Where the leading crypto funds put money and what they publish: new investments, funds raised and theses from a16z crypto, Paradigm, Multicoin, Dragonfly, Polychain and Electric Capital.
AI × Crypto Startups
Startups at the meeting of AI and crypto: decentralized compute, onchain agents, verifiable inference and data markets — funding, launches and research.
Startups at the meeting of AI and crypto: decentralized compute, onchain agents, verifiable inference and data markets — funding, launches and research.
- Every Wednesday at 10:00 (UTC), one issue with up to 10 of the best finds since the last one.
- Each find comes with a short summary and why it matched; the issue opens with a few lines on what stood out.
- In your feed, by email, and as a push notice if you turn it on.
- ✕ AI-themed tokens without a product
- ✕ Price speculation
Exact rules
Every Wednesday at 10:00, send me an issue of up to 10 items with Startups combining AI and crypto, plus at least one of Decentralized compute, Onchain AI agents, Verifiable inference, zkML, Data marketplaces or Funding round. Skip ai-themed tokens without a product or price speculation. Search the open web, starting with https://thedefiant.io/feed, and also https://decrypt.co/feed, https://www.theblock.co/rss.xml, https://cointelegraph.com/rss, https://www.coindesk.com/arc/outboundfeeds/rss/ and https://a16zcrypto.com/feed/. Matching is balanced. Anyone can find and subscribe to it in Discover.
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