstructured dissemination into assets that are ownable and tradable, integrating UGC into brand asset systems.
Story was previously led by three rounds of funding from a16z Crypto, raising a total disclosed amount of $140 million, with participation from top-tier investors including Samsung NEXT Q Fund, Polychain Capital, Foresight Ventures, and Nomad Capital. Recently, it announced a $10 million fund with OKX Ventures to support early-stage teams focused on the intersection of IP and AI.
