The overall market trend is turbulent and the market is still exploring the main direction in a hazy state.
Despite the emotional confusion, every year Alliance ( @alliancedao ) will incubate a group of excellent projects that grasp the narrative direction and take root and grow in the future direction of the market.
As the largest accelerator in the crypto world, Alliance has incubated projects that are currently well-known in the market, such as Pendle and Pump.fun.
Last week, 20 crypto startups successfully "graduated" from the Alliance, of which 9 projects were driven by AI technology, 5 projects were involved in the stablecoin and payment tracks, and the remaining projects focused on on-chain transactions, DeFi, and scientific and cultural development sectors.
Here are the 20 startups:
1.8020 ( @8020_trade )
Product direction: Multi-chain trading platform
Project Twitter: https://x.com/@8020_trade
Introduction:
8020 claims to be "creating a Moonshot for Asian users" and meets the Asian market's demand for efficient on-chain transactions by optimizing the front-end interface and on-chain support. The platform aims to solve the problem of insufficient user experience for Asian users on existing trading platforms and provide more intuitive operations and localized support.
The founding team has three years of experience in developing crypto consumer applications and has launched two crypto native applications with a total of 150,000 users. 8020's goal is to attract more Asian users to participate in crypto transactions through technological innovation and localization strategies.
2.Afterschool ( @afterschoolai )
Product direction: AI -driven tutoring education platform
Project Twitter: https://x.com/@afterschoolai
Introduction:
Afterschool wants to use AI to change K-12 education (the compulsory education system in the United States) and provide school-age people with a dedicated AI tutor to replace traditional classroom teaching. Through AI, students’ learning habits can be analyzed and learning plans can be tailored to make children learn more efficiently and easily.
Its goal is to solve the problem of uneven distribution of traditional educational resources and insufficient personalization, so that every student can receive high-quality educational support. The founding team is experienced, having expanded consumer applications to 150 million users and developed products at Google Education, and has a deep background in educational technology.
3.CollectiveScience ( @CollectiveSci )
Product direction: Decentralized "peer review" tool
Project Twitter: https://x.com/@CollectiveSci
Introduction:
CollectiveScience wants to solve the long-standing problem in the scientific community - peer review. It tries to use blockchain technology to optimize the process and reduce delays, bias and fraud in the review. Scientists around the world spend up to $8 billion on reviews each year, but there have always been problems with efficiency and fairness. The platform uses decentralized technology to improve the transparency and efficiency of reviews, reduce human intervention, and ensure the fairness and credibility of reviews. The founding team is composed of alumni from Cambridge, Oxford, Berkeley and Harvard, including Cambridge doctoral scientists and IBM engineers.
The project aims to provide the global scientific research community with more efficient and fair review tools to promote the improvement of the quality of scientific research.
4.CreatorGen ( @creatorgenapp )
Product direction: AI -driven advertising and marketing tools
Project Twitter: https://x.com/creatorgenapp
Introduction:
CreatorGen provides AI advertising tools for brand marketing teams, using AI technology to generate realistic virtual avatars specifically for TikTok advertising. CreatorGen's technology can generate realistic virtual characters that are suitable for the needs of short video platforms. It helps brands quickly create eye-catching advertising content while saving costs. The founder has led product teams at Uniswap and Revolut, and has developed software for AI and crypto startups, with technical and business experience.
5.FactCheck ( @factcheckdotfun )
Product direction: Decentralized AI rumor-refuting platform
Project Twitter: https://x.com/factcheckdotfun
Introduction:
Rumors are flying all over social media. FactCheck uses blockchain and AI technology to verify false information on social media through a decentralized market, aiming to solve the social problem of large-scale fake news dissemination. The platform combines the incentive mechanism of the stablecoin market to encourage users and AI agents to participate in fact-checking to ensure the authenticity of information.
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6. Fido ( @fido_cm )
Product direction: Low-threshold DeFi retail services
Project Twitter: https://x.com/fido_cm
Introduction:
Fido wants to be a new bank that is friendly to ordinary people and use the DeFi lending market to bring stable returns to users. They think that the savings account returns of traditional banks are too low, and the investment market is too risky. Fido hopes to use DeFi technology to allow ordinary users to enjoy the benefits of DeFi while reducing participation risks and solving the problem of low efficiency of traditional financial services. The team has experience in risk management and has operated a similar startup with $100 million in assets under management.
7. FreedomGPT ( @FreedomGPT )
Product direction: AI agent model intelligent matching
Project Twitter: https://x.com/FreedomGPT
Introduction:
In the future, the number of AI agent models will surge. FreedomGPT will use intelligent algorithms to match users with the best AI model that best suits their needs, simplifying the selection process. The platform supports users to obtain efficient AI services through simple prompts, covering a variety of application scenarios, such as text generation, data analysis, etc. Its goal is to become an "intelligent intermediary" for AI services, improve user experience, and reduce the complexity of AI use. The founder once founded and sold a startup with nearly 400 employees, whose products serve hundreds of millions of users.
8.grandmaisters ( @grandmaisters )
Product direction: AI agent-driven chess game
Project Twitter: https://x.com/grandmaisters
Introduction:
grandmAIsters transforms chess into a crypto game where players can train and play against AI agents and receive token rewards. The project combines blockchain incentives with AI technology to create a new gaming experience. Players are rewarded by improving the chess skills of AI agents.
9.Guess.Best( @playguessbest )
Product direction: Cultural and creative prediction platform
Project Twitter: https://x.com/playguessbest
Introduction:
Guess.Best is a novel prediction market where users participate by guessing which of two pop culture concepts or things is more popular. The platform uses blockchain technology to ensure the transparency and fairness of predictions, and combines social entertainment elements to attract users. The founders have long-term cooperation in the development of creative crypto consumer products and have relevant experience.
10.Junction ( @JunctionFi )
Product direction: cross-chain asset trading platform
Project Twitter: https://x.com/JunctionFi
Introduction:
Junction aims to become the "unified entrance" for cross-chain transactions and promote the interconnection of the blockchain ecosystem. It allows users to trade any assets on any chain and solves the complexity of cross-chain transactions. The platform simplifies user operations and improves transaction efficiency through integrated technology. The founders come from Ledger, WalletConnect and Coinbase and have deep experience in blockchain and payment.
11.Lemonade Payments ( @lemonadepayment )
Product direction: Payment infrastructure for Africa
Project Twitter: https://x.com/lemonadepayment
Introduction:
Lemonade Payments focuses on the pain points of the African market, integrating mobile payments, banking channels and stablecoins for the African market, allowing users to quickly send, receive and convert funds, reduce fees and shorten settlement time. The platform solves the problem of insufficient payment infrastructure in Africa, uses stablecoin technology to improve payment efficiency, and meets the demand for low-cost financial services in the region. Its goal is to provide African users with more convenient financial services and promote financial inclusion through blockchain technology.
12.Offline Protocol ( @offlineprotocol )
Product direction: Offline communication and transaction services in special scenarios
Project Twitter: https://x.com/offlineprotocol
Introduction:
Offline Protocol supports users to communicate and trade offline in disaster areas or crowded on-site events, intending to solve payment and communication problems in an off-network environment. The platform uses blockchain technology to achieve reliability and security of offline transactions, which is suitable for special scenarios such as natural disasters or large-scale events. Its goal is to provide blockchain solutions for special scenarios and enhance users' financial and communication capabilities in extreme environments. The founder has successfully exited startups twice, worked with UNICEF and WHO to develop policies, and worked on payment system development at Mastercard, and has rich experience.
13. Orbit ( @orbitcryptoai )
Product direction: DeFAI Assistant
Project Twitter: https://x.com/orbitcryptoai
Introduction:
Orbit is an AI assistant that helps users quickly get started in the DeFi field. It simplifies the operations of yield mining and providing liquidity, and provides an intuitive AI experience and user interface. It helps users manage encrypted assets more efficiently and solves the complex problems of DeFi operations.
14.Poof ( @poofnew )
Product direction: AI -driven dApp development platform
Project Twitter: https://x.com/poofnew
Introduction:
Poof uses AI technology to help technical or non-technical users quickly prototype, build and deploy dApps, reducing the complexity and technical threshold of dApp development. The platform simplifies the development process through AI tools, enabling more people to participate in the innovation of the blockchain ecosystem. Its goal is to promote the popularization of dApp development and accelerate the growth of blockchain applications through technology empowerment. The founders have successfully exited a startup together, and their backgrounds include AWS, Phantom, Coinbase and Meta.
15. Ripe ( @PayWithRipe )
Product direction: Crypto payments for Asia
Project Twitter: https://x.com/PayWithRipe
Introduction:
Ripe aims to promote the popularity of crypto payments in the Asian market and solve the problem of low acceptance of crypto payments. In response to the trend of popularization of QR payments in Asia, the crypto wallet is connected to the QR payment system. Users can complete crypto-to-fiat payments by scanning the merchant's QR code, without the merchant adopting new technology. The platform simplifies the payment process and reduces the barriers between crypto payments and traditional payments by creating a wallet address that matches bank information.
16. Seismic ( @SeismicSys )
Product direction: Privacy protection transaction payment
Project Twitter: https://x.com/SeismicSys
Introduction:
Seismic aims to become a leading solution in the field of privacy-preserving payments and promote the application of privacy technologies. Seismic uses new cryptographic technologies to provide encrypted payment and transaction services for privacy-conscious businesses and individuals. It ensures transaction security without leaking privacy, and is suitable for scenarios such as finance and commerce that require confidentiality. The founder of the team once studied cryptography at Stanford and worked in the R&D departments of Google X and Apple, and has a strong technical background.
17. Slop Club ( @slopdotclub )
Product direction: AI video generation platform
Project Twitter: https://x.com/slopdotclub
Introduction:
Slop Club aims to promote innovation in user-generated content and explore new models in the field of short videos through AI technology. It intends to create an AI-generated video platform similar to TikTok, where users can discover, interact and create AI-generated content. The platform provides intuitive tools such as prompts, media input and preset effects to lower the threshold for AI video creation and attract short video enthusiasts. Its goal is to promote innovation in user-generated content and explore new models in the field of short videos through AI technology.
18. Wootzapp ( @WootzApp )
Product direction: AI data collection tools
Project Twitter: https://x.com/WootzApp
Introduction:
Wootzapp solves the problem of training data shortage for AI companies and develops a browser that can access private data to meet the needs of AI models for high-quality non-public data. The platform helps AI models access private data, improve training results, and solve the bottleneck problem of data acquisition in the AI industry. The founder has more than 10 years of experience in AI and payment, has successfully exited two startups, and has industry background.
19. Zabio ( @Zabioapp )
Product direction: Stable currency transactions in Latin America
Project Twitter: https://x.com/@Zabioapp
Introduction:
Zabio helps Latin American users purchase stablecoins with cash, meeting the high demand for the US dollar and cash foreign exchange trading volume, and solving the problem of US dollar shortage and widespread cash transactions in Latin America. The platform uses stablecoin technology to provide convenient exchange channels to support users to protect the value of their assets in a high inflation environment. The founder has more than 10 years of experience in Latin American financial technology and is familiar with the regional market. Zabio targets the pain points of the Latin American market and has great potential, but it needs to face the complexity of local regulation and cash transactions.
20. Zynk Labs ( @ZynkLabs )
Product direction: stable currency cross-border settlement
Project Twitter: https://x.com/@ZynkLabs
Introduction:
Zynk Labs aims to become a leading solution for cross-border payments and promote the use of stablecoins in the payment field. Stablecoins are used to help payment companies achieve instant, capital-efficient cross-currency settlements, solving the delays and high costs of traditional cross-border payments. The platform optimizes the settlement process through blockchain technology, improves the efficiency of the payment industry, and is suitable for global payment companies. Its founders come from Harvard, Morgan Stanley, Amazon Pay, and Lendingkart, India's largest B2B working capital loan platform, and have experience in finance and technology.
Conclusion
Judging from the new projects that have graduated from Alliance, the current main direction of industry development is no longer just internal growth, but more choices to reach real-world needs such as payment, education, short videos and advertising marketing. At the same time, it focuses on encryption adoption in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Judging from the proportion of AI projects, the combination of AI and blockchain technology is still one of the hot directions for the future development of crypto applications. The popularity of on-chain transactions has also prompted more excellent on-chain trading platforms to start all-round internal circulation from transaction efficiency to user experience.
Alliance DAO, as always, paves the way for these projects through precise narrative direction and strong resource support. In the future, they may become the backbone of the market like Tensor, Pendle, and Pump.fun.
