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Grove
Grove, formerly Pocket Network Inc., was the original team behind Pocket Network. It built versions of the Pocket Network protocol, the Grove Portal gateway, and later a platform enabling humans and agents to pay creators directly.
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Grove was a company founded in 2017 as Pocket Network Inc. It developed two versions of the Pocket Network protocol and the Grove Portal gateway, which settled more than a trillion requests across more than 60 blockchains. In 2026, Grove shifted to a creator-payment platform using x402, enabling fans and agents to pay creators directly for content. The website states that Grove is winding down, while Pocket Network continues under stewardship of the Pocket Network Foundation.Grant Funding
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2019
2022
2023
$216K
$27M