THE REAL VALUE IS IN THE DATA NETWORK A $9M raise will always grab attention. But I’m more interested in what @vangrid_io was already building before the funding news. The team had web and Android capture running, with spatial data being recorded and anchored on Base. THE PROBLEM IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND Physical AI needs detailed information from the ground. Satellites give us the bigger picture, but they miss places like warehouses, loading zones, stairwells and indoor spaces. Vangrid uses phones to fill that gap. People capture real locations, the data gets fingerprinted and reconstructed, then completed bounties settle in USDC. FROM PHONES TO A SPATIAL NETWORK That is the part I’m watching. The goal is not another map. It is a growing network of people collecting ground-level data that Physical AI systems can use and verify. The $9M brought the headlines. The network being built underneath it is the more interesting story. $VAN