CleanCore exits Dogecoin treasury strategy with $33M sale to fund AI pivot

CleanCore Solutions, the company that once billed itself as the primary corporate treasury vehicle for Dogecoin, has dumped its entire meme coin position. The firm sold approximately 463 million DOGE on July 20 for around $33.4 million, according to SEC filings disclosed on August 24. The proceeds are heading into artificial intelligence infrastructure. CleanCore is redirecting the capital into a Minnesota-based AI joint venture, completing a strategic U-turn that took the company from aqueous ozone cleaning systems to Dogecoin evangelism to AI infrastructure in roughly a year. From cleaning products to crypto to AI CleanCore’s journey reads like a corporate identity crisis set to fast-forward. The company, listed on the NYSE American under the ticker ZONE, started life making ozone-based cleaning technology. Then, in September 2025, it launched a Dogecoin treasury strategy backed by a $175 million PIPE (private investment in public equity) involving notable crypto investors and support from the Dogecoin Foundation. The pitch was straightforward: become the MicroStrategy of Dogecoin. Where Michael Saylor’s company had turned itself into a leveraged Bitcoin bet, CleanCore would do t...