Space and Time launches platform for AI verification of private data

Space and Time, a blockchain data project backed by Microsoft, wants to solve one of the more awkward problems in corporate AI: how to let a machine use your data without handing it the keys to the vault.

The company announced on Monday the launch of Space and Time Enterprise. The platform lets businesses run AI tools on private data while keeping the raw records out of reach.

The pitch is simple, even if the cryptography behind it is not. Companies can prove that a calculation performed on their private database is correct. AI applications, auditors and other stakeholders can then check that result without ever touching the database itself.

How the new platform works

Space and Time Enterprise generates cryptographic proofs for SQL query results, which serve as mathematical receipts showing the answer was computed correctly from the data on file.

SQL, for the uninitiated, is the standard language businesses use to pull information out of databases. Ask a question in SQL, get an answer back. The new system attaches a proof to that answer that anyone can verify.

Nate Holiday, CEO of MakeInfinite Labs, the developer behind Space and Time, framed the launch around a principle of minimum access.

AI agents “don’t need unrestricted access to the records behind every calculation,” Holiday told Decrypt.

The product extends the project’s existing Proof of SQL technology, adapting it specifically for private enterprises. It relies on zero-knowledge proofs, a cryptographic method that lets one party prove a statement is true without revealing the information behind it.

Notably, the enterprise version does not require a blockchain or a complex network of nodes to deliver independent verification. It runs on standard infrastructure, including ordinary laptops and servers, with no need for GPUs or blockchain-specific hardware.

Data also stays under the customer’s control.

Background: from crypto data layer to enterprise tool

Space and Time operates under SXT Chain and launched its mainnet in May 2025. MakeInfinite Labs leads development of the technology.

Microsoft’s involvement is not ceremonial. The project has received $20 million in funding from M12, Microsoft’s venture arm, since 2022.

The ecosystem also has a native utility token, SXT. It is used for staking, payments and access control within SXT Chain.

The project has partnerships with crypto heavyweights including Circle and Coinbase, relationships that have helped attract enterprise and institutional interest.

Looking ahead, the roadmap includes a mainnet v2, which is expected by late 2025. That upgrade is designed to better secure offchain data for tokenized finance, the growing practice of representing traditional assets like bonds or funds on a blockchain.

Space and Time also plans to strengthen its integration with Microsoft Fabric, aiming to deliver real-time verifiable blockchain data.

What this means for enterprises, AI and SXT

The decision to drop the blockchain requirement for the enterprise product is the strategic tell. Plenty of crypto infrastructure projects have struggled to win corporate customers because adoption meant adopting an entire new stack. Running on laptops and servers removes a major source of friction.

For SXT token holders, the picture is more nuanced. The token’s stated utility sits within SXT Chain, covering staking, payments and access control. An enterprise product that works without a blockchain may expand the brand’s reach, but how much that activity feeds back into the token ecosystem is a separate question the announcement does not settle.

The more direct crypto catalysts sit on the roadmap. Mainnet v2 and its focus on securing offchain data for tokenized finance tie the project closer to one of the busiest corners of the industry, where verifying real-world data is a persistent headache.

Competition is another variable. The concept of proving computations without revealing data is attracting attention across both crypto and traditional tech. Space and Time’s advantages are its existing Proof of SQL work, a Microsoft backer and established partnerships with names like Circle and Coinbase.

The things to watch are concrete. First, whether named enterprise customers emerge for the new platform. Second, whether mainnet v2 lands on its expected schedule. Third, how deeply the Microsoft Fabric integration ends up embedding Space and Time inside a platform many businesses already use.