Yakoa
Yakoa is a company building the future of digital rights protection for the AI-native content era. Their technology includes the Creative Codex, an AI engine that maps how ideas evolve, detects originality, traces influence, and surfaces licensing value across all media types. Yakoa's solutions help brands, platforms, and creators make informed decisions about rights and attribution at internet scale, protecting intellectual property in a world where AI accelerates content creation and remix culture. They co-develop leading digital content standards and offer products for content authentication, brand protection, and platform protection, enabling fine-grained control and compliance. Based in San Jose, California, with a remote-hybrid team, Yakoa serves industry leaders and partners with Web3 companies to secure digital content and blockchain assets.
Yakoa
Yakoa is a company building the future of digital rights protection for the AI-native content era. Their technology includes the Creative Codex, an AI engine that maps how ideas evolve, detects originality, traces influence, and surfaces licensing value across all media types. Yakoa's solutions help brands, platforms, and creators make informed decisions about rights and attribution at internet scale, protecting intellectual property in a world where AI accelerates content creation and remix culture. They co-develop leading digital content standards and offer products for content authentication, brand protection, and platform protection, enabling fine-grained control and compliance. Based in San Jose, California, with a remote-hybrid team, Yakoa serves industry leaders and partners with Web3 companies to secure digital content and blockchain assets.
TL;DR
Headquarters: San Jose / San Francisco area (United States)
Founded: 2022
Core product: AI-powered digital rights / NFT protection (Creative Codex, brand & platform protection)
Seed funding: $4.8M announced Nov 15, 2022
Team size: Approximately 11 employees
Company Overview
Problem Domain
Digital rights protection, NFT/digital-IP infringement detection, attribution and takedown workflows for web3 and internet content.
Founded
2022
Industry
Digital rights / Web3 / NFT protection
Funding Track Record
$4.8M
Round included participation from multiple investors and web3 DAOs/funds.
Investor Signal
“Led by investors active in crypto/web3 and institutional digital-asset firms”