A glimpse into the latest 20 encryption startups graduated from Alliance

Despite the market sentiment being uncertain, Alliance hatches a batch of excellent projects every year that grasp the narrative direction and take root and grow in the future market trends.

As the largest accelerator in the encryption world, Alliance has incubated well-known projects in the market such as Pendle and Pump.fun.

Recently, 20 startup encryption companies have successfully "graduated" from Alliance, among which 9 projects are driven by AI technology, 5 projects are involved in the stablecoin and payment track, and the remaining projects focus on on-chain transactions, DeFi, and the development of science and culture.

Here is an introduction to these 20 startups:

1. 8020

Product Direction: Multi-Chain Trading Platform

8020 is dedicated to creating an efficient on-chain trading platform suitable for Asian users. By optimizing the front-end interface and on-chain support, it meets the demands for efficient on-chain trading in the Asian market. The platform aims to address the existing trading platforms' insufficient user experience for Asian users, providing more intuitive operations and localized support.

The founding team has three years of experience in developing encryption consumption applications and has launched two native encryption applications, with a total of 150,000 users. The goal of 8020 is to attract more Asian users to participate in encryption trading through technological innovation and localization strategies.

2. Afterschool

Product Direction: AI-driven Tutoring Education Platform

Afterschool aims to leverage AI technology to transform the K-12 education model, providing dedicated AI tutoring services for school-aged children to replace traditional classroom teaching. By analyzing students' learning habits with AI, it customizes personalized learning plans to enhance learning efficiency and experience.

The platform aims to address the issues of uneven distribution of traditional educational resources and lack of personalization, enabling every student to receive high-quality educational support. The founding team is experienced, having expanded consumer applications to 150 million users and developed products in Google Education, possessing a strong background in the educational technology field.

3. CollectiveScience

Product Direction: Decentralized "Peer Review" Tool

CollectiveScience is dedicated to addressing the peer review issues in the scientific community. The project attempts to utilize blockchain technology to optimize the review process, reducing delays, biases, and fraud. Global scientists spend as much as 8 billion dollars annually on reviews, yet issues of efficiency and fairness persist.

The platform utilizes decentralized technology to enhance the transparency and efficiency of reviews, reduce human intervention, and ensure the fairness and credibility of the assessments. The founding team consists of alumni from Cambridge, Oxford, Berkeley, and Harvard, including Cambridge PhD scientists and IBM engineers.

The project aims to provide a more efficient and fair review tool for the global research community, promoting the enhancement of the quality of scientific research.

4. CreatorGen

Product Direction: AI-driven Advertising Marketing Tool

CreatorGen provides AI advertising tools for brand marketing teams, using AI technology to generate realistic virtual avatars specifically for TikTok ad production. The technology of CreatorGen can create lifelike virtual characters, suitable for the needs of short video platforms. This helps brands quickly produce eye-catching ad content while saving costs.

The founder previously led product teams at a well-known DEX and a fintech company, and developed software for AI and encryption startups, possessing rich technical and business experience.

5. FactCheck

Product Direction: Decentralized AI Rumor Refutation Platform

To address the rampant spread of rumors on social media, FactCheck utilizes blockchain and AI technology to verify false information on social media through a decentralized market, aiming to solve the social issue of large-scale fake news dissemination. The platform combines a stablecoin market incentive mechanism to encourage users and AI agents to participate in fact-checking, ensuring the authenticity of information.

6. Fido

Product Direction: Low-Threshold DeFi Retail Services

Fido is committed to becoming a new type of bank that is friendly to ordinary users, leveraging the DeFi lending market to bring stable returns to users. They believe that the interest rates on savings accounts in traditional banks are too low, while the investment market carries higher risks. Fido hopes to enable ordinary users to enjoy the benefits of DeFi through DeFi technology, while also reducing participation risks and addressing the inefficiencies of traditional financial services.

The team has extensive experience in risk management and has operated a similar startup with assets under management of up to 100 million USD.

7. FreedomGPT

Product Direction: AI Agent Model Intelligent Matching

In the face of the trend of a surge in the number of AI agent models in the future, FreedomGPT matches users with the best AI models that suit their needs through intelligent algorithms, simplifying the selection process. The platform allows users to obtain efficient AI services through simple prompts, covering various application scenarios such as text generation and data analysis.

Its goal is to become the "smart intermediary" for AI services, enhancing user experience and reducing the complexity of using AI. The founder previously created and sold a startup with nearly 400 employees, whose products served hundreds of millions of users.

8. grandmAIsters

Product Direction: AI Agent-Driven Chess Game

grandmAIsters transforms chess into an encryption game, where players can train and compete against AI agents to earn token rewards. The project combines the incentive mechanisms of blockchain with AI technology to create a brand new gaming experience. Players earn rewards by enhancing the chess skills of the AI agents.

9. Guess.Best

Product Direction: Cultural Creative Forecasting Platform

Guess.Best is an innovative prediction market where users participate by guessing which of two popular cultural concepts or things is more favored. The platform utilizes blockchain technology to ensure the transparency and fairness of predictions, and it incorporates social entertainment elements to attract users. The founders have long collaborated to develop creative encryption consumer products and possess relevant experience.

10. Junction

Product Direction: Cross-Chain Asset Trading Platform

The goal of Junction is to become a "unified entry point" for cross-chain transactions, promoting the interconnectivity of the blockchain ecosystem. It allows users to trade any asset on any chain, addressing the complexity of cross-chain transactions. The platform simplifies user operations and enhances trading efficiency through integrated technology. The founders come from several well-known blockchain and payment companies, possessing extensive industry experience.

11. Lemonade Payments

Product Direction: Payment Infrastructure Targeting the African Region

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, reducing costs and shortening settlement times. The platform addresses the issue of insufficient payment infrastructure in Africa, leveraging stablecoin technology to enhance payment efficiency and meet the regional demand for low-cost financial services.

Its goal is to provide more convenient financial services for African users through blockchain technology and promote financial inclusion.

12. Offline Protocol

Product Direction: Offline Communication and Transaction Services in Special Scenarios

The Offline Protocol enables users to conduct offline communication and transactions in disaster areas or crowded on-site events, aiming to address payment and communication issues in environments without network connectivity. The platform leverages blockchain technology to ensure the reliability and security of offline transactions, suitable for special scenarios such as natural disasters or large events.

The goal is to provide blockchain solutions for special scenarios, enhancing users' financial and communication capabilities in extreme environments. The founder has successfully exited startups twice, collaborated with international organizations to develop policies, and worked in system development at a well-known payment company, possessing rich experience.

13. Orbit

Product Direction: DeFAI Assistant

Orbit is an AI assistant that helps users quickly get started in the DeFi space, simplifying yield farming and liquidity provision operations, and providing an intuitive AI experience and user interface. It helps users manage their encryption assets more efficiently and addresses the complex issues involved in DeFi operations.

14. Poof

Product Direction: AI-driven dApp Development Platform

Poof uses AI technology to help both technical and non-technical users quickly prototype, build, and deploy dApps, reducing the complexity and technical barriers of dApp development. The platform simplifies the development process through AI tools, enabling more people to participate in innovation within the blockchain ecosystem.

Its goal is to empower technology to promote the popularization of dApp development and accelerate the growth of blockchain applications. The founders have successfully exited a startup together, with backgrounds including several well-known tech companies.

15. Ripe

Product Direction: Cryptocurrency Payments Targeting Asia

Ripe's goal is to promote the popularization of encryption payments in the Asian market and address the issue of low acceptance of encryption payments. In response to the trend of popularizing QR payments in Asia, it connects encryption wallets to QR payment systems, allowing users to complete payments from encryption to fiat currency by scanning the merchant's QR code, without requiring merchants to adopt new technologies. The platform simplifies the payment process by creating wallet addresses that match bank information, reducing the barriers between encryption payments and traditional payments.

16. Seismic

**Product direction: Privacy protection