October 12th 2026, 2:04 AM
Sui Foundation Backs DATA Network's Shift to Native Sui Protocol
Key Summary
DATA Network, previously known as Story Protocol, is retiring its own blockchain and rebuilding as a native protocol on Sui, backed by a $30 million investment from the Sui Foundation. The project will focus on services around data provenance, licensing, and auditing, integrating with Walrus Protocol for storage and data coordination.
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What's Changing
The migration was revealed on October 8, 2026, by Eman Abio, a co-founder of Sui, at Sui ecosystem events. The core of the plan is simple: DATA will stop maintaining separate infrastructure and move its operations onto Sui.Numbers Behind the Network
DATA has logged over 250 million on-chain data registrations through applications built on it, including Kled and Numo, as of October 2026. Kled, the flagship integration, has separately recorded over 1.5 billion user-contributed data records.The Evolution of DATA Network
DATA did not start life as an AI data company. It launched in February 2025 as an EVM-compatible Layer 1 chain, built to support programmable intellectual property and automated licensing. The project rebranded from Story Protocol to the DATA Foundation on June 25, 2026, with a pivot toward infrastructure for AI training data.#Sui#DATA#US#AIdata#BlockchainMigration