This Season’s Alliance Incubation New Stars: Overview of 20 Encryption Innovative Projects

The market is volatile, and investors are still seeking the next hot direction, but quality projects can always find a growth path amidst the fog.

As the most influential incubator in the crypto industry, Alliance has recently successfully graduated from 20 start-ups, of which 9 projects focus on AI technology applications, 5 focus on stablecoins and payments, and the rest are distributed in the fields of on-chain trading, DeFi, and scientific and cultural development.

! A quick look at the latest 20 crypto startups graduated from Alliance in this issue

Here are the detailed introductions of these innovative projects:

1. 8020

Product Direction: Multi-Chain Trading Platform

Introduction:

8020 is committed to building a trading platform designed for Asian users, through an optimized interface and multi-chain support, to meet the special needs of the Asian market for efficient on-chain transactions. The platform aims to solve the problem of insufficient user experience of existing transaction services in Asia, providing more intuitive operation and localization support.

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

2. Afterschool

Product Direction: AI-driven Tutoring Education Platform

Introduction:

Afterschool plans to revolutionize the K-12 education model through AI technology, providing students with personalized AI tutoring, replacing traditional standardized classroom teaching. The platform can analyze students’ learning patterns and customize personalized learning plans to make learning more efficient and easier.

The project aims to address the issues of uneven distribution of traditional educational resources and insufficient personalization, ensuring that every student can receive quality educational support. The founding team is experienced, having expanded consumer applications to 150 million users, and has a strong background in the educational technology sector.

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3. CollectiveScience

Product Direction: Decentralized “Peer Review” Tool

Introduction:

CollectiveScience attempts to use blockchain technology to solve the long-standing peer review problems in the scientific community, reducing delays, biases, and academic misconduct during the review process. According to statistics, global scientists invest about 8 billion dollars annually in reviews, but issues of efficiency and fairness are prominent.

The platform uses decentralized technology to improve the transparency and efficiency of the review, reduce human intervention, and ensure that the review is fair and credible. The founding team is made up of Cambridge, Oxford, Berkeley, and Harvard alumni, including Cambridge PhD scientists and IBM engineers, and is committed to providing a better review tool for the global research community.

4. CreatorGen

Product Direction: AI-Driven Advertising and Marketing Tools

Brief introduction:

CreatorGen provides AI advertising generation tools for brand marketing teams, utilizing AI technology to create realistic virtual characters specifically for producing short video advertising content. This technology can generate lifelike virtual personas, making it especially suitable for current short video marketing needs.

The platform helps brands quickly produce eye-catching ad content while significantly reducing costs. The founding team has extensive technical and commercial experience in leading product development at well-known fintech companies and providing technical support to AI and crypto start-ups.

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5. FactCheck

Product Direction: Decentralized AI Rumor Refutation Platform

Introduction:

In response to the rampant issue of fake news on social media, FactCheck combines blockchain and AI technology to establish a decentralized marketplace verification mechanism to combat the widespread dissemination of false information. The platform uses a stablecoin 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

Introduction:

Fido is committed to creating a new type of financial service aimed at ordinary users, leveraging the DeFi lending market to provide stable returns. The project believes that traditional bank savings yield too low, while the investment market carries too high a risk, thus hoping to use DeFi technology to allow ordinary users to enjoy higher returns while lowering the participation threshold and risk.

The team has extensive risk management experience and has previously operated and managed a financial technology company with assets totaling $100 million.

7. FreedomGPT

Product Direction: AI Agent Model Intelligent Matching

Introduction:

As the number of AI agent models surges, FreedomGPT develops intelligent algorithms to match users with the best AI models that suit their needs, simplifying the selection process. The platform allows users to access efficient AI services through simple instructions, covering various application scenarios such as text generation and data analysis.

The project’s goal is to become an “intelligent intermediary” for AI services, enhancing user experience and reducing the complexity of AI usage. The founder previously established and sold a technology company with nearly 400 employees, whose products served hundreds of millions of users.

8. grandmAIsters

Product Direction: AI Agent Driven Chess Game

Introduction:

grandmAIsters transforms traditional chess into an innovative encryption game where players can train their AI agents to participate in matches and receive token rewards. The project combines blockchain incentive mechanisms and AI technology to create a brand new gaming experience, allowing players to earn rewards by improving their AI agents’ chess skills.

9. Guess.Best

Product Direction: Cultural Creative Prediction Platform

Introduction:

Guess.Best offers an innovative prediction marketplace where users can participate in bets by guessing which of the two pop culture elements is more popular. The platform leverages blockchain technology to ensure transparent and fair predictions, and incorporates social entertainment elements to attract users. The founding team has long-term cooperation in the development of creative crypto consumer products and has rich relevant experience.

10. Junction

Product Direction: Cross-chain Asset Trading Platform

Introduction:

Junction is committed to becoming a unified entry point for cross-chain transactions and promoting the interconnection of the blockchain ecosystem. The platform allows users to trade any on-chain assets, solves the complexity of cross-chain transactions, simplifies the operation process through integrated technology, and improves transaction efficiency.

The founding team comes from well-known encryption wallets and trading platforms, possessing deep experience in the blockchain and payment fields.

11. Lemonade Payments

Product Direction: Payment Infrastructure for the African Region

Introduction:

Lemonade Payments focuses on solving payment pain points in the African market, integrating mobile payments, banking channels, and stablecoin technologies to allow users to send, receive, and convert funds quickly, significantly reducing fees and closing times.

The platform aims to address the insufficient payment infrastructure in Africa, utilizing stablecoin technology to enhance efficiency and meet the strong demand for low-cost financial services in the region, promoting inclusive financial development.

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12. Offline Protocol

Product Direction: Offline Communication and Transaction Services in Special Scenarios

Introduction:

Offline Protocol allows users to communicate and transact offline in disaster areas or congested places, solving payment and communication problems in a non-network environment. The platform uses blockchain technology to ensure the reliability and security of offline transactions, especially suitable for special scenarios such as natural disasters or large-scale events.

The founder has rich experience, having successfully exited startup companies twice, collaborated with UN agencies to formulate policies, and worked in system development at international payment companies.

13. Orbit

Product Direction: DeFAI Assistant

Introduction:

Orbit is an AI assistant that helps users quickly engage in the DeFi space, significantly simplifying complex operations such as yield mining and liquidity provision, while providing an intuitive interface and intelligent guidance. The platform helps users manage their encryption assets more efficiently, addressing the common issue of the complexity of DeFi operations.

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14. Poof

Product Direction: AI-driven dApp Development Platform

Introduction:

Poof uses AI technology to help various users quickly design, build, and deploy decentralized applications, significantly lowering the technical barriers to dApp development. The platform simplifies the development process through AI tools, enabling more people to participate in blockchain ecosystem innovation.

The founding team successfully exited a tech startup, with members having backgrounds in several well-known technology and encryption companies, dedicated to promoting the widespread development of dApps and accelerating the growth of blockchain applications.

15. Ripe

Product Direction: Cryptocurrency Payment for Asia

Introduction:

Ripe’s goal is to promote the popularization of crypto payments in the Asian market and solve the problem of insufficient practical use cases of cryptocurrencies. In response to the popularity of QR payments in Asia, Ripe connects crypto wallets to existing QR payment systems, allowing users to complete crypto-to-fiat payment conversions by simply scanning a merchant’s QR code, eliminating the need for merchants to change their existing systems.

The platform simplifies the payment process by creating wallet addresses that match bank information, eliminating the barriers between encryption and traditional payments.

16. Seismic

Product Direction: Privacy Protection Transaction Payment

Introduction:

Seismic is committed to being the leading solution for privacy-preserving payments, driving the adoption of advanced privacy technologies. The platform uses innovative cryptography technology to provide encrypted payment services for privacy-conscious businesses and individuals, ensuring that transactions are secure and sensitive information is not disclosed.

The founding team studied encryption at Stanford and worked in R&D departments of top global tech companies, possessing strong technical backgrounds and expertise.

17. Slop Club

Product Direction: AI Video Generation Platform

Introduction:

Slop Club creates an AI-generated content community similar to short video platforms, where users can discover, interact, and create AI-generated video content. The platform provides intuitive creation tools, including prompt suggestions, media input, and preset effects, significantly lowering the barrier for AI video creation and attracting short video enthusiasts.

The project aims to promote user-generated content innovation through AI technology, exploring new models and possibilities in the short video field.

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18. Wootzapp

Product Direction: AI Data Collection Tool

Introduction:

Wootzapp solves the problem of training data shortage for AI companies, develops a browser tool that specializes in obtaining private data, and meets the urgent need for high-quality non-public data for AI models. The platform helps AI models securely access private data, improve training results, and break through the bottleneck of data acquisition in the AI industry.

The founding team has more than 10 years of experience in the field of AI and payments, and has successfully exited two start-ups, and has a rich industry background.

19. Zabio

Product Direction: Stablecoin Trading in Latin America

Introduction:

Zabio focuses on helping Latin American users buy stablecoins through cash, meeting the strong local demand for the US dollar and a large number of cash foreign exchange transactions. The platform solves the problem of US dollar shortage and cash transactions in Latin America, and uses stablecoin technology to provide convenient exchange channels to support users to protect the value of assets in a high-inflation environment.

The founding team has more than 10 years of fintech experience in Latin America and is familiar with the characteristics and needs of regional markets.

20. Zynk Labs

Product Direction: Stablecoin Cross-Border Settlement

Introduction:

Zynk Labs is committed to becoming a leading solution in the cross-border payment field, promoting the application of stablecoins in international payments. The platform utilizes stablecoins to help payment companies achieve instant and efficient cross-currency settlements, addressing the issues of delays and high costs in traditional cross-border payments.

The founding team comes from Harvard, top investment banks, e-commerce payments, and India’s largest B2B capital lending platform, with rich financial and technology experience, and is committed to optimizing the global payment process through blockchain technology.

Trend Insights

According to the latest batch of graduation projects from Alliance, the current industry development direction is no longer solely focused on internal ecological closed loops, but is increasingly reaching practical application scenarios such as payments, education, short videos, and marketing, while particularly emphasizing the popularization of encryption technology in emerging markets like Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

The integrated application of AI and blockchain technology is still a hot development direction in the future, and the intensification of competition in the on-chain trading market has also promoted more high-quality trading platforms to upgrade their trading efficiency and user experience in an all-round way.

These startup projects are expected to become the backbone of the market’s future, just like the excellent graduates of previous years, under the precise guidance and strong resource support of Alliance.